Bonterra DonorDrive vs. FrontStream Panorama

I have used many fundraising and giving platforms over the years, and DonorDrive is by far the easiest and most comprehensive. I try to utilize all of the features and find that I am regularly expanding my custom reporting for outreach, prospecting, and forecasting. It is even better now that it is linked directly with Salesforce.

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Given the experience I have had this year, I couldn't recommend any part of their service. The product doesn't function as advertised and they don't communicate with customers to let them know what they are doing to fix it. It is a level of service that is completely unacceptable on every level.

• Does data calculation of key KPIs for you as soon as you pull up the event.
• Your data is at your fingertips. Want to contact a current walker, all the info you need is right in the dashboard. No having to look the constituent up, pull a report, etc.
• They have a great online support (chat and email features) as well as great how to videos. Saves me time as well because I can send my users there instead of having to help them troubleshoot.

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• FrontStream Panorama allows you to customize a larger portion of your pages that you design if you have experience with HTML and coding.
• FrontStream Panorama allows you to integrate their other platforms, such as bidding for good, which is for auction items, and connect those to their ticket registration software.
• FrontStream Panorama allows you to pull reports and customize and save reports you might use often.

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• I wish that there were more standard reporting options; many of the reports I regularly use are considered "custom" by DonorDrive.
• I wish that reports and event information were not archived so soon.

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• Looks dated in my opinion.

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I use DonorDrive daily and find it easy and efficient, but I wish many of the custom reports I run were standard and easier to run. I also wish that archived events stayed live or were open for longer. Otherwise, compared with past platforms, I much prefer the value of DonorDrive and the ease of use, and the Salesforce integration has been a game-changer.

Incentivized

They do not seem to care about the problems of their customers. They do not return phone calls. They do not provide the updates on their support page that they promised. They have had two weeks to repair the basic functionality of their system and they have been unable to do so. This is a complete failure as far as I am concerned.

I have used Blackbaud's Kintera, Team Raiser, and a few more versions

Incentivized

We switched from Classy.org to FrontStream Panorama and then back to Classy.org. But, originally what intrigued us about FrontStream Panorama was the ability to customize our fundraising pages. Visual design is so important to storytelling and to raising revenue and it seemed like a real opportunity for us to create beautiful campaigns that raised more money. They were also slightly less expensive than competitors.

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• Very large ROI! Our numbers grew by 17% in online fundraising in year one, and we are well on our way to seeing that increase or more in year two.

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• Saves staff time
• Increases donor participation

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