Bloomerang Volunteer

RATING:

4.6

(79)

About Bloomerang Volunteer

Bloomerang Volunteer offers organizations a centralized hub for all volunteer and staff recruitment, screening, scheduling, communications, management, and reporting. Bloomerang Volunteer serves the specific needs of day-to-day volunteer management and event staff volunteer management. It offers an industry-leading user experience that is intuitive and easy to use for both administrators and volunteers. Create and promote public volunteer opportunities directly on the business website. Recruit a team through Bloomerang Volunteer's customizable online registration form and roster teams based on skills, qualifications, and availability. Easily create volunteer shift schedules, with multiple calendars and list views, filters, and bulk actions. Then harness the power o...

Bloomerang Volunteer Pricing

Bloomerang Volunteer pricing is based on the amount of volunteer records you have in your database. Bloomerang Volunteer comes with unlimited managers and multiple organizations.

Starting price: 

$119.00 per month

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Not Available

Bloomerang Volunteer Lifecycle

Bloomerang Volunteer Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Bloomerang Volunteer

1 - 5 of 79 Reviews

Waqas

Pharmaceuticals, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed December 2022

One of the best Volunteer management software

We always wanted a VMS to recruit, screen, train and manage all our volunteers and Initlive has saved us hours of work. Best VMS so far.

PROS

We have been trying many different VMS for ages till we found Initlive, which has been very easy to use, with great UX and the best pricing product. It is the best one for scheduling and recruiting volunteers.

CONS

I have never encountered any flaws within the software except for sometimes we get some bugs within the mobile app.

Sarah

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2016

Good for organizing volunteers pre-event, not as great for day of application

All in all the app is great for organizing volunteers, especially in large numbers but for a smaller group of volunteers we found our current method of organizing volunteers on an excel spreadsheet worked just as well. We were hoping that we'd get more communication functionality from the app but think there is still room for improvement in that respect.

PROS

The back end website is user friendly. It is easy to upload an excel template of your volunteers or add people individually. If you are looking for a way to organize volunteers and schedule volunteers that's where the product shines most. You can build roles, assign individuals and set schedules easily. There is a good deal of customization in this area which is helpful. You are able to assign multiple event managers so they also have the "power" to make changes on the website and within the app once your event goes live as well.

CONS

Shifts are built by location rather than by role which wasn't logical for us because we pre-assign roles and the location isn't relevant. It would have been nice if there was more automatic assignment rather than manual when it came to putting volunteers into specific shifts once you had already assigned them a role. As a planner it was hard for me to not be able to test the app before the event went live. You see nothing in the app until it is live but at that point all your volunteers see what you are seeing and any changes being made get broadcast out. Day of we found communication via the app was limited. Only event managers can send messages to everyone or filter and send messages to specific groups. Individual volunteers can only send messages to their shift supervisor or the event managers. They weren't able to send even within their role assignment.

Vendor Response

Hi Sarah! Thank you so much for sharing your experience. We look forward to working with you and the team at Johns Hopkins University again. There have already been great improvements to InitLive since your commencement event in the Spring. Some highlights: you are able to create one general Location to help you organize the event by Roles. Now we also have a system in place for volunteers to communicate with each other one-on-one through the InitLive app. Let's reconnect and go over the changes! Your designated customer success rep will reach out via email. Cheers!

Replied August 2016

Andre

Events Services, 51-200 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2019

Good shift management tool but still have a lot to improve

PROS

The mobile app was improved and now it is much more flexible and provides much more info

CONS

If you need to change any information related to your team shifts, it is really heavy to do - the rational is not intuitive.

Vendor Response

Hi Andre, thank you for sharing your experience with us. I'm so sorry to hear that your first time using InitLive was not as easy as you had hoped, especially since the volunteer team from for your event had such a positive experience. I've spoken with the Head of Volunteers and the Volunteer Coordinator in regards to some big feature improvements coming to our scheduling and rostering tool that I think will drastically improve your experience using InitLive at the next event. I'll reach out personally via email to schedule a time to discuss and even see if you'd be willing to participate in BETA to provide your input on the coming changes. Thanks again and we're excited to continue to work with you and the entire team. -Avery

Replied May 2019

Al

Sports, 2-10 employees

Used less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed August 2016

InitLive Feedback

Used the software project at the Marshes last year during the World Girls Juniors. We used the software application to acquire, register, and track around 100 volunteers for a 3 day international golf tournament.

PROS

The application handled a lot of the volunteer registration and shift scheduling well. It gave us a good idea of where we required additional volunteers. It assisted us in tracking volunteers shifts and determine when volunteers were late or did not show.

CONS

I found that because a lot of the volunteers were seniors who did not use current computer applications regularly, many were confused with initial emails that were sent to them. Also, because of the lack of computer application knowledge of the users, many of the volunteers did not register on-line by themselves but were entered onto the system by Initlive staff or team leads. I do not believe many of the team leads utilized the mobile on-line during the event. It was interesting to find out the many spouses had registered as volunteers but only used one email address. This became very confusing since the system was geared on the email address as and id and communication was through emails regarding shift assignments.

Vendor Response

Hi Al. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. We were thrilled to work with the World Junior Girls Championship last year and happy that we were able to be on site to see InitLive in action. A lot has changed since then and we continue to make improvements to InitLive based on input like yours. In regards to the issues with users being required to have an individual email address, InitLive needs this information to ensure efficient and accurate communication, especially in the case of an accident or emergency. Additionally, as Event Managers, all team leads have easy access to input and update volunteer information and schedules. We hope to work with you again and show you all of the great changes to the system. :)

Replied August 2016

John

Education Management, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2021

Powerful, professional voluteer platform

Choosing InitLive was our first step into a serious volunteer management system for our regional science tournament. We reviewed many competing platforms, and even though it was a bit pricey for our limited budget, we have been pleased with our choice. Every year the features get better.

PROS

One of the unique aspects of InitLive was its mobile device capability, which we hope will improve how we manage our tournaments. And hands-down, it has the most attractive user interface. It helps us put forward a professional image to our audience.

CONS

Every platform has it's limitations. Quite honestly, I don't think about this anymore. We have integrated InitLive into how we manage volunteers, and it is part of our normal processes.

Reason for choosing Bloomerang Volunteer

Professional appearance, mobile capability

Vendor Response

Hi John, Thank you so much for your kind words. We are excited to continue to work with you and your team.

Replied November 2021