Almabase vs Graduway: Which is a better fit?

Speaker 1: Hi, my name is Camille. I'm the director of Alumni Engagement for Ranney School, and I would give Almabase a five out of five star rating. I haven't used any other alumni-specific software products prior to using Almabase, but I have extensive research and experience using other CRM systems, including Raiser's Edge and Salesforce. Ranney School decided to invest in Almabase software several years ago with the increasing need to engage and reengage with our alumni community. And it's been an initiative that we've continued forward, and the software has helped us tremendously. Almabase was incredibly easy and simple to integrate with our current organization. At first, all we had to do was provide an Excel list of all of our alums, and the partners in the backend at Almabase worked quickly to upload that information. As information is new or needs to be added, it's incredibly simple to do such thing. And what I appreciate the most is Almabase's ability to integrate with other softwares like Raiser's Edge. So our current database with all of our constituent information is easily connected with Almabase, so there isn't duplicating efforts back and forth. My advice to anyone considering Almabase is to definitely give it a look, go through the trial and understand its capabilities. And if you see anything that you wish it did do, definitely mention it to it because the developers are consistently making new changes and they value everyone's feedback. So I definitely think it's a software worth your investment.

Whitney R.: Hi, my name is Whitney. I'm an assistant vice president and I gave Graduway five out of five stars. For more reviews, click below. We use Graduway primarily for two things. We run our annual giving day through their platform, and then we utilize their crowd funding solution as well throughout the year. What I like best about Graduway? It's actually a couple of things. One, they offer terrific customer service. Our guy, John, is very accessible, very responsive. And then the platform functions on pretty much any device and any search engine. So when users are looking on their laptop or on their iPad or phone, whatever it is, they're able to have a great experience interacting with our crowdfunding opportunities. There isn't really anything I dislike about Graduway. But one area for improvement I think would be around how you integrate funding that comes in from other sources into the totals that are displayed on the site around the different projects and programs that are being promoted. It's just a little time consuming. It's not a bridge too far, but it might be an area that they can improve upon.