Bonterra Case Management vs Givebutter: Which is a better fit?

Nick S.: Hi, I'm Nick. I'm the mobile response team coordinator here at Healthy Communities of Clinton County. We currently have about 15 employees, and I give Bonterra a five out of five stars. Prior to using Bonterra, we were all paper. We did not have any solution. It took us forever with our grant reporting, trying to compile all those files, figure out each person's filing system, and taking days to be able to get those reporting out. We decided to go with Bonterra for really the two big Cs, both collaboration and compilation. We were able to compile all of our data into one simple place and also be able to collaborate with all of our employees. Now, when a client comes in, it doesn't matter who was working with them before, we're able to pull up all that info and be able to work with them as quickly as possible and get them the help that they need, and then at the end of the day, be able to get all of our reporting done with all that compilation with just a few simple clicks of a button and have it ready to go in just those few short minutes. Bonterra is super simple to be able to get up and running. They have a dedicated implementation team that will walk you hand in hand to be able to get one full module up and running that you need that will be able to work for you or company. From there, you can take everything that you have learned and be able to build out everything you need across your organization, whether that's just one additional module or 15. Once that's up and going, we're able to tailor it exactly as our employees need, and you have those skills and tools with, after the implementation team, their customer success team to help you along the way and make sure you're never lost. I would highly recommend anyone who's looking for some solution to take a look at Bonterra and really meet with their team. They do know what they're doing. They've worked with multiple different industries across the board and will be able to, again, tailor it exactly as you need. If there's one solution, this is it. They're across the board, from nonprofit to healthcare to any business out in the industry, 100% dedicated to helping you at your organization make the right choice.

Melanie: Hi, I'm Melanie. I am one of the founders of Hearts for Honduras, and I would give Givebutter a four star rating. We used PayPal previously before using Givebutter, and what we found is it just really the cost of the fees was one of the big factors for us to look to change because we were going to get charged for every transaction. And so that was a big factor for us in finding something that passed on the fees, but a reasonable fee at that. Givebutter really is a platform that really supports nonprofits and does not charge us anything. So everything they do, we get to have a complete, basically a landing page where our participants can set up fundraising pages, we can fundraise for our upcoming trips, and also for our nonprofit in general. So just their overall support of nonprofits was a huge factor in being able to establish that, especially when you don't have very little budget to work with. So there is a little bit of a learning curve with Givebutter and just terms of playing around, how to set up your platform and set up your landing page. But once you get into the rhythm of it, it's pretty easy and it's easy to show others as well how to use. So that was a big... That's been kind of nice being able to teach our participants how to set up their own fundraising pages, but just a little bit of a learning curve when you're first starting off. So I would say that there's a lot of options out there. We did a lot of extensive research, compared the different platforms. Givebutter is right around the same in terms of the fees that they do charge for the processing of payments and fundraising dollars. They're relatively in that same ballpark of most. They're a little bit less. So that was a big factor. But really the big factor was the fact that there's no cost passed on to us to use the platform. So they raised their money completely through donations that donors make. So that was a huge factor for us in making that decision.