Blackthorn Payments vs. Crowded

As a university, reconciliation and transparency are important. All transactions in Blackthorn Payments are uniquely stored in Salesforce and allow full transparency for reconciliations in debits and credits via reports. However, refunding attendees is quite tedious especially when you have to go through multiple objects on each record to reach the transaction page: Attendee > Sales Document > Transactions.

Incentivized

Crowded is very well suited for fraternities, or any non-profit community groups really, that have a centralized fund and rely on members purchasing equipment and materials individually. Any company that requires reimbursements and has to manage dues from numerous members should take advantage of this free application, as it provides a really easy way to manage the finances of an organization

• Fast refunds
• 100% uptime
• Quick setup

Incentivized

• Good customer service.
• Easy-to-use, free software.
• Useful features.
• A sufficient product for its target market.

• No capability to mass refund

Incentivized

• Collaborating more with fraternities to sponsor events.
• Making payments to nationals even easier.

We were using GreekBill before to manage our funds and dues, and it was very outdated and unhelpful. Crowded was much more simple, easy to use, and had way more functions.

• Increased efficiency in revenue reconciliation

Incentivized

• It has allowed us to keep track of all our finances and not lose track of funds.
• It has allowed us to lower dues because of this increased accountability and organization.
• No more reimbursement forms and Venmo payments!