Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang) vs. Zeffy

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Kindful was a nonprofit CRM that included fundraising tools, reporting, and analytics. It was acquired by Bloomerang in January, 2021 and is no longer sold, but its functionality is now offered by the Bloomerang CRM.
$119
per month
Zeffy
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Pricing
Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)Zeffy
Editions & Modules
Standard
$119
per month
Standard
$239
per month
Standard
$349
per month
Standard
$459
per month
Standard
$579
per month
Standard
$699
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)Zeffy
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll plans include: unlimited admin users, unlimited donation pages with peer-to-peer fundraising, built-in integrations, and automated reporting. Pricing also includes comprehensive web-based training upon signup and ongoing online support at no additional cost.
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Community Pulse
Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)Zeffy
Considered Both Products
Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Kindful is cheaper than RE so we went with it. However, Kindful does not have as many features and is less robust than RE.
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Because of the easy-to-use drag-and-drop function, teams do not have to call website design-proficient professionals to assist them since Populr also supports collaboration and entire teams can work together to come up with a beautifully designed website and one that is readable.
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
All similar services. I preferred Kindful because of the user interface and also because of a personal recommendation from another user.
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
I did a search of over 10 different companies (not finding my notes on this now). Kindful was the perfect fit for our sized organization and they gave us the best rate and transition benefits.
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
  • Kindful is a one-stop-shop solution (whereas Salesforce and Dynamics require add-ons)
  • Kindful is much more affordable than Virtuous, Salesforce, Microsoft when your team grows
  • There are many more integrations available than with all competitors we evaluated
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
The cost alone for Breeze is $50 a month versus Kindful which is approx $330 a month. Add to Kindful the staff hours paid to work with the onboarding experience and mistakes, the investment was a high mistake.
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Raisers Edge has been in this field for much longer than the newcomer, Kindful. One advantage Rasers Edge has is the ability to store copies of correspondence letters among contacts within their database. With Kindful, you would need print copies and store in a file cabinet …
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
KIndful stacks up well against the competition for a small organization with limited capacity. We selected Kindful initially because we thought its simplicity would allow us to have multiple users with various roles input data including donor contact. I've used a lot of …
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
We never used NeonCRM. We have only researched them. At the time of subscription, we felt Kindful was the best direction for our organization.
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
We recently added HarnessApp to our software tools. Harness has a strong donor interface but not the backbone that Kindful has to offer. We find them a good match. I looked at dozens of other platforms that compare to Kindful but we always find ourselves sticking with Kindful …
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Kindful is like night and day compared to Neon. Neon is the dark ages in terms of interface and functionality and Kindful is the industrial revolution.
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Actually, since I have been here, we have only used Kindful. We discussed using another product at one time (I do not remember the name), but decided to continue with Kindful. I am glad we did. I have contacted them in the past when I have a problem figuring something out …
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
The ease of use of Kindful was far and away better than LGL. While the free option for LGL was originally tempting, Kindful's dashboard, functionality, and ease of use made the transition almost a no brainer. We needed to make the investment in our ongoing growth, and it was …
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Kindful was cheaper and had functions that better suited our needs. The donation pages and donor management were better than the competitors for the price.
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Kindful blows Capsule out of the water as a donor management system. Kindful was built for nonprofit fundraising, where Capsule is better for sales.
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
We had all of these connected at one time. Kindful still is the best in customer service, and the ease of use making sure what comes in real-time is placed where needed. Eventbrite is just an older connection, so we didn't have real-time data and it also created multiple …
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
We also looked at DonorPerfect and Salesforce, and both were too expensive for our budget. Kindful was user-friendly and affordable. Breeze CHMS is what we switched from because it didn't meet all of our reporting needs, although it's great for a church without those needs. …
Chose Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)
Overall, Kindful is a way better CRM System than DonorSnap in part because the system is user-friendly, keeps good track of donor's data, donations and pledges, and integrates really well with many different apps (which DonorSnap lacks). Also, Kindful has different button …
Zeffy

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User Ratings
Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)Zeffy
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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Usability
9.0
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Support Rating
9.8
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User Testimonials
Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang)Zeffy
Likelihood to Recommend
If your primary goals are: the ability to accept online donations [best/easiest to use donation form I've seen], acknowledge donors, and keep constituent data in one location - and you're willing to look for integrated solutions for other specific uses based on your needs - Kindful is for you. Bonus: Pricing for Kindful makes it easy to find the budget for other integrated solutions... because even if it doesn't do it all - it is still really inexpensive for what it does accomplish.
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Pros
  • Campaign pages are easy to set up and donor information is captured for use in managing these donors long term.
  • Kindful syncs with a number of useful and applicable apps such as Eventbrite which reduces the amount of time we need to spend on administration.
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Cons
  • Program Management - the system is still evolving which is great, but it currently does not fill every single program management and event management need that we have.
  • Mail sync - Kindful no longer syncs with Gmail, which is a big issue with tracking emails and attaching those interactions to specific people.
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Usability
From operations, support, and donor management, Kindful's UX and UI are top-notch.
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Support Rating
I have not utilized the support for Kindful very often but the one time I have was fantastic. It was quick, courteous and thorough. Kindful consistently offers Webinars that outline the best way to utilize their product and get the most out of it. I think Kindful does a pretty solid job with support.
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Alternatives Considered
  • Kindful is a one-stop-shop solution (whereas Salesforce and Dynamics require add-ons)
  • Kindful is much more affordable than Virtuous, Salesforce, Microsoft when your team grows
  • There are many more integrations available than with all competitors we evaluated
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Return on Investment
  • Kindful's customer service team has saved us a lot of time and effort by being extremely helpful. I can't speak highly enough about the customer service they offer.
  • We spend a lot of time cleaning our data base. I wish Kindful had a cleaner integration process.
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ScreenShots

Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang) Screenshots

Screenshot of Reporting analyticsScreenshot of Contact profileScreenshot of Fundraising functionality