--- title: "CommunitySuite Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of CommunitySuite Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/communitysuite-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Fund Accounting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/fund-accounting-software-comparison/) / CommunitySuite Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/communitysuite-profile/reviews/) # CommunitySuite Review Custom quote 1 plan Wondering if CommunitySuite is right for your organization? Our Fund Accounting Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview CommunitySuite 4.8 [(40)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/communitysuite-profile/reviews/) Pricing Pricing available upon request ### About CommunitySuite CommunitySuite is a cloud-based non-profit management solution designed for small and midsize companies. Key features include fund accounting, a donor portal, online donation management, scholarship management and event management. Accounting tools allow users to track assets, liabilities and accounts payable and receivable. The product also allows users to create and manage donor records, fund statements and grants. The online donation management module provides users with an online payment portal for fundraising activities. Users can also create ad hoc donor pages to support emergency fundraising. The grant management module lets users design forms and workflows, manage reviews, send notifications and send transactions to the accounting system. It also features customer management, enabling users to create contact profiles, filter contacts and send targeted email campaigns. CommunitySuite also offers integration with GuideStar, Foundation Center and GreatNonprofits. Perpetual licensing and monthly subscription pricing are available. Support is offered through email, phone and online chat. Wondering if CommunitySuite is right for your organization? Our Fund Accounting Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. ## CommunitySuite User Interface ## Popular CommunitySuite Alternatives Main Product CommunitySuite 4.8 [(40)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/communitysuite-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.60Ease of use - 4.67Value for money - 4.87Customer support - 4.63Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [ExpensePlus](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/462142-ExpensePlus/) 5.0 [(29)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/462142-ExpensePlus/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.90Ease of use - 4.86Value for money - 5.0Customer support - 4.79Functionality Pricing Starting at £5.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [Sage Intacct](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/intacct-accounting-profile/) 4.3 [(716)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/intacct-accounting-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.20Ease of use - 3.99Value for money - 3.98Customer support - 4.22Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [Realm](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/151411-Realm/) 4.4 [(273)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/151411-Realm/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.25Ease of use - 4.38Value for money - 4.62Customer support - 4.14Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [Eleven](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/eleven-profile/) 4.9 [(122)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/eleven-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.93Ease of use - 4.84Value for money - 4.88Customer support - 4.89Functionality Pricing Starting at $35.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [Aplos](https://www.softwareadvice.com/nonprofit/aplos-profile/) 4.5 [(187)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/nonprofit/aplos-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.41Ease of use - 4.41Value for money - 4.58Customer support - 4.19Functionality Pricing Starting at $79.00 per month Get Price ## CommunitySuite Pricing and Plans Starting price: Connect with an advisor for pricing Free Trial Free Version CommunitySuite Pricing Pricing available upon request No plan information available Confused about pricing? 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Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates. ## CommunitySuite Features - Popular features found in Fund Accounting Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Bank Reconciliation Billing & Invoicing Budgeting/Forecasting Expense Tracking Financial Reporting Income & Balance Sheet Partnership Accounting Payroll Management Real-Time Reporting - More features of CommunitySuite Access Controls/Permissions Ad hoc Reporting API Campaign Management Campaign Planning Cash Management Check Printing Compliance Management Contact Management Credit Card Processing CRM Customizable Branding Customizable Fields Customizable Reports Customizable Templates Data Import/Export Donation Tracking Donor Management Electronic Payments Email Management Email Marketing Email Templates Event Management Event Ticketing Financial Analysis Financial Management For Nonprofits Fund Management General Ledger Grant Management Invoice Management Mobile Access Mobile Giving Multi-Currency Online Giving Payment Processing Personalization Pledge Management Real-Time Data Receipt Management Recurring Giving Registration Management Reporting/Analytics Summary Reports Third-Party Integrations ## CommunitySuite Integrations Stripe Integration rated undefined from -1 review Constant Contact Integration rated undefined from -1 review ## CommunitySuite User Reviews ## CommunitySuite customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 40 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 36 reviews (90%) - 4 stars: 3 reviews (8%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 1 reviews (3%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.6/5 - Value for money: 4.7/5 - Customer support: 4.9/5 - Functionality: 4.6/5 --- ### A unified system that delights both internal and external users - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. Overall, a great experience. The team at Foundant is very responsive and the software is easy to use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Unified solution, clean & simple interface, the dev team is very open to suggestions and using IdeaLab, users can submit and vote on desired features/functionality. Tech support and service is phenomenal. Going from a non-unified system to a unified system has been like night and day. Being able to offer our Fund Advisors an online portal where they have 24x7 access in a clean site has been a long-awaited feature for us. #### Cons That we didn't have it implemented sooner. It has saved so much staff time. #### Vendor response Thank you for your review! This will be greatly beneficial to others who are exploring community foundation solutions . Replied April 2019 --- ### Promote transparency, ease of reporting, and accurate donation history with C-Suite - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kathleen S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Investment Management - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We shifted from Quick Books and many spreadsheets to C-Suite in 2015, and have never looked back. The transparency for fund managers and staff alike has been wonderful over the years. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Cloud based, ease of use, great integration of CRM with accounting and event management, and excellent history tracking for funds--C-Suite delivers. #### Cons A recent change to no linked chart of accounts when making vendor payments and other entries is the sole annoying feature of this program. #### Reasons for switching to CommunitySuite Another community foundation insisted we make the change as soon as possible. We found a donor to pay the initial fee, and went for it. We have never regretted this decision. #### Vendor response Thank you for the review Kathleen! We are happy to hear that you are satisfied with CommunitySuite! Replied October 2023 --- ### Interacting with CommunitySuite Fund Accounting - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Madeline R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It was easy but challenging at the same time, navigating is pretty easy but functionality are challenging. Everything was not shown during the implementation and hard to discuss if was the first time use. #### Cons Some of the functions could be explained better and for a non profit organization in ways to utilize the application to benefit staff for an easy workflow. Our processes are implementing new ways to use CommunitySuite Fund Accounting. #### Reasons for switching to CommunitySuite FIMS was outdated and needed a more robus application to work through our processes with precision and user friendly functionality to get the job done. #### Vendor response Thank you for the review Madeline! Replied October 2023 --- ### Worth the switch! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jean V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Our overall experience has been extremely positive and I would not hesitate to recommend the software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The best part of this software is it replaced the need for us to triple enter data! I also have to say the team that assisted us with migration and training were fantastic!! As well, the support they offer after implementation and their online help database has made this move so worth the hard work we had to put in to get where we are today. #### Cons The implementation and training process I found very challenging and there were days I thought I would never get it. However, their constant support and the extra training we arranged for to make sure we had the processes down right, made it all worth it in the end. #### Reasons for switching to CommunitySuite We made the switch because from the very beginning Income Manager did not get the job done and the support and training was extremely bad. #### Vendor response Thank you for your review, Jean! We are happy to know that the CommunitySuite software has made it easier for you to enter data and our online database has been a helpful tool. Replied February 2022 --- ### Community Foundation recommendation - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tye S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, we have had a terrific experience with this software and have no regrets at our organization for making the switch back in 2021. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The feature that our organization liked the most was the ease of use for the software. We apprecaite having the sandbox feature to "test" before submitting in the live system. #### Cons The feature that our organization likes the least would be the balance swap process. Still needing further understanding of this process. #### Reasons for switching to CommunitySuite Efficiencies and support. #### Vendor response Thank you for the review Tye! We are so happy to hear that you are satisfied with CommunitySuite! Replied October 2023 --- ### CommunitySuite is Perfect for Community Foundations - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sherri R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I am very happy with CommunitySuite. I'm a professional accountant and have worked in nonprofit accounting for 22 years. This is BY FAR the best software for fund accounting, tracking and reporting to donors and other stakeholders. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros This software is exactly what we need to track our funds, donors, and operations. Tech support is always quick to respond and willing to work through problems to help us learn. #### Cons The only thing I would add that would make it 100 for me as the accountant/CFO would be a payroll module. #### Reasons for choosing CommunitySuite We had seen two demos prior to 2017, but Foundant wasn't quite ready to handle our needs. We were pleased to see they continued to develop the product further until it was perfect for us. #### Reasons for switching to CommunitySuite Blackbaud announced in 2017 that they were going to stop all support for FIMS. At that point we were already looking for a replacement for FIMS, but the announcement shifted that search into high gear. #### Vendor response Thank you for the review Sherri! We are so happy to hear that you are satisfied with CommunitySuite's fund accounting! Replied October 2023 --- ### CCCF-Csuite - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alexis W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I like how community suite has a help page, tutorials, constant updates, and how they take suggestions from its consumers in order to better their platform. I'd rate my overall experience a 10 compared to the last software we used to use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I love how we can use one platform to manage funds, donations, grants, and scholarships. #### Cons A feature I would like to be incorporated is to be able to send payment confirmation emails for electronic/ach (like we do for grant payments) for the voucher payments. We have to manually send these emails currently. #### Vendor response Thank you for the review Alexis! We are happy to hear that you find our support hub and tutorials helpful! Replied October 2023 --- ### Community Suite Lite for the Win! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Courtney R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Accounting - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall it has been a great experience and we are very satisfied. There is not another vendor on the market right now that we could consider! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This software is intuitive. I came into my role with zero training. Our foundation was in the process of switching from FIMS to Foundant. I am so grateful they decided to make this change. I had to do very little work in FIMS before we were up in running in Foundant. With no one to help me, FIMS was so hard to navigate and understand. I immediately felt comfortable in Foundant and through their available online trainings easily taught myself the program. #### Cons My one complaint with the program is financial statements. They are great within the software, but when it comes to preparing reports for donors or board meetings I have not found a style I like. I have made my own in Excel for the time being. It's not that they do not have the capability to do reports; it's the look of them that I do not like. #### Vendor response Thank you for your review, Courtney! We are happy to know that the CommunitySuite training videos were helpful for you! Replied February 2022 --- ### Community Suite Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bill A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. Overall, our transition to Community Suite created informational transparency in the organization resulting in increased efficiency. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The product is intuitive and comprehensive. My entire organization can use the same platform for grantmaking, accounting and customer relationship management. The accounting software allows for easy reporting and analysis. What I truly like best, and what separates Community Suite from other software products I have used, is the Customer Service. Their team walked us through implementation and provides both technical and real world help in a timely manner. And, Community Suite is constantly working on upgrades, some suggested by users, that make it a real world tool for success. #### Cons An area for improvement, which is being mitigated by Community Suite's communication that changes are in process, would be in traditional financial reporting i.e., having a financial report that looks like financial statements. Such reports can be made currently but they lose some of the functionality that makes Community Suite so powerful. To be clear, all the information is available but I find myself using Excel more than I would like. I expect that these concerns to be addressed in the next few quarters. #### Reasons for switching to CommunitySuite I was not involved in the decision but I am told that the prior product was dated with decreasing customer support. #### Vendor response Thank you for your review of ComunitySuite Bill! We are happy to see that your entire organization can use the same platform for grantmaking, accounting, and customer relationship management. We're also glad to see you're happy with Foundant's constant upgrades! Replied April 2021 --- ### It has been a real improvement - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kristie A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It has been a welcome addition to the operation of our Foundation and we really can't imagine life without it now! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The fact that everything transfers over seemlessly from other CSuite platforms (GLM and SLM) to CSuite for payments and profiles. It makes everything so much more simpler. #### Cons It did take a bit of set-up time, but that has paid off ten-fold with the ease of operating. #### Reasons for switching to CommunitySuite Needed an updated platform. #### Vendor response Thank you for the review Kristie! We are happy to hear that you are satisfied with CommunitySuite! 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