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    Backstop

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABackstop Solutions Group in Chicago provides cloud-based technology supporting hedge funds. These applications include tools for investment research and analytics, accounting, a financial services specific CRM, and investor relations and document sharing tools, as well as investment portfolio management and due diligence tracking.N/A

    Dynamo Software

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADynamo Software is a purpose-built investment management platform that can support the entire private market investment lifecycle. It offers modules for CRM, deal management, investor relations, investor portal, portfolio monitoring, fund accounting, research management, portfolio management, and ESG reporting.N/A
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    BackstopDynamo Software
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Backstop Solutions Group
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    Dynamo Software
    Chose Dynamo Software
    The decision to select Dynamo Software occurred before I joined the firm.
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    BackstopDynamo Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
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    7.4
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    BackstopDynamo Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Backstop Solutions Group
    Backstop makes planning and selecting the portfolio efficiently. There is a candid assistance in matters of resource utilization. Moreso, Backstop has a cost accounting notion, which makes the company control the expenses they make. Finally, Backstop has classical research procedures where analysis and decisions arrive after extensive assistance and evaluations.
    Incentivized
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    Dynamo Software
    I think to organise and view information Dynamo has shown it's capability. However, it's still not a workflow or project management tool. It's a great hub for inhaling and presenting information of magnitude, and it does so well. But there are limitations to how Dynamo can be used to allow interpersonal and teamed type collabs to happen. We know it's not an Asana and not built for that, so it's not a negative feedback, just not the appropriate platform if full fledged proj management and logistics, comms need to be housed somewhere along with the data, It's not within Dynamo for now.
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    Pros
    Backstop Solutions Group
    • Storage of notes from calls and meetings.
    • Tracking portfolio holding balances, transactions, and IRRs/MOICs.
    • Allowing flexibility for client-defined uses.
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    Dynamo Software
    • Tracking relationships in the CRM and the Web Add-in tool to add new information straight from emails.
    • The flexibility to build out whatever view you would like to see certain data in and the ability to then export information to Excel.
    • The Mail Merge Tool allows us to communicate to over 100 different subsets of our limited partners in different SPVs.
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    Cons
    Backstop Solutions Group
    • Poor communication procedures
    • Lack of specific OS support
    • No mobile version for Backstop
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    Dynamo Software
    • Some functionality is clunky: Mailing Campaigns, Passthrough Integration, Dynamo Accounting Complex Transactions. At times it seems functionality is rolled out too soon.
    • Onboarding of new clients for us seems a bit haphazard. We just added a new tenant with CRM, Dynamo Accounting and the Investor Portal and we weren't exactly sure what the state of the new tenant should be based on what was copied over from a prior tenant or how much Dynamo Software time or support we would have to customize the new tenant.
    • At times it seems Dynamo Software's terminology with relationships either isn't intuitive or is repetitive creating additional time/confusion when modifying workspaces, portal set-up, etc.
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    Usability
    Backstop Solutions Group
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    Dynamo Software
    I find it easy to use and very intuitive once you get into the weeds. We also prepared an entire policies and procedures for utilizing it efficiently and not making many human errors. This guide has helped our employees understand how to use it. In addition, the help guides on the Dynamo website are really useful
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    Support Rating
    Backstop Solutions Group
    Backstop support is fantastic. They always pick up the phone without a wait and are highly knowledgeable, I rarely need more than 5 minutes to fix an issue.
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    Dynamo Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    Backstop Solutions Group
    I have not used or evaluated any Backstop competitors. Freestone already used Backstop when I started.
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    Dynamo Software
    Main arguments were: pricing as well as the usability. Setting up Dynamo is not difficult. Especially if you don't know what you really want. Dynamo offers out of the box views. Adjusting these is simple. Other competitiors like eFront are very customisable but need to be set up from scratch. Dynamo offered some type of canvas.
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    Return on Investment
    Backstop Solutions Group
    • Business ends up profiting
    • The chances of investing in the wrong projects don't exist
    • The analytical assistance from Backstop increases more investment plans
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    Dynamo Software
    • creating work flows for new clients
    • can cause issues with to many items in the pipeline
    • Allows us to view funding quickly and efficiently
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    Screenshot of Dynamo Accounting, which is a General Ledger (GL) based platform to manage and automate complex fund administration, and reporting workflows, delivering Excel-powered financial packages, audit-ready outputs, and streamlined financial operations from a single platform.Screenshot of Dynamo Research Management, a platform that centralizes and automates investment research and due diligence workflows for multi-asset class investors.Screenshot of Dynamo Investor Portal, which is a secure, configurable platform that streamlines investor communications, performance reporting, and document management to deliver GP and LP engagement.Screenshot of Dynamo Deal Management, used to streamline GP deal sourcing, pipeline tracking, and due diligence with intuitive workflows, unified data, and intelligent automation.Screenshot of Dynamo Investor Relations, which streamlines fundraising, investor communications, reporting, and relationship tracking in a single system.Screenshot of Dynamo Portfolio Management with embedded DynamoAI delivers intelligent portfolio monitoring, analytics, and workflow automation, empowering investment teams to make faster, data-driven decisions across their portfolios.