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Any community organizations or non-profits in need of a CRM/Salesforce solution should check out CiviCRM. It's free as in freedom, and free as in price. No $2

Any community organizations or non-profits in need of a CRM/Salesforce solution should check out CiviCRM. It's free as in freedom, and free as in price. No $200+ monthly fee and 1-3% commission.

tekelsey 12y ago
I did my PhD dissertation on open source CMS and related systems, and one of the questions was sustainability. For those that can sustain the issues with a system like CiviCRM, it might be appropriate. Alternatively, an enabler like Greenleaf could help an org -http://greenleafadvancement.com http://greenleafadvancement.com Or, a product like Giveffect might be helpful.
- jordanlev 12y ago
  > I did my PhD dissertation on open source CMS That sounds really cool! I work with CMS's all the time and will be teaching a class on them -- is your dissertation publicly available, and/or do you have any interest in sharing or chatting about the topic? (my contact info is in my profile)
  - screature2 12y ago
    I think this is it? Sustainable multilingual communication: Managing multilingual content using free and open source content management systems by Kelsey, Todd, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/906782853.html?FMT=ABS http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/906782853.html?FMT=ABS
    - tekelsey 12y ago
      Yeah that's it - thanks - there's also a Google presentation with the high points at http://tinyurl.com/gomultilingual http://tinyurl.com/gomultilingual
  - tekelsey 12y ago
    hello, feel free to reach out on linkedin - http://linkedin.com/in/tekelsey http://linkedin.com/in/tekelsey - I also wrote books on drupal and wordpress - students might enjoy dissertation though. glad to skype into a class.
- Anisa_Mirza 12y ago
  coincidentally, our most disgruntled clients come from civiCRM. That's actually how we at Giveffect even learnt of CiviCRM (through their former nonprofit clients eager to jump on ship with our software because of product and customer support issues). ps: I'm the founder and ceo of Giveffect. Happy to answer any questions about our product.
MWil 12y ago
Hadn't heard of CiviCRM before. I work at a Legal Aid office and I really hate our CMS system, which I know is a bit of a different beast. Things we'd need in a CMS are 1) security 2) document management and 3) knowledge base.
icebraining 12y ago
Also, check out Odoo; open source CRM, CMS (with a graphical website builder and ecommerce support), HR, ERP, and more, all integrated. https://www.odoo.com/ https://www.odoo.com/ (Disclaimer: I work for a partner company; we've put Odoo on some of the largest companies in our country)
- eltondegeneres 12y ago
  I'm not very familiar with Odoo, but I think what sets CiviCRM apart is that it only targets nonprofits/community groups. Nonprofits have different uses for CRMs, like accepting donations and managing membership, and don't work with leads that much.
  - icebraining 12y ago
    Odoo can manage memberships [1]. There are also community modules for managing donations (such as [2]), though they may not fit all use cases. By the way, both Alpinter and the WWF use Odoo: https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/post/how-alpinter-provides-humanitarian-help-with-odoo-213 https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/post/how-alpint... https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/post/how-many-eucalyptus-trees-wwf-helped-to-grow-with-odoo-188 https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/post/how-many-e... [1] https://apps.openerp.com/apps/modules/8.0/membership/ https://apps.openerp.com/apps/modules/8.0/membership/ [2] https://apps.openerp.com/apps/modules/8.0/donation_recurring/ https://apps.openerp.com/apps/modules/8.0/donation_recurring...
jim_greco 12y ago
A lot of software is free. Hopefully though your overriding decision for the best software to use for the job is based on the value you get out of it and not the absolute lowest cost.

Any community organizations or non-profits in need of a CRM/Salesforce solution should check out CiviCRM. It's free as in freedom, and free as in price. No $200+ monthly fee and 1-3% commission.

tekelsey 12y ago

I did my PhD dissertation on open source CMS and related systems, and one of the questions was sustainability. For those that can sustain the issues with a system like CiviCRM, it might be appropriate. Alternatively, an enabler like Greenleaf could help an org -http://greenleafadvancement.com http://greenleafadvancement.com Or, a product like Giveffect might be helpful.

jordanlev 12y ago
> I did my PhD dissertation on open source CMS That sounds really cool! I work with CMS's all the time and will be teaching a class on them -- is your dissertation publicly available, and/or do you have any interest in sharing or chatting about the topic? (my contact info is in my profile)
- screature2 12y ago
  I think this is it? Sustainable multilingual communication: Managing multilingual content using free and open source content management systems by Kelsey, Todd, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/906782853.html?FMT=ABS http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/906782853.html?FMT=ABS
  - tekelsey 12y ago
    Yeah that's it - thanks - there's also a Google presentation with the high points at http://tinyurl.com/gomultilingual http://tinyurl.com/gomultilingual
- tekelsey 12y ago
  hello, feel free to reach out on linkedin - http://linkedin.com/in/tekelsey http://linkedin.com/in/tekelsey - I also wrote books on drupal and wordpress - students might enjoy dissertation though. glad to skype into a class.
Anisa_Mirza 12y ago
coincidentally, our most disgruntled clients come from civiCRM. That's actually how we at Giveffect even learnt of CiviCRM (through their former nonprofit clients eager to jump on ship with our software because of product and customer support issues). ps: I'm the founder and ceo of Giveffect. Happy to answer any questions about our product.

MWil 12y ago

Hadn't heard of CiviCRM before. I work at a Legal Aid office and I really hate our CMS system, which I know is a bit of a different beast. Things we'd need in a CMS are 1) security 2) document management and 3) knowledge base.

icebraining 12y ago

Also, check out Odoo; open source CRM, CMS (with a graphical website builder and ecommerce support), HR, ERP, and more, all integrated. https://www.odoo.com/ https://www.odoo.com/ (Disclaimer: I work for a partner company; we've put Odoo on some of the largest companies in our country)

eltondegeneres 12y ago
I'm not very familiar with Odoo, but I think what sets CiviCRM apart is that it only targets nonprofits/community groups. Nonprofits have different uses for CRMs, like accepting donations and managing membership, and don't work with leads that much.
- icebraining 12y ago
  Odoo can manage memberships [1]. There are also community modules for managing donations (such as [2]), though they may not fit all use cases. By the way, both Alpinter and the WWF use Odoo: https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/post/how-alpinter-provides-humanitarian-help-with-odoo-213 https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/post/how-alpint... https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/post/how-many-eucalyptus-trees-wwf-helped-to-grow-with-odoo-188 https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/post/how-many-e... [1] https://apps.openerp.com/apps/modules/8.0/membership/ https://apps.openerp.com/apps/modules/8.0/membership/ [2] https://apps.openerp.com/apps/modules/8.0/donation_recurring/ https://apps.openerp.com/apps/modules/8.0/donation_recurring...

jim_greco 12y ago

A lot of software is free. Hopefully though your overriding decision for the best software to use for the job is based on the value you get out of it and not the absolute lowest cost.