The Cadence team wants nothing but success for their clients and it shows with their support and constant growth of the software.

I love how fast they respond to requests, questions, etc. Budgets are stretched thin and every dollar counts, so it is nice to spend our money with a group who cares about our success.

From the moment we started researching Cadence, it has been a wonderful experience. Mongoose has a phenomenal team of people who have been extremely helpful from day one.

In addition, the messages can take a while to send making it difficult to follow-up.

We have been able to increase our response rates to solicit action. Getting information to our customers so much faster and much more cost effective.

Our ability to reach and interact with our students has increased dramatically by using this software, and we are reaching students who we were not reaching via email.

Loading contacts can be difficult and confusing.

We love the ease of use, the sleek, modern feel, and the feedback and response that we receive from students via text compared to email and phone calls. We love everything about Cadence.

However, it does take quite a bit of time too sit there and respond to hundreds of messages even if it's a simple yes or no question.

Overall, I've had a very positive experience with Cadence. The team behind the product has been wonderful to work with.

The platform is very user friendly and the response rate is excellent. I really like how many data fields can be uploaded about each Contact.

We have loved working with the Cadence team and the product. The Mongoose employees are super helpful and fun and kind and the product is 100.

I love the full integration with our CRM, I also like the ease of use for my entire team.

Cadence has been so popular in our Admissions office that two (potentially three) other departments have expressed interest in implementing.

Having an app as well is important for myself and my team in terms of ease of use. I like the shared inboxes and the smart message and scheduled message options.

This is because there is no student ID assigned. My assumption is that record is only updated based on student ID.

I love that the tool is easy to use and intuitive, but also has in depth features to use as well if you want them.

When Email seemed to get lost in the muck more than ever, cadence has allowed us to break through and build a relationship with the students.

I think the customer service is outstanding. I know exactly who to contact for any assistance and they are extremely helpful and responsive.

It is easy to use and the customer service is top notch. I've talked up Cadence to my colleagues so much and shown then the usefulness in such a way that we adopted a whole College approach.

Customer service has been great and the product is very functional and supports our strategy for student engagement.

I would recommend GiveSmart 100. They are professional and have a great product.

The second best feature are the sponsor ads. We like how they are not only on the homepage but integrated through the software.

There is often fear of losing donations during that down time, but their staff is always more than willing to make things right.

It has been a great relationship for us. We had onsite support for our first event and she was fantastic (and kept me sane).

The account managers are really fantastic and willing to help you through any questions or customizations you want to try.

I love how user friendly it is. It is professional looking and I love that I can manage from my phone.

The customer service at Give Smart was great. Whenever I had issues, placing a call to them was very easy and they were very responsive.

This is a great way to keep your guest up to date with auction information and send text to encourage them to donate.

Overall we have had a very good experience and recommended to others for events.

They have a great costumer support team as well as on site team. Have had nothing but good experiences with their software and team.

Seems to be missing some basic options for customizing.

Give Smart is easy to use and has a great support staff to help you through the entirety of your event and use of the software.

The seating chart functionality is very difficult and inconvenient to use.

We recommend GiveSmart to all of our clients. Overall the experience has been a good one.

Clean presentation and good aesthetics. Great functionality and quick to respond.

We have been looking for a mobile auction software service for a long time and finally found a good one within our price range.

My nonprofit ended up eating the tax that should have been charged to the purchaser (according to the law) and we lost over $1000 having to pay that bill ourselves.

Sad to think they are willing to lose a customer rather than even attempting to work with us.

Similarly, their on site staff for night of events were fantastic and super helpful - they made the service even more valuable.

We are grateful for the ease of pulling comprehensive reports. This allows to easily and accurately move the data into our data collection system.

GiveSmart is an easy way to integrate fully functional auction and bidding management software in any organization.

We enjoy the ease of use and the fact that there are Give Smart team members at our event to assist the guests.

The customer support team is fantastic. I am excited to use the new Champions feature for peer-to-peer fundraising.

Their platform, help team, resources, and webinars will motivate you to do more and be better for your organization and its mission.

It has benefited our nonprofit in many ways;  ease of use, reaching more supporters, and great record keeping.

Great text-to-give feature. Quality customer service.

And when I ran into something I needed help with, the tutorials were great, and if I still needed help, the customer support reps responded very quickly with exactly what I needed.

As an organization that turns over every year, this software has been instrumental in helping us keep the continuity for a successful event.

What I like most about this software is the customization capabilities and just how easy it really is to use.

Reporting is easy, POS/refunds are a dream, and I really like how easy it is to set up every year.

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Cadence is a student engagement platform that helps educational institutions streamline multi-channel communication with students. Colleges and universities can deliver personalized communications to their audiences on at a mass scale.

Cadence allows administrators to control engagement efforts and overall student experience. With Cadence, users can create personalized campaigns based on behavior data. The platform automatically engages students via chat with a branded chatbot. It allows managers to target specific groups of students based on demographic information.

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Financial Aid Management

Application Management

Student Group Management

Housing Management

Communication Management

Scheduling

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Contact Management

Mobile Access

List Management

Real Time Data

Curriculum Management

Fundraising Management

Real-Time Notifications

Candidate Management

Activity Dashboard

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Reminders

Event Management

Mobile App

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Alumni Management

Campaign Management

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GiveSmart is the easy-to-use, innovative, and modern online fundraising and donor management platform that elevates any fundraiser. 

From mobile-friendly silent auctions to dynamic peer-to-peer events and guest management to donor engagement, we’re the solution to turn your mission into something that moves donors. 

We’ve helped thousands of nonprofits, schools, and associations raise $5.7+ billion. Our full suite of solutions and expert support helps you exceed your fundraising, event, and donor management goals. 

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