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    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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    Agentforce Education

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce for Higher Ed combines the Salesforce Lightning Experience with HEDA (Higher Ed Data Architecture), providing a cloud platform supporting student management and engagement, admissions and academics, and other higher ed administrative support functions.N/A
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    Neon CRMAgentforce Education
    Editions & Modules
    Neon CRM
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    Neon CRMAgentforce Education
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup Fee$349 one-time feeNo setup fee
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    Neon CRMAgentforce Education
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    Neon One LLC
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Neon CRMAgentforce Education
    Communications and Marketing
    Comparison of Communications and Marketing features of Neon CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Education
    Feature
    Neon CRM
    1.2
    2 Ratings
    139% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Education
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    Constituent engagement and marketing1.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social listening1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Digital advocacy enablement1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting and Analytics features of Neon CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Education
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    Neon CRM
    1.8
    2 Ratings
    110% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Education
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    Reporting and data visualization1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Wealth screening2.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fundraising and Events
    Comparison of Fundraising and Events features of Neon CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Education
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    Neon CRM
    1.4
    2 Ratings
    120% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Education
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    Online donation options3.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event registration and ticketing1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Text and phone donations1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Volunteer shift management1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile event check-in1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security and Platform
    Comparison of Security and Platform features of Neon CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Education
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    Neon CRM
    1.5
    2 Ratings
    125% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Education
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    Role-based user permissions2.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Neon CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Education
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    7.9
    6 Ratings
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    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Online Registration Management00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Roster Management00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Platform Customization00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Student Data Security00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Community Support00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Class Scheduling00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Compliance Support00 Ratings4.05 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Neon CRMAgentforce Education
    Small Businesses
    Agentforce 360 for Nonprofits
    Score8.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    DonorPerfect
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ellucian CRM Advance
    Score5 out of 10
    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Neon CRMAgentforce Education
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    6.4
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Neon CRMAgentforce Education
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Salesforce
    I would say it's suited for a higher ED or K through 12 use case. If you're tracking anyone who is a learner, I would say it's still applicable for non-degree learning experiences. So even if you don't have a four year degree granting institution, but if you're not doing education, that's probably where I would say it's not really for you. Right. There's other products, other verticals like nonprofit cloud or financial services cloud you'd want to look at.
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    Pros
    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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    Salesforce
    • Great use of integrating across all aspects of enrollment.
    • Easy to create tasks for counselors to remember to call prospective students and keep up to date on goals.
    • Reporting is fabulous inside of Salesforce.
    • All of the Apps in the App Exchange.
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    Cons
    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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    Salesforce
    • I think the display of the cloud for students can seem a bit intimidating at first.
    • I do not know the depth in which some features could offer more, but organization is the most important in displaying the information for the user.
    • Other than the visual aspect I think Salesforce does an amazing job! I'd like to see this used more widely.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Salesforce
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    Usability
    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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    Salesforce
    It can be extremely user friendly and customizable - if you have the skills to do that. There are features - like records related opening in sub tabs - that make work more efficient. There is a definitely a steep learning curve when it comes to becoming a salesforce admin though.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Salesforce
    People will respond on time even though Salesforce is such a large organization. This also includes various methods of getting support beyond just calling - they have dedicated reps, chat, chatter, etc that all make the experience more pleasant.
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    Implementation Rating
    Neon One LLC
    We had to hire someone to implement our donors into Neon CRM
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    Salesforce
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Salesforce
    Salesforce has many more options, functionality, and can provide real time dashboard reports from the homepage. Provides a quicker search functionality and merges all information for other areas of the company into a concise summary. Report functionality is very intuitive and with basic understanding, users can build their own graphs and dashboards to help visual important data.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Salesforce
    • Positive: Our entire company is more aligned because while still complying with FERPA, the right people have access to student records while also having the correct permissions.
    • Positive: we can integrate with our partners who also use Salesforce, while still complying with FERPA.
    • Negative: we've needed to hire a Salesforce Development team with multiple people to accurately customize the tool to work for us.
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    ScreenShots

    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.

    Agentforce Education Screenshots

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