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Classy vs Kindful, a Bloomerang product

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60 Ratings
Kindful, a Bloomerang product
29 Ratings

Classy

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Score 8.4 out of 100

Based on 60 reviews and ratings

Kindful, a Bloomerang product

29 Ratings
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Score 7.5 out of 100

Based on 29 reviews and ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Classy is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

8.6

Classy

86%
49 Ratings
5.6

Kindful, a Bloomerang product

56%
19 Ratings

Usability

9.0

Classy

90%
1 Rating

Kindful, a Bloomerang product

N/A
0 Ratings

Support Rating

9.9

Classy

99%
6 Ratings
9.8

Kindful, a Bloomerang product

98%
22 Ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Classy

For our organization, Classy has been able to meet all of the needs we have. As a non-profit, Classy makes the process for our donors simple and seamless, something that is of the utmost importance. As Classy users, we're very happy with how easy the platform is to use and navigate.

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Kindful, a Bloomerang product

Kindful is well suited when:
  • Important to integrate with a wide range of systems such as online fundraising tools or event registration without being tied to a single vendor
  • Small to medium sized organizations looking for an affordable but powerful donor database/CRM
  • Need a powerful but user friendly tool with customizable reports
Kindful is not well suited when:
  • You need very advanced customization such as the ability to built entire custom screens
  • You need to track donations in multiple currencies

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Toby J. Weiss | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pros

Classy

  • The Classy platform is easy to use, both for the staff and our volunteer fundraisers
  • It's easy to build a great looking fundraising page
  • Classy support (particularly chat and phone) are attentive and responsive. Every one there is smart and nice!

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Cindy Hollister | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Kindful, a Bloomerang product

  • We particularly love the flexibility of Kindful's donation pages and donation plug-ins. They make it possible for us to accept donations on our website, without having donors have to leave the website.
  • Kindful effectively streamlines back-office functions including acknowledgements for gifts - which saves our small 2-person team vital hours each week.
  • Kindful integrates to a variety of valuable platforms, allowing us to manage all of our data in one place. Currently, we integrate with MailChimp [so all email recipients are segmented in Kindful, emails are sent from MailChimp], Fundraising Report Card, and several custom integrations through Kindful's open API [including one that tracks volunteer events and another that connects to CauseVox].
  • Kindful's basic metrics and "dashboard" give us instant access to live fundraising results that are shown against historical information - giving us the ability to see how we're doing at all times.

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Amanda Mulder | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons

Classy

  • Campaigns lack customization options which can be limiting- while you can add code to make some changes, there is a basic framework that you can't always override.
  • Slow to roll out some donor payment options like Venmo.
  • Not inexpensive price point and on an annual contract, so the software is definitely an investment.

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Kindful, a Bloomerang product

  • Detailed custom email campaigns and reports can be confusing to navigate. However, Kindful provides excellent customer support and training to make it as easy as possible.
  • The price can be a turn off for many people, but if you have an aggressive plan to increase funding, Kindful pricing is scalable based on the size of your database.

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Pricing Details

Classy

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional

Starting Price

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Classy Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details
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Kindful, a Bloomerang product

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

$100 0-1000 Contacts

Kindful, a Bloomerang product Editions & Modules

Edition
Starter100/month1
Launch200/month2
Growing300/month3
Pro400/month4
Enterprise600/month5
  1. 0-1000 Contacts
  2. 1001-5000 Contacts
  3. 5001-15000 Contacts
  4. 15001-25000 Contacts
  5. 25001-50000 Contacts
Additional Pricing Details
All plans include: unlimited admin users, unlimited donation pages with peer-to-peer fundraising, built-in integrations, and automated reporting. Pricing also includes comprehensive web-based training upon signup and ongoing online support at no additional cost.

Usability

Classy

Classy 9.0
Based on 1 answer
VERY easy to use, but lacks flexibility. But very easy to learn and master, even for someone with technical skills. They offer live chat which is a great help for on-demand support. At higher call volumes, you may wait 10 minutes, but I’ve never waited for more than that and the support if 90% of the time very helpful.

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Kindful, a Bloomerang product

No score
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Support Rating

Classy

Classy 9.9
Based on 6 answers
Classy's team was very helpful as we transitioned over, and helped us get everything set up quite easily. The few times we've had issues or questions, their online chat feature has been a quick way to get answers. On Giving Tuesday last year, the site went down, but Classy was quick with communication to its clients and had the problem resolved in about an hour. I know that if we have any problems or questions, the company and its team will be responsive and helpful. That makes a difference to me and our small team. We don't have time to troubleshoot or stay on hold for a long time waiting for support.

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Kindful, a Bloomerang product

Kindful, a Bloomerang product 9.8
Based on 22 answers
I have not utilized the support for Kindful very often but the one time I have was fantastic. It was quick, courteous and thorough. Kindful consistently offers Webinars that outline the best way to utilize their product and get the most out of it. I think Kindful does a pretty solid job with support.

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Alternatives Considered

Classy

It was a huge mistake to switch away from Classy to FrontStream Panorama. Classy is much easier to use and much simpler to design. While FrontStream can be a bit more customized in its design it requires extensive knowledge of HTML or CSS coding, which is not ideal for a small nonprofit with a small staff. We were with FrontStream for almost a year and in that time period, they were unable to correctly link our Salesforce to their platform. For almost an entire year their team could not help us correctly push in data. Their customer service is awful. Additionally, we used their other platform, Bidding for Good, during our Gala and it did not work. We ended up getting a full refund. Pulling reports from Frontstream was complicated and archaic. Classy makes it easy for us to see our data and get what we need.

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Kindful, a Bloomerang product

We recently added HarnessApp to our software tools. Harness has a strong donor interface but not the backbone that Kindful has to offer. We find them a good match. I looked at dozens of other platforms that compare to Kindful but we always find ourselves sticking with Kindful as our primary CRM.

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Return on Investment

Classy

  • This has been nothing but positive. We use the basic version so there is no fee associated with it other than a percentage of each transaction. So everything that comes in is added revenue where the only investment is staff time, but there is no monetary investment.

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Daniella Dowiak | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Kindful, a Bloomerang product

  • It is great to be able to quickly tell a prospective sponsor how we are doing financially in each fundraiser along with repeat donors that are helping to keep us going.
  • I love that it sends a receipt to the donor immediately (if the email address is included in the profile) without me having to do anything! I am sure our donors love it too.

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