Blackbaud Luminate Online Pricing

“Now, all but the most basic training opportunities are only available at expensive à la carte prices or through an access plan that is even more cost prohibitive for all but the biggest organizations. … The contract and billing models make it very expensive up-front, and that cost is only growing year to year.”

“An organization less suited for LO would be one that doesn't have the resources to invest in LO - it's not cheap and does take man power to set up, but once the tools are implemented, the results are...”

“The tool is affordable for the average midsized nonprofit; while MailChimp might seem like a good tool for some nonprofits, LO has the functionality of that system plus so much more, and for a better... … As it is the most affordable, nonprofit-oriented multiplatform digital marketing tool out there, we sometimes feel taken advantage of by its parent company, Blackbaud, when new contracts and service...”

“For small organizations without this luxury, it would probably be too expensive and complicated to be worth it. … For email contact, we used VoterVoice, which was easier to use and less expensive, BUT it did not allow for integration with a CRM and it did not create truly unique contact files.”

“It allowed us great efficiency in managing our monthly donor program The cost was inclusive of as many emails as we wanted to send.”

“I can't speak to hard numbers, but eventually Luminate was abandoned by our organization in favor of less expensive solutions.”

“NPOs with very large email house files have less alternatives for LO email that are comparable in price because of the bundling of modules' cost with LO. … Convio CMS is vital to really making the product work well today, but is not accessible in price, especially when open-source WordPress and Drupal and Joomla offer superior CMS platforms by anyone's...”

“However, it is a pretty expensive add on and for small organizations thus may not make sense to add this product into your bundle.”

“It's probably better just to buy the tool at the best price you can negotiate and understand you're going to have to invest in a lot of training over the first few years.”

“While Blackbaud (then Convio) was a bit more expensive it had a bit more functionality with the constituent database that we needed, but I don't know that one is clearly better than the other.”