Convio Luminate (discontinued) vs. Join It

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Convio Luminate (discontinued)
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Convio Luminate was a nonprofit CRM option acquired by Blackbaud that is currently discontinued, and no longer available.N/A
Join It
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Join It is a membership management service that enables organizations to effectively keep track, manage, and grow their community. At its core, Join It provides a simple database and dashboard interface for organization leaders to monitor developments in their membership. Join It integrates this database context with best in class service providers to automate other essential components of an organization, like payment processing, email communication, and event organization.
$29
per month
Pricing
Convio Luminate (discontinued)Join It
Editions & Modules
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Starter Package
$29.00
per month
Growth Package
$49.00
per month
Total Package
$99.00
per month
Extra Package
$249.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Convio Luminate (discontinued)Join It
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts available for nonprofits and annual subscriptions. Discounts can be combined.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Convio Luminate (discontinued)
Chose Convio Luminate (discontinued)
I recently started using EveryAction, it is much more robust and nimble and does not need a lot of customization. The only big feature I miss is the acknowledgment process for Luminate CRM and Analytics: it was much more robust, but overall it doesn't have the cumbersomeness of …
Chose Convio Luminate (discontinued)
Of the databases I have used, Luminate CRM is my least favorite. However, it is powerful and large enough to function adequately for a large nonprofit; I couldn't say the same for some of Blackbaud's smaller products. We definitely need the full Luminate Suite (Luminate Online, …
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Convio Luminate (discontinued)Join It
Likelihood to Recommend
5.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Convio Luminate (discontinued)Join It
Likelihood to Recommend
It works okay if you have a large budget and don't have the technical experience on your staff to set up NSPS appropriately. It probably also works better as a purely development-driven database; trying to track multiple departments with very different goals in the same database is challenging.
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Pros
  • Luminate takes some of the legwork out of setting up NSPS for nonprofit use of salesforce.
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Cons
  • Big Investment
  • It's a sales program with a donation management overlay so it has some troubles around reporting.
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Support Rating
Support for the product is horrible; often support will have you bouncing between Blackbaud support and Salesforce support and it's very rare either are able to find simple solutions. Most of the time the solutions almost always cost money and hiring consultants which, for a smaller organization, means not being able to achieve proper solutions.
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Alternatives Considered
I recently started using EveryAction, it is much more robust and nimble and does not need a lot of customization. The only big feature I miss is the acknowledgment process for Luminate CRM and Analytics: it was much more robust, but overall it doesn't have the cumbersomeness of Luminate CRM. I don't think I would ever switch back.
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Return on Investment
  • Hard to work with
  • Resource intense
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ScreenShots

Join It Screenshots

Screenshot of A simple member database allows users to filter, search, and track all members.Screenshot of An easy member experience portal makes purchases and renewals quick, and a straightforward place for members to update their contact information.Screenshot of Complete member records mean you always have access to view or edit member records while keeping all information in the same place.