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Convio Luminate (discontinued) vs. Nimble AMS by Momentive

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Convio Luminate (discontinued)

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AConvio Luminate was a nonprofit CRM option acquired by Blackbaud that is currently discontinued, and no longer available.N/A

    Nimble AMS by Momentive

    Score7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Nimble AMS is an association member management software for larger entities, with member portal, order processing and event registration, and other features.N/A
    Pricing
    Convio Luminate (discontinued)Nimble AMS by Momentive
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    Convio Luminate (discontinued)Nimble AMS by Momentive
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Convio Luminate (discontinued)Nimble AMS by Momentive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.2
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    Support Rating
    1.0
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    User Testimonials
    Convio Luminate (discontinued)Nimble AMS by Momentive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    It does great with donor cultivation processes and the workflow feature is top-notch for automating processes. Where it does a less than stellar job is getting it to work more specifically for your organization. Often times building that kind of special feature costs a significant time and money investment and it is something that is hard to transfer when it's time to move to a new database.
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    Momentive Software
    It seems Events/Products/Exhibitors and Programs seem to work fairly well in this system. They are very functional out of the box and I appreciate the ability to customize without having to do it with code. I'd like to see more attention focused on Donation functionality, i.e. pairing a donation with a merchandise purchase, ability to match a guest donation with a current person account, ability to have multiple entities and use recurring donations. I'd also be interested in seeing the Community Hub Management tool be expanded to allow for more flexibility and customization of pages and their underlying fields and data sources.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Luminate takes some of the legwork out of setting up NSPS for nonprofit use of salesforce.
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    Momentive Software
    • Responsiveness
    • Knowledgeable employees.
    • Thoughtful solutions.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Big Investment
    • It's a sales program with a donation management overlay so it has some troubles around reporting.
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    Momentive Software
    • More thorough and updated online help documentation.
    • Larger focus on building out Donation module and making it more seamless with the Accounting module.
    • More modular on-demand training, focusing on specific parts of Nimble AMS that are used most or are most challenging.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Support for the product is horrible; often support will have you bouncing between Blackbaud support and Salesforce support and it's very rare either are able to find simple solutions. Most of the time the solutions almost always cost money and hiring consultants which, for a smaller organization, means not being able to achieve proper solutions.
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    Momentive Software
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    Of the databases I have used, Luminate CRM is my least favorite. However, it is powerful and large enough to function adequately for a large nonprofit; I couldn't say the same for some of Blackbaud's smaller products. We definitely need the full Luminate Suite (Luminate Online, Team Raiser, etc.,) to make it work, though - and we're constantly disappointed by the clumsiness of the way all the pieces interact.
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    Momentive Software
    Nimble AMS was much further developed while other groups were just beginning. Their continued growth and moving forward over the years have lent them a degree of expertise I have not yet seen in comparable groups.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Uncertain; we have not collected data on this. Our Luminate package is quite expensive, though.
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    Momentive Software
    • It's made a significant impact on the way we approach strategic decisions due to the data we're able to collect and analyze.
    • It's allowing us to automate processes that we never thought of automating in the past, freeing up staff resources to focus on other tasks
    • Our initial implementation was a bit messy, but working with the Nimble AMS team to analyze and rethink our strategy with a clearer vision has been very positive
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    Screenshot of 360-degree view of constituentsScreenshot of Beautifully branded micrositesScreenshot of Artificial intelligence for allScreenshot of Simple and powerful order processingScreenshot of Drag-and-drop reportsScreenshot of Robust eCommerce capabilities