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# DonorView User Reviews

## Reviews summary

- Overall rating: 4.4/5
- Total reviews: 134

### Secondary ratings

- Ease of use: 4.1/5
- Customer support: 4.5/5
- Value for money: 4.3/5
- Functionality: 4.2/5

### Rating distribution

- 5 stars: 82 reviews (61%)
- 4 stars: 36 reviews (27%)
- 3 stars: 6 reviews (4%)
- 2 stars: 4 reviews (3%)
- 1 star: 6 reviews (4%)

### Most mentioned pros

- They took care of everything for us, kept us informed throughout the process, and provided clear guidance so we always knew what to expect and what was needed from our team.
- It has also provided better tracking and management of participant and family information--which has alleviated a lot of paperwork for our staff.
- I installed this during my busiest time of year and have already started saving time with the mail merge feature and online donation pages.

### Most mentioned cons

- At our organization, we needed to try and fit our needs into what DonorView offered -- which didn't really work for us. And the more we used the options to customize, the more expensive the platform got.
- The Internet was active and on; this was not a case of poor Internet, once again. Because our donors see Donorview as us, this reflects incredibly poorly on us and the quality of the event, in addition to discouraging bidders from participating.
- Unfortunately, because it's out-of-the box and fully integrated, it is not very customizable.

## DonorView customer reviews

Showing reviews 1-25 of 134 (page 1).

### We Love Donorview

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Aubrey C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: October 2018
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I have loved it. The customer service has been great, they answer my emails immediately. And it has simplified my life treamendously.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The versatility, I shopped around for months looking for something that would be able to fit my unique fundraiser. Donorview, while not super flashy like some of the others...checked every single one of my boxes. It has P2P, ticket sales, silent auction, text campaigne....tons of different features!

#### Cons

I wish that we had paid more to get a full training up front. I'm positive that there are more features that I could have been using, but don't know of because I didn't have a formal training.

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### DonorView has streamlined various tasks & eliminated the need for multiple software programs

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Sagar B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: March 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Our team was quite impressed with multiple features DonorView has to offer when we first saw the Demo. Prior to switching over to DonorView, our organization used four software vendors to accomplish our goals.

#### Cons

So far nothing specific to report! The software has so many features that our team hasn't had any need to explore other features that may be relevant to other nonprofit organizations.

#### Reasons for switching to DonorView

This was an easy decision - we were able to streamline all of our tasks in one platform which was also cost effective.

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### Poor use for auction/event

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Penny A.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 1/5
- Value for money: 1/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 1/5

#### Pros

The program has many options. It's intriguing to have an all-in-one program for the price.

#### Cons

This program is not at all intuitive. Support is awful. We pay for a service plan, call support, and receive an email. It's much more efficient to email, but then the level of support depends on who is answering. We have a three year contract. For two years, we've used the program for our annual fundraiser and auction. For two years, we've had multiple complaints from users, which I've outlined below. When I address them via email to support, I'm told that they will work on providing support but there is nothing they can do to remedy the problem. Overall, the program requires MULTIPLE clicks to complete a task. At least 3, most often 6. Here is the issue from our fundraiser this year, which is similar to last year's event: We needed something to trigger that a recurring payment was entered incorrectly from a donor so we could stop that from happening. We also needed something that would tell the donor that they had set up a recurring payment and it was about to be taken out, so they could fix this before it even happened. Because neither happened, the donation was taken, and the donor was unhappy while we had to refund the donation, which took several days. Related to our event and auction on Sept. 27: Multiple issues logging in to the event module and the auction module. The program would just spin, and then not let donors in. Donors would try to go back into the program once they were in it, only for the program to tell them they didn’t have an account or their account wasn’t verified, but I sat with them to do the verification. This happened to our Treasurer; she’s familiar with how to use technology. She was so frustrated, she decided not to bid on anything. We had 5G internet; this was not an onsite wifi or local Internet problem. Nothing to trigger a donor that they already had an account. People didn’t look at “Constituent.” That’s not language they use. We’ve now spent countless hours to clean up the database because people created up to 7 accounts trying to bid for the auction. I’ll relate this to the above problem that people would reenter information in order to bid. There were no emails to participants and no texting to share that they had been outbid, so people didn’t up their bids. We needed that to happen. People couldn’t complete bids or purchases once begun; the program would kick them out and they would need to sign in again, even if they had been signed in minutes before. Donors would come to us to ask for help, and we couldn’t see any notes or faults on our end as administrators. Some participants received emails that they won when they were outbid in the last minute – there was a lag in the processing time in the program and the email went out. I closed the auction at 8:35 and sent out emails a minute or so later. When donors would choose to Buy It Now, they would try to complete the payment, and it would not show sold until minutes later, or would show as remaining open. We would refresh screens and must complete the transaction for them. There were times where I would try to complete the transaction for them, and it would not complete. The Internet was active and on; this was not a case of poor Internet, once again. Because our donors see Donorview as us, this reflects incredibly poorly on us and the quality of the event, in addition to discouraging bidders from participating. We’ve had multiple complaints about the use of the program, and some saying that we needed to change it if they would participate with us again.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

A former director chose this product and the three year contract. My understanding was 1. it was a complete product, 2. low cost were the drivers for the decision.

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### Donor Management Made Easy

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Aisling R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Libraries
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: March 2020
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Excellent!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

DonorView is very user-friendly, which for me was one of the main selling points. Before moving to DonorView, we used a donor management system that was clunky, convoluted, and overall just too big for an organization like ours. DonorView made life a lot easier - combining a way to organize constituents better, maintain e-communication, run reports for metrics, and seamlessly fit with the look and feel of our website to attract more donors. The support is also top notch - when we have a question or a problem, the DonorView team is very communicative and committed to finding a solution. If we need fields added to profiles, etc. DonorView is very accommodating.

#### Cons

This is likely due to my own shortcomings rather than a flaw with DonorView (I am not trained in web design, etc.) but I sometimes have trouble with the e-mail templates. Like I previously mentioned, anytime I have a question or issue, the team helps me fix it promptly.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

At the end of the day, we wanted to be able to work flexibly with a donor management system that fulfilled our needs as a non-profit organization while providing the support we needed. DonorView has been A+ to work with.

#### Reasons for switching to DonorView

iMis was way too big for a small non-profit organization like ours. We were not able to run reports the way we wanted to, merge profiles, or do pretty much anything that DonorView allows us without incurring a cost, etc. It was a frustrating system to use.

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### DonorView is Fantastic! Exactly what we need.

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Lynne S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: March 2020
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

We really like DonorView. We came from Giftworks and Paypal, and DonorView is incredible. The system is incredible smart and well thought out.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Donorview is extremely customizable. It is easy to input new constituents, and the fluidity in which the events, fundraising, and constituent modules interact is fantastic. We like that we can do survey's in the system itself and track responses. Reports are easy to pull. We also like that when we do encounter problems, customer support returns out email and helps out quickly during business hours. They have implemented features for us when we request and are happy to help in any way possible.

#### Cons

The biggest downside to DonorView is that support is only available during normal business hours. We do a lot of evening and weekend events, and support is not available then. I believe they do have a feature now where you can prearrange and pay to have someone available to assist in an emergency, but it is not standard. DonorView is also fabulous at implementing new feature requests, but they aren't great at telling you that they have done so! I have absolutely discovered by accident that something I requested was done.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

We liked that the system was somewhat customizable. The price was great. We also like how the different modules (constituent, fundraising and events) all automatically spoke with one another. There wasn't an additional add-on.

#### Reasons for switching to DonorView

We switched from Giftworks, and it was simply a horrible system to use. Clunky, no event/payment management functionality, wouldn't save information, only one user could use it at a time. The list is endless of why it was a bad software for us.

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### Good CRM for donor management

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Rod B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: December 2023
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Pretty good overall. We switch from DonorView to an integrated Fund Accounting / CRM platform only because I wanted a more seamless process for doing accounting and donor management.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 3/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Onboarding process was very well supported and integration was pretty smooth. This is a pretty intuitive CRM platform with more features than I got to use in the year I subscribed.

#### Cons

Even though it has a quickbooks integration feature, that process on a daily basis with Quickbooks desktop is cumbersome and could generate some issues. If using Quickbooks on-line, this process looks a lot simpler, but did not try it.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

The decision was a pretty close one. Bloomerang was more expensive.

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### Excellent All-In-One Solution for Event Management and CRM

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Christine P.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: November 2021
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

The support team has been very responsive. I would always get a response to my question within the next business day. And I had quite a few questions in the beginning as I was learning the system! The training videos were also quite helpful.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

We use DonorView for our annual golf outing. DonorView has everything all in one system - CRM, mobile auctions, online registration, event management, text messaging, email, etc. All at a reasonable price. I don't have to work with multiple systems, or export/import data, because it's all right there. I did a lot of research and could not find anything similar. In fact, I had other non-profit software companies tell me that a software solution that combines CRM and event management doesn't exist. I'm happy to say that it does!

#### Cons

My biggest con is that the mobile app needs some work, as we had issues with it at our event. Also, as with any software, there are always new features and things you wish it would do. For example, I would like to be able to do partial payments for sponsorships and from multiple constituents. The DonorView team seems open to new feature requests. And for the most part, the software is quite robust.

#### Reasons for switching to DonorView

With our prior solution, there was no CRM relationship management. Each year we would start over with a new event, and there was no way to get a holistic view of our constituents. For example, if we wanted to see anyone that was a sponsor in the last 5 years, we had to go through each event page from the last 5 years and sort through the data manually. Now, with DonorView, the data is available with just a few clicks. Also, we no longer have to export data from each year's event into an excel spreadsheet to use as our mailing list. Our CRM database now lives right in the DonorView system.

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### Excellent Customer service; holistic product

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Kate G.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 201-500 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: February 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Very pleased. Most features work well and any issue is easily resolved by the more than competent customer service team.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

It has a lot of potential that our organization has not tapped. There is room for us to grow within the product.

#### Cons

I would like more flexibility in designing an event/webpage.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

More options. We needed software that would not only manage our donors and events but would also manage our donations.

#### Reasons for switching to DonorView

More features; easier to use year round and not just for events.

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### Finding the right tool at the right price

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Gary S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2020
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

It was an easy to get Sales involved in several meetings as not all the players were available at the same time. The cutover was a breeze and they even went above and beyond our expectations when additional data needed to be transferred across networks. After 2 years, DonorView is still welcoming our input and looking to enhance their system. This product is easy and cost effective for us.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Customer Support. Some people think Customer Service occurs only when you purchase a product but actually it starts when the product is first introduced. How well the team responds to your questions and offer real solutions tells a lot. Are they willing to answer same questions over and over. Then as soon as the transfer of data occurs, how quick will they respond. DonorView is excellent in this area while meeting the needs of our business.

#### Cons

While there were a lot of options editing written communication, some options I was used to were not there. However, through their Customer Service and Support Team, those deficiencies were enhanced to meet our needs. Great job listening to customer.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

DonorView met our donor database needs, was easy to use, offered incredible Customer Support and was the right price.

#### Reasons for switching to DonorView

Customer Support and cost.

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### Don't Use this Software!

- Overall rating: 2/5
- Reviewer: Theresa W.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: August 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

It was difficult to set up. We paid for almost 2 months of service before we could actually use the software. It was not user friendly at all. While they do have good support, we had to continually rely on support to be able to figure out how to do most anything because their technology is so primitive. We paid for a whole year, but only used them for about 4 months. No refunds.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 2/5
- Value for money: 1/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 2/5

#### Pros

The IDEA that it could do so much for such a great price.

#### Cons

That it was like working with a program from the 1990's.

#### Reasons for switching to DonorView

Kindful was also complicated and we didn't like it.

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### I can't imagine running our organization without Donorview!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Emma S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Arts and Crafts
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: February 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

We have had a very positive experience with DonorView. I can't imagine running our organization without it!!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

As a small organization, we have benefited greatly from having everything in one system. DonorView has allowed us to move registration and ticket sales online--improving the experience of the families we serve. It has also provided better tracking and management of participant and family information--which has alleviated a lot of paperwork for our staff. Our communications have improved by using the email marketing system--and not to mention, the look of our website is much more professional! DonorView is easy to use--both for parents who are signing up for our programs, but also internally for staff and volunteers who work in the system.

#### Cons

The system can take some time to get comfortable with.

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### Donorview Review

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Kim K.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: November 2021
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Despite our struggles to learn this program, there are some specific staff within their support team who are marvelous.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 3/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

We use Donorview primarily for the donations. And we are VERY happy with the program. There are lots of other options that this program offers, and we are slowly looking into those.

#### Cons

Our biggest struggle with this database has been the training. The training section of videos is cumbersome, and the support is only available via email. It takes us weeks-months to figure out how to do something new, or figure out how to utilize the program to do what we need it to do.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

PCO was a church based product, and our bylaws dictated we stay neutral. And we were receiving Donorview flyers in the mail monthly.

#### Reasons for switching to DonorView

GiftWorks was not supporting the version we had any longer, and we wanted stronger support than they were able to provide. And we were also utilizing MailChimp and SignUp Genius. We had hoped this program would allow us to eliminate all these. It did not. It was only able to replace GiveWorks at this time.

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### Donorview was a HUGE upgrade from many systems into just one!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Maren G.
- Industry: Performing Arts
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: January 2019
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Donorview has made some great modifications based on our suggestions and has worked with us to create affordable personal solution when we really needed it. They are super quick and response to helping probelm-solve and understand the system.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

We moved our database from a FileMaker system which was customized for us but was OLD and was housed on a harddrive instead of the cloud. Additionally, we used an email software, event software, an application/forms software and paypal and NONE of the programs talked to one another. All updates to the database were manual and time consuming. When we moved to Donorview it was such a breath of fresh air to have access to our database anytime/anywhere. Additionally, its exceptionally helpful to have purchases, events and donations associated with client records. We do a lot of events and the event software works flawlessly almost every single time. We also have been able to get creative with the forms/surveys function and recreate documents like waivers and applications in that system. Again, extremely helpful to have applications associated with records instead of having to manually update. Overall, we are so grateful to have a software that does pretty much everything we need it to do. We also appreciate the pricepoint for the amount of functionality that we have. We are a small non-profit so it was a good mid-range product that was accessible to us.

#### Cons

Donorview has an incredible breadth of functionality that is hard to find all in one software. If you analyze any one of these features by itself (event ticketing, email marketing, surveys etc) there is a bit less functionality and is less user-friendly than if you paid for any of those items individuallyl on their own. (For example, our old ticketing software gave us a few more options and was a bit easier to set up) However, having all that functionality ALL in one place at an affordable price really makes up for those minor inconveniences. (Ex. Our old ticketing system did NOT talk to our database so we had to do waivers/tracking manually which was a real pain in the butt). Overall, it has been totally worth the switch. Also, Donorview seems to be very responsive to suggestions and ideas and as a young company seems to be trying to make constant improvements in their system based on feedback. I imagine that as feedback comes in user-friendlyness will just continue to improve!,

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### Great price for Donor management software.

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Georgia H.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: January 2023
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Super quick support when needed - quick replies whenever we are needing support.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

I like the email templates and the ease of sending out mass emails to donors.

#### Cons

The software feels a little outdated and can be slow when creating email templates for mailouts. I also feel like the website and donor pages could be updated for a more modern look and feel. User-friendly but could be improved.

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### Do NOT use

- Overall rating: 2/5
- Reviewer: Kim H.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Human Resources
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: October 2021
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

It has been horrendous. In three months, I have put more hours into trying to teach myself this platform, than I spent inside my old platform which I used for 15 months. When you email for help, they get back to you with screen shots and links to articles- very rarely could I get a real person to sit down and talk with me over the phone so I could adequately explain my issues. And it became clear early on that [SENSITIVE CONTENT] was bothered with the multiple emails I sent him with questions. I can only stress, again, that if I had received training/onboarding, the majority of those emails wouldn't have existed and I'd have been happily writing some other review for Donor View. The platform likely is great but I wouldn't know that since I have no idea how to use it efficiently. The lack of training and professionalism is appalling. I could not in good conscious recommend this company to other small non-profits (I am a company of one but we service around 3,500 customers annually) unless the training/onboarding issue is resolved.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 1/5
- Value for money: 1/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

The marketing brochure and videos made it look amazing and super easy to use.

#### Cons

The "training" that was offered. I have paid for onboarding and did NOT receive it unless it was the link to several "overview" videos for each of the modules. Or maybe the consider my training/onboarding to be the repeated links they would send me to their "Support Site". Here, I could find hundreds of questions related to my topic which I then had to hunt through to see if I could find my particular question- and it usually wasn't there. The majority of my questions were one-off's specific to my company. I can only stress that had this company taken the time to thoroughly onboard/train me, I think I would have really enjoyed the product. As it is, my experience has been miserable.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

It looked like it was going to meet our needs and I was excited about the supports they supposedly offer.

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### Happy Donorview user

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Liz C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Performing Arts
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Overall, we are finding DonorView fits the bill for our organization. It has a little bit of everything, which is just enough for us!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

I really like that Donorview offers a little bit of everything. That was what convinced us that it was the right product for us. We are a small non-profit performing arts organization and we not only fundraise but also host events. So the CRM is critical but also the Events features have been invaluable.

#### Cons

I find the reporting a little challenging to figure out. I end up using trial and error to find the right combination of boxes to tick to get the info I need.

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### Donor View

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Danielle B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: September 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I have had a great experience with donor view especially with their customer service. They have always been very prompt in responding and extremely helpful.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

The overview of all events summaries and how easy it is to export reporting

#### Cons

It doesn't have all of the event planning abilities that I need.

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### Donorview has streamlined our operations

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Kimberly C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: July 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Donorview is able to meet most of the needs of our organization and its administrative needs. We were looking for a system to handle youth memberships, incoming donations, and ticketed events for our season. We have been able to also use the features of email campaigns to eliminate another program and combine systems.

#### Cons

It can be a slight bit clunky to use and takes a bit of learning to use.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

While I was not in on the process of choosing Donorview for our organization, I have done some research on other options and have found that with the features we are looking for, Donorview meets our needs best.

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### Donorview is Affordable and Has Launched our Online Giving in New Ways

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: David R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: November 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

We like the flexibility the software gives. Our recurring donors love being able to have their own donor portal and set up and change their recurring donations.

#### Cons

The initial conversion had its challenges but after several weeks we were able to work with the DV team and get things the way we needed them.

#### Reasons for switching to DonorView

Affordability

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### Yay DonorView!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Jessica B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: October 2020
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Overall DonorView has really helped us regain ability to organize all our incoming donations, donor information, volunteer information, and more. We have been able to keep all our important information in one plan and do so with ease.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

What we love most about DonorView is how easy it is to use and simplicity of its functions. We started using this program a few months ago now and its so easy to learn all the features and they did a fantastic job creating support videos and questions/answers. We love the interactive ability for donors as well to use. The best part is definitely the customer service - if there has ever been any confusion or questions, the employees of DonorView have done a tremendous job at facilitating any issues or even creating new features and etc. Overall fantastic program.

#### Cons

The only thing I can really think of would be in regards to my PRO point of its simplicity. In just a couple areas it could be too simple and limiting.

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### Donor View is a great product for Non-profits

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Audra A.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: November 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Great product, easy to use and very easy to migrate from one system to another with great customer support.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

User friendly, easy to use with many features that are inclusive of all items that a non profit would need to use in one product.

#### Cons

Nothing that I can even think of that we have had any issues with.

#### Reasons for choosing DonorView

We did not have a current system and I had implemented donorview at another non profit where we switched from e-tapestry.

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### Great software - so much functionality, great quality for the price, excellent customer service.

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Missy G.
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: June 2017
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

We are able to keep our database clean, consistent, and reliable. It is easy to use for all levels of experience and the capabilities of the software are enormous. We love how easily it syncs to our website as well as the ease of reporting to members of the staff.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

I just started using the software within the past year. It has been an easy transition and continues to be as I ask for help with certain areas and suggest improvements. I find the customer service team always timely and knowledgeable. I look forward to increasing my knowledge base with the software as I continue to use it and gain better use of the overall functionality. I appreciate all the time that the team has put into cleaning up our old data to make it work for DV.

#### Cons

The only suggestion for improvement would be to make the mail merge templating easier to use. I find it difficult to format a letter, especially because I have no experience with HTML. I would prefer to either copy and paste from Word with it working perfectly the first time. I feel as if I always have to do a trial run with a new letter and adjust accordingly.

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### Perfect Program for Small Non-Profits

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Cheryl B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: August 2020
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

The support team at DonorView has been wonderful. They are always ready to walk you through a process and have even added some reporting functions at my request which allowed me to cut my time in half when running reports for gifts/events. This was a big help when organizing the major gala we host every year.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I am the Development Director for a small private school with no assistants or committee to help me organize fundraising events and donations. This program helps me document donations, track donor contributions over the years, integrate/embed donation or event pages onto our school's website, and (my favorite feature) it's easy to pull specific reports.

#### Cons

There is nothing I don't like about the software, but there are areas I need to get more comfortable using. There are so many features to make my job more efficient and I need to set up a time to train on those areas.

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### Great Software + Awesome Staff!

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Sarah L.
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: July 2017
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

The thing I like most about Donor View is their quick and friendly customer support. Any question or issue that I have ever had over the past two years was able to be solved immediately. Their software makes it easy for us to manage multiple moving parts of our organization in one place. We are so grateful for the relationship that we have with Donor View and are looking forward to utilizing their software in even more complex ways in the coming year!

#### Cons

I would like to see improvements on the Email and Social Marketing platform. Uploading images, resizing and changing fonts should be easier. I also would like to see it so that when being viewed on cell phones, it renders correctly and fonts are the right size. It would be nice to just drag and drop photos, crop and then have them be sized correctly. I use a program called Canva, which sizes photos really easily- I would like if your program mirrored theirs.

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### Afforddable & Efficient

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Patti B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: February 2023
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Good customer support and website well maintainted.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The software is intuitive for most functions and written and video instructions are available if not.

#### Cons

We have not had good success using the peer to peer fundraising function

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