VolunteerHub

"Why you need VolunteerHub"

Overall: For anyone considering getting a database for Volunteers, you MUST consider after purchase and after implementation, customer service. How quickly is support responding? Does support understand the issue? Does support manage accounts with the proper repair? At VolunteerHub I promise you they do! Somehow we made a mistake with our User Groups and their order of them which affected the background checks and stuff. We didn't notice but during a routine check, Support caught this and knew it wasn't right and fixed it, and notified us. We didn't realize this happened either and Support took it upon themselves to correct. No ticket was submitted, no emails were sent to support, etc. That is how good Support is. I highly recommend VolunteerHub. We were able to turn our investment into $25K+ through donations. Corporations give money to the places their employees volunteer at.

Pros: Best features:Landing Pages (Use for companies so they don't have to scroll through event pages to find options)User Contact (User Groups allow for better communication and easier access to Volunteers needed for specific jobs)Waiver Forms (Digital waiver forms are great for fast and easy liability forms to be signed)VolunteerHub allowed us to be able to recruit more than 1,400 volunteers in 10 months. We were also able to leverage that into fundraising, raising more than $25K. One person was able to manage all this because of how easy this system is to use and manage.

Cons: The cons to VolunteerHub are really the layouts of landing pages, main pages, etc. There is no customization to these pages and it's really because the source code is bland. Hopefully, they will update to allow widgets, more integrations, etc. so each organization can better serve their volunteers. This doesn't affect users because they don't know anything different but it does need to change and become more modern.

"Works for basic needs"

Overall: When we first adopted the platform, it was great and again the pricing was very reasonable. However, overtime, it seems like they have stopped investing in developing the platform and adding new features and integrations, so it is now far behind many competitors. However, if you are looking for a very simple and basic platform at a very fair price, this could work for you. It’s a simple platform for volunteers and administrators to use. However, if you have more complicated needs and you are a larger organization, I would not recommend this product.

Pros: VolunteerHub has a nice volunteer interface that’s easy to navigate and simple to use. For administrators as well the features require little training and are very user-friendly. We have been using this platform for a very long time so the pricing has always been very reasonable.

Cons: It seems like they have not made any upgrades or investments in the platform in a long time. The platform remains relatively the same over the past five years. It seems To lack a lot of the more advanced features than many other platforms now offer.

"Saves so much time with high demand, one-off or shift-based opportunities!"

Overall: Overall I am very pleased with my VolunteerHub experience. When I joined the organization 1.5 years ago, we had been using its most basic functionality for a few years. Since then, I have learned from webinars, help docs and extremely responsive support team emails how to use nearly every feature. We've implemented each feature successfully, which has saved time and allowed us to rely on a huge pool of volunteers in new ways. Although I think the price increases have been a bit disproportionate to the increase in the number of active users we can have, VolunteerHub is meeting all of our major needs at the moment, and most of our minor ones, too.

Pros: Perfect for empowering thousands of individuals and group leaders to claim space in our twice-daily, year-round meal service opportunities with minimal initial interaction from our very small staff Volunteers can join groups (skills, interests, corporate, etc.), on their own or automatically through a customized link, and we can email those groups to recruit in a way more targeted than emailing all volunteers at once Easy to record volunteer hours automatically, and print useful nametags, with minimal interaction from a staff member, for opportunities with set start and end times (regular shifts, one-off opportunities, etc.) and to report basic attendance for those opportunities Automatic confirmation, reminder and thank-you emails Modify events, reservations, user groups, etc. in large batches and pull useful general participation reports Make notes about individual volunteers in their accounts

Cons: Volunteer Hub shines with scheduling volunteers for opportunities with set start and end times. Much more attention is needed for creating irregular opportunities and scheduling volunteers/recording attendance for them. For example, opportunities with flexible start and end times, just gauging interest in internships, and volunteers who don't stick to a regular schedule but are welcome any time, can be a bit complex in Volunteer Hub. Unfortunately, there is no dashboard or easy view of major trends Some of the text that administrators have no control over provides constant confusion for volunteers. For example, the sign in button(s) in the Kiosk feature say "new" and "existing users," which often causes first-time volunteers - who have created accounts at home - to create a duplicate account on-site (and we need volunteers to be able to create accounts on-site for other reasons). Very basic email generator