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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Blackbaud Luminate Online

    Score6.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Luminate Online aims to help non-profits engage more effectively with supporters and raise more money by enabling integrated campaigns for digital, social and mobile channels. According to the vendor, Luminate Online helps non-profits: Better understand online supporters Make the right ask at the right time Launch creative fundraising campaigns Automated campaigns stimulate engagement and action through targeted welcome messages with personalized…N/A

    Sage 300

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ASage 300 (formerly Sage 300 ERP) is a business management solution that includes strong accounting and financials, as well as multi-currency and multi-language capabilities. Built on accounting best practices, users will be able to track, control, and plan the financial health of their business.

    $1,655

    Lifetime License per Seat

    Pricing
    Blackbaud Luminate OnlineSage 300
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Sage 300 ERP Standard
    $1,655
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Sage 300 ERP Advanced
    $1,665
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Sage 300 ERP Premium
    $1,665
    Lifetime License (unlimited seats)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Blackbaud Luminate OnlineSage 300
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsLuminate Online is priced based on the number of email addresses on file, modules used and service plan. Our peer to peer offering, TeamRaiser, has a transactional, shared success pricing model.Our pricing is by module and by license and can range depending on what the customers requirements are. Most of our financial and operational modules are $1655.00 each, plus user license, plus an annual business care of 24%.
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    Community Pulse
    Blackbaud Luminate OnlineSage 300
    Considered Both Products
    Blackbaud
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    Sage
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    57%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    50%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    Blackbaud Luminate OnlineSage 300
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Blackbaud Luminate Online and Sage 300
    Feature
    Blackbaud Luminate Online
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 300
    9.3
    11 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings9.411 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.46 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.311 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.38 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Blackbaud Luminate Online and Sage 300
    Feature
    Blackbaud Luminate Online
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 300
    6.2
    11 Ratings
    20% below category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings3.010 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Blackbaud Luminate Online and Sage 300
    Feature
    Blackbaud Luminate Online
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 300
    9.5
    18 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.514 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.518 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Blackbaud Luminate Online and Sage 300
    Feature
    Blackbaud Luminate Online
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 300
    9.3
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.320 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.318 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Blackbaud Luminate Online and Sage 300
    Feature
    Blackbaud Luminate Online
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 300
    7.1
    21 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings9.521 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.520 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings9.313 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings6.620 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings9.312 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    Fixed asset management00 Ratings3.06 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings1.010 Ratings
    Multi-division support00 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Regulations compliance00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing00 Ratings4.07 Ratings
    Self-service portal00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
    Localizations00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings9.36 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Blackbaud Luminate Online and Sage 300
    Feature
    Blackbaud Luminate Online
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 300
    5.2
    13 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings1.012 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings9.311 Ratings
    Manufacturing module00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Blackbaud Luminate Online and Sage 300
    Feature
    Blackbaud Luminate Online
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 300
    1.0
    12 Ratings
    152% below category average
    Pricing00 Ratings1.010 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings1.012 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings1.011 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Blackbaud Luminate OnlineSage 300
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.7
    (87 ratings)
    7.7
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    2.1
    (28 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (32 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.6
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Blackbaud Luminate OnlineSage 300
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Blackbaud
    Blackbaud Luminate Online is an excellent solution for online giving, providing a wealth of tools for producing donation forms. It also is outstanding for peer-to-peer fundraising, such as event-based efforts like walks, cycling tours, and so forth. The Email module is outstanding if you need an internal solution for communicating with your donors and supporters. It provides a wealth of tools for crafting emails, and for reporting on the results.
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    Sage
    Sage 300cloud is a great option when it comes to cloud accounting/tracking software. In comparison to Sage's other products, Sage 300cloud is the only cloud/web based option with modern UI's and more intuitive interfaces. Additionally, Sage 300cloud offers an entire system of customer integrations that become available dependent on subscription level. Sage 300cloud also offers integrations between other Sage products (AP, CRM, etc) that allows for better automation and efficiency
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    Pros
    Blackbaud
    • House Donor Information. Easy report pulling. Queries and lists.
    • I like how everything is housed on one platform. Webpages, emails and donor profiles. User friendly.
    • It works nicely with other blackbaud products such as Raiser's Edge. Easy importing and exporting options.
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    Sage
    • Overall ease of use and intuitive navigation - minimal training has been required to use the system efficiently and effectively
    • Customer Inquiry - quickly see outstanding documents and drill down on any item (open or paid) to find the information you need
    • Most reports are easy to export into a workable Excel format using the Excel - data only or csv file format.
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    Cons
    Blackbaud
    • Reporting needs some work, this is being worked on in their new BETA program.
    • The eCommerce module needs some work. It would be great to have more ability to customize parts of it without having to rewrite the code.
    • The Events module could use some improvements as well.
    • The Personal Fundraising module needs a lot of work. It really cannot work as needed right now. We started using TeamRaiser to handle this, but it could be great.
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    Sage
    • Little things, like changing the company name - are more difficult than we would like (We used to be MSDSSAB but legally shortened it to MSDSB).
    • A management financial reporting tool with live access - to premade reports - without paying an arm and a leg would be appreciated.
    • More training opportunities in local areas - or nearby - would be appreciated...
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Blackbaud
    We’ve decided to leave Luminate and are moving to a system that better caters to our and our users needs. Luminate has proven difficult to use and has limited abilities when it comes to data management, events, and peer-to-peer functionality. Reporting is also very complicated and requires a great deal of time to utilize properly.
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    Sage
    It is a solid stable product with a large user community and large ISV community. Support and Training are easy to access and obtain and there is larger reseller channel to ensure the firm you work with is honest. It is scalable and there are multiple deployment and payment options.
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    Usability
    Blackbaud
    You have to be very tech savvy to use Luminate to its fullest potential. You can get buy with the training, but there is a steep learning curve and you almost need 6 months to 1 year of in-person training to really be able to anything substantial. The online training lessons are not going to cut it while learning this program.
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    Sage
    Sage 300cloud is intuitive and user friendly after some training. It does require implementation and training but once that's done, this software is easy to use and navigate. Support for Sage 300cloud is spot on and offers assistance over the simplest to [the] most complex of tasks. Finding information or learning new tasks within Sage 300cloud is relatively easy and educational.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Blackbaud
    It's a very rare occurrence if the system isn't available when I want it. I can easily log in from home after hours if need be, and the security is enforced, but simple when you're legit! They are very good about sending email reminders and updates when system maintenance will be performed, and it's always during middle of the night hours when you likely wouldn't be using it anyways
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    Sage
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    Performance
    Blackbaud
    Pages load fast and 98% of the reports do run in a matter of secons/minutes. There is this one report I have that can take hours to run, but this is due to the amount of transactions being requested for one of our biggest online fundraising events (Transaction report)
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    Sage
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    Support Rating
    Blackbaud
    Support staff are usually incredibly helpful and responsive. There are several ways to contact them (chat, logging a ticket, phone) which makes it easy to get help when you need it. Once in a while I get a support staff member who isn't quite as helpful, which is why I gave it a 9 instead of a 10, but that is rare and if I follow up with someone else, I get what I need.
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    Sage
    Turnover is high in the Sage Support department so sometimes it is difficult to get a rep who knows the issue well. Reps are good and getting assistance when they need it. Sometimes support is more interested in closing issue than actually solving problem. It can be difficult at times to have issues escalated but overall the support is good.
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    In-Person Training
    Blackbaud
    Initial training was great and the instructor was very patient and helpful during the set up process. Blackbaud has a variety on online self-paced classes that supplement the training you receive. The only downfall is after training is complete. I've found the support for Luminate to be a tad lackluster. We often encounter issues that aren't on Luminate's development road map and have had a series of cases be opened.
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Blackbaud
    When I used the training, I had actually been using Luminate Online but figured it might help me learn to use the tools more effectively. And it did. The sessions were helpful and even as a current user I felt like I learned how to use the tools more effectively.
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    Sage
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    Implementation Rating
    Blackbaud
    Implementation of Luminate itself was rather smooth, but the process involved for TeamRaiser was very difficult. Even after implementation we relied on support to help with various aspects of TeamRaiser from page design to reporting and front end user issues. The support offered for issues with Luminate was very good, but again TeamRaiser support was lacking.
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    Sage
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    Alternatives Considered
    Blackbaud
    The only other product I have used for this type of fundraising work is NetCommunity and it hasn't been as scalable or versatile. It doesn't really offer the peer to peer fundraising of Luminate or the constituent management, web page development and considered donation forms. NetCommunity didn't even come close which is why we replaced it with Luminate.
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    Sage
    Sage 300 cloud is much more detailed than the other. About the same in being user friendly A better layout Saves time for doing the schedules for Audits Mobile Access Sage 300cloud can manage all different industries
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    Scalability
    Blackbaud
    Luminate Online is a great scalable product as it provides various price points dependent on your quantity of email addresses. This allows both small and large organizations to utilize the product, which has strong email capabilities. It also means smaller organizations aren't forced to pay astronomical fees in order to have access to a quality product.
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Blackbaud
    • We've increased our online giving +200% although this is due in part to our focus on the channel and not entirely on the product.
    • We've been able to increase employee efficiency by selecting email lists per message within Luminate Online. With our prior solution we needed to request data be pulled from our database for event email.
    • We've really done a great job of growing our online tribute and memorial giving through the use of custom links and the pre-populated information has really helped with the back end processing.
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    Sage
    • It allows our company to efficiently and effectively maintain and track our job cost.
    • Its reliable performance allows us to function continually.
    • It also provides our division managers with reports that they can use to determine where we are experiencing problems.
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    ScreenShots

    Blackbaud Luminate Online Screenshots

    Screenshot of Email Overview DashboardScreenshot of Luminate allows you to enable multiple types of giving - from recurring to matching and everything between.Screenshot of Luminate enables you to reach out to supporters in multiple waysScreenshot of Luminate Peer to Peer fundraising with DIY events, also enables your supporters to fundraising on their behalf.