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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Flipcause

    Score5.3 out of 10
    N/AFlipcause is a nonprofit fundraising management platform from the company of the same name in Oakland.

    $125

    per month

    Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)

    Score4.5 out of 10
    N/AKindful was a nonprofit CRM that included fundraising tools, reporting, and analytics. It was acquired by Bloomerang in January, 2021 and is no longer sold, but its functionality is now offered by the Bloomerang CRM.

    $119

    per month

    Pricing
    FlipcauseKindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $119
    per month
    Standard
    $239
    per month
    Standard
    $349
    per month
    Standard
    $459
    per month
    Standard
    $579
    per month
    Standard
    $699
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FlipcauseKindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional 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.
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    Flipcause
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
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    User Ratings
    FlipcauseKindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.3
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    6.1
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FlipcauseKindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Flipcause
    If you are doing this for fun, and don't actually need the money that you raise through Flipcause, they're great, but if you need the funds to, say, run payroll or pay rent, do not even THINK of using them. You will spend a lot of time tearing your hair out, and sending yet another email begging them to transfer funds
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    Discontinued Products
    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
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Flipcause
    • Flipcause has a great user interface for donors.
    • Flipcause sends customizable donation receipts.
    • Flipcause easily integrates with our website.
    • Flipcause has great customer service.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Flipcause
    • You have to contact them multiple times to get them to give you your money.
    • It generally takes at least a month to get funds from them to you.
    • They take a really long time to respond to support emails, if they respond at all.
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    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Flipcause
    Website design is great and easy to use
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    Discontinued Products
    From operations, support, and donor management, Kindful's UX and UI are top-notch.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Flipcause
    Flipcause has amazingly responsive customer support staff and "Success Teams." When you sign up, your Success Manager makes sure you have all the information and support needed to get up and running quickly and easily. Your Success Team will happily provide support on an on-going basis as needed, although we have not needed much support due to the easy-to-use interface
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Flipcause
    We previously used Network for Good to process online donations and to sell event tickets, but Flipcause has proven much better at meeting our needs. I prefer the Flipcause interface and functionality, especially for event registrations. We have also used PayPal and PayPal Here to collect donations online and in person. While these are trusted and recognizable for our donors, they are only useful for collecting donations and do not have easily customizable donation receipts.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Because of the easy-to-use drag-and-drop function, teams do not have to call website design-proficient professionals to assist them since Populr also supports collaboration and entire teams can work together to come up with a beautifully designed website and one that is readable.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Flipcause
    • Diminished trust from employees because of payroll delays.
    • Unable to plan ahead because we have no idea when we will get our funds.
    • Excessive time spent chasing funds, rather than fulfilling our mission.
    • Excessive time spent researching new platforms, and changing all our infrastructure because we've finally decided we can't stay with them any longer.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Kindful's customer service team has saved us a lot of time and effort by being extremely helpful. I can't speak highly enough about the customer service they offer.
    • We spend a lot of time cleaning our data base. I wish Kindful had a cleaner integration process.
    Incentivized
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