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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    iMIS

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AiMIS EMS is an Engagement Management System (EMS) – fusing database management and web publishing into a single system – to drive operational efficiencies, revenue growth, and continuous performance improvement. Harnessing the power of Microsoft Azure’s cloud platform, iMIS EMS is purpose-built to meet the most important challenge facing associations and non-profits – Engagement.N/A

    Neon CRM

    Score5.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Neon CRM is a nonprofit relationship management platform for small and midsize nonprofits, used to make and maintain the personal connections that drive sustainable growth. By centralizing a nonprofit’s data and tools, Neon CRM helps teams save on manual work, deepen relationships with their supporters, and grow their impact. Key Features: Donor Management: Neon CRM provides a 360-degree view of supporters, automatically capturing every…

    $99

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    Pricing
    iMISNeon CRM
    Editions & Modules
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    Neon CRM
    $99
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    iMISNeon CRM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequired$349 one-time fee
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    Community Pulse
    iMISNeon CRM
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    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    iMISNeon CRM
    Communications and Marketing
    Comparison of Communications and Marketing features of iMIS and Neon CRM
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    iMIS
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    Ratings
    Neon CRM
    1.2
    2 Ratings
    139% below category average
    Constituent engagement and marketing00 Ratings1.52 Ratings
    Social listening00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Digital advocacy enablement00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Reporting and Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting and Analytics features of iMIS and Neon CRM
    Feature
    iMIS
    -
    Ratings
    Neon CRM
    1.8
    2 Ratings
    111% below category average
    Reporting and data visualization00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Wealth screening00 Ratings2.62 Ratings
    Fundraising and Events
    Comparison of Fundraising and Events features of iMIS and Neon CRM
    Feature
    iMIS
    -
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    Neon CRM
    1.4
    2 Ratings
    120% below category average
    Online donation options00 Ratings3.12 Ratings
    Event registration and ticketing00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Text and phone donations00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Volunteer shift management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Mobile event check-in00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Security and Platform
    Comparison of Security and Platform features of iMIS and Neon CRM
    Feature
    iMIS
    -
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    Neon CRM
    1.5
    2 Ratings
    125% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings2.62 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Integrations00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    iMISNeon CRM
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    Agentforce 360 for Nonprofits
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    DonorPerfect
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Ellucian CRM Advance
    Score5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    iMISNeon CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (6 ratings)
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    1.0
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    Support Rating
    -
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    1.0
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    Implementation Rating
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    4.0
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    User Testimonials
    iMISNeon CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
    iMIS Engagement Management System is well suited for associations or other non-profits that operate without a lot of bells and whistles. So far in my experience if you want to do more sophisticated operations, marketing in my specific role, then iMIS Engagement Management System may not be the best AMS. It does the basics well but the more high-powered you want to get then the more it's going to cost by having your vendor of choice to work to enhance or upgrade what you have.
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    Neon One LLC
    If you are looking for a quick and easy database option, which integrates breezily with email clients like MailChimp and Constant Contact, and has built-in credit/debit card processing capabilities, NeonCRM is a very good option. An affordable alternative to Salesforce or Raiser's Edge, it does lack some of their "bells and whistles" but gets the job done. On the one hand, Neon features a shallow learning curve and solid user interface, and is web based and mobile friendly. On the other hand, Neon might not be totally appropriate for large or national level organizations because some of the reporting seems less "robust" than pricier alternatives...
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    Pros
    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
    • One-stop-shop. I love that we have one system that will track our income, manage membership, email contacts, manage our website and pull reports.
    • Response time on support tickets. Whenever I have a problem using iMIS, I can either log into their support site to submit a help ticket or send it directly from my email account. Someone normally responds to me within the hour and then I will get a solution within the day no matter the time of day I submit the ticket.
    • Easy to use widgets. I love using widgets to pull a page together. They have slideshow widgets that use on a daily basis. There are also forum widgets and widgets to pull an already created query to a page you choose to display this information on.
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    Neon One LLC
    • NeonCRM allows you to build events, take registrations, and customize those events. Customizations include different ticketing options, add-ons, promotions, etc.
    • NeonCRM does a good job helping you track donors' activities/engagements.
    • It also provides a variety of reporting mechanisms - from dashboard snapshots to graphical reports - that allow you to review programs at a glance or in-depth.
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    Cons
    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
    • System Performance: iMIS has always seemed to have had performance issues....sluggish specifically. Though some of that may be in part to some of our customizations, but we don’t think so.
    • Integrations with 3rd Party Products: we would like to see more integrations with 3rd party apps.
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    Neon One LLC
    • Learning the ropes is largely accomplished by reading manuals and watching videos. I don't learn that way. I'd much prefer to be shown. I guess I'm old school.
    • They can be stingy with the customer support. We bought the big package and I still wind up going back to my salesperson to help me cut through any red tape to get what I need.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Neon One LLC
    Neon CRM was difficult and frustrating to use without IT experience, and way to costly for the a small to mid-sized nonprofit. We believe that we lost donors due to the inaccurate report system in Neon CRM
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    Usability
    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
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    Neon One LLC
    The Neon CRM system is confusing (we had to watch video tutorials and html code to understand many of the features, many of which we did not need). Around 2022, Neon started to go downhill. Bells and whistles were added that were of no benefit (to our nonprofit) and the system became even harder to use
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    Support Rating
    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Neon One LLC
    As stated before, they push you to read the manual or watch the video when what I want is a human being to walk/talk me through it. Like I said, maybe I am old school but that's how I learn. It's been a challenge.
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    Implementation Rating
    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
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    Neon One LLC
    We had to hire someone to implement our donors into Neon CRM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
    I think both are great tools. They both have their strengths and weaknesses. I really like the CMS component that comes with iMIS. It is important for an organization to be able to quickly build websites to engage their members. iMIS provides tools to do this out of the box.
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    Neon One LLC
    It works. It's easy to customize for nonprofit and industry-specific categories. It does what it does well, and integrates with platforms that specialize in those areas rather than trying to be everything to all users.
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    Return on Investment
    Advanced Solutions International, Inc.
    • iMIS had a neutral impact on my non-profit organization's overall business objectives. Both the finance and department teams just worked around the limitations that iMIS had.
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    Neon One LLC
    • Positive: Neon allows us to track, analyze, and optimize our fundraising efforts and outcomes. It is critical to our success.
    • Positive: Neon works easily with our website, making donations easy for the donor.
    • Positive: Neon is affordable in comparison with similar products.
    • Negative: Neon is not well known (yet) so each new employees will probably need to learn it from scratch.
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    ScreenShots

    iMIS Screenshots

    Screenshot of iMIS Contact DashboardScreenshot of iMIS Membership DashboardScreenshot of iMIS Fundraising DashboardScreenshot of iMIS Commerce DashboardScreenshot of iMIS Events Dashboard

    Neon CRM Screenshots

    Screenshot of Email Builder: Elevates appeals, newsletters, and other communications with mobile-responsive emails, multi-column layouts, text block editor and full email preview while building.Screenshot of Fundraising Dashboard: Aggregates fundraising data in one place to analyze various campaigns, performance, progress, and comparisons to other years and campaigns.Screenshot of Workflow Automation: Automated workflows that take care of redundant administrative tasks, with workflows to define triggers, audience, and the action to be performed.Screenshot of Reporting: Comprehensive reporting features to pull a variety of reports. By selecting the data source of interest and the fields needed, Neon CRM provides reports to analyze and share with key stakeholders.Screenshot of Donation Form Themes: Drag and drop themes for donation pages matched to the brand with customization.Screenshot of Volunteer Management: To understand the ways that people want to give support, and to track and manage volunteer sign-ups, projects, and time.