Little Green Light
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Rae C.
Verified UserReligious Institutions · 2-10 employees
Little Green Light and its Support Team is Great!
We have been very happy with the flexibility and configurability of the data storage options. The data import mechanism is very powerful, and it enabled us to get up and running with rich data very quickly. The search query functionality is excellent. The product performance responsiveness is usually always very fast. The documentation is thorough. Training sessions are frequently offered. The customer/tech support is second to none: we usually get high-quality, personalized responses within an hour! And if an issue has to be escalated, we hear back from the next-level support within 24 hours. The blog posts / product updates / seasonal process reminder notification emails are always full of rich, useful content. The price is affordable. What's not to love? :-D
- Full-featured functionality, very responsive and knowledgeable tech support
- We have been using LGL for 4 1/2 years at a small religious nonprofit and we have been delighted with how well the product and the support team serves our needs
- There are many comes-by-default fields in the constituent records that we don't make use of, but we can't hide them
- We can only collapse them and learn to ignore them
Switched From
Because those earlier products weren't integrated with each other, were painful to keep manually updated, were scattered with multiple versions in multiple locations on multiple organizational and personal devices, and were no longer scaling with our growing needs. We adjusted our use of QuickBooks and Constant Contact, but continued using them.
Why they chose it
"(Also SupportGoal, which isn't in your list, plus a host of other CRM platforms that were even less well-suited to our needs.) LGL had rich and flexible data import functionality, LGL's database could be extended and configured to our needs, great reporting functionality, great integration with Constant Contact, great search query functionality, very responsive customer/tech support, affordable. Also, LGL was the only platform to include a testimonial from a synagogue on its website, and since we are a synagogue, it boosted our confidence that LGL would likely be able to meet our needs."
Devin J.
Verified UserEducation Management · 11-50 employees
A Low-cost, powerful tool for smaller and mid-sized organizations
Little Green Light is great, we have rarely had any issues. We use it as our donor database, to generate tax acknowledgement letters, appeal letters for fundraising, and as a source of alumni information for our school.
- Little Green Light is low-cost and perfectly right-sized for an organization of our size
- It is relatively flexible and intuitive, and with the help of 3rd party tools can be easily connected to other software
There are some limitations, and if you aren't able to build integrations that work well then it can pose a challenge to enter gifts
Switched From
Increasing cost, clunkiness, and need for more customizable features.
Why they chose it
"Raiser's Edge seemed overkill, it is much more expensive and much less user friendly. The reporting tools look flashy in the way they present them, but require so much configuration to do the things that you want. There is not a lot of customizability with Raiser's Edge compared to Little Green Light."
Kelly B.
Verified UserNon-Profit Organization Management · 2-10 employees
Little Green Light Helps Little Non-Profits
Easy to use, stable with no issues of down servers.
- Easy to set up, easy to use, and allows multiple levels of user access
- It doesn't provide a simple accounting side as part of the product
- You must purchase and integrate a separate accounting system
Anthony P.
Verified UserCivic & Social Organization · 2-10 employees
Simply the best donor database software!
I am the Advancement Coordinator for our organization. It provides me with a wealth of information that enables me to assess our fundraising activity, generate a variety of reports for our Board, and assists us organizing and communicating with our volunteer constituency.
- It is by far, the most user-friendly CRM software that I've used
- It makes the job of organizing and maintaining a donor database extremely easy
- It synchs beautifully with Quick Books, making the gift entry process very easy
- Customer support is superb
- Finally, it is a great value for the money - worth every penny, uh, sorry, dollar
- I can't think of anything that I don't like about LGL
- In five years of using it, I haven't had one negative experience
Why they chose it
"LGL is a great value, which for our small not-for-profit organization, was important. It had everything we needed."
Jennifer P.
Verified UserReligious Institutions · 2-10 employees
LGL for long-term solutions
I have been using LGL for many years. It is a robust and functional CRM that is affordable, particularly for small non-profits. I find it to be much better than other platforms and at a fraction of the cost. I would recommend LGL to anyone searching for a user-friendly, cost-effective CRM that has all the features to optimize your advancement operations.
- I have used LGL for over a decade and have brought the CRM to many nonprofits
- The platform is robust and intuitive
- It has fantastic functionality and integrates with other services
- I can track donor relationships, generate giving metrics, track appeals, and generate communications with ease and accuracy
- There is nothing that I dislike, but I would make improvements to the email function
- Currently, you cannot schedule emails to be delivered at a specific time, and customizing emails with branding and graphics is challenging
Switched From
It did not have the functionality that was needed for our organization.
Melody M.
Verified UserNon-Profit Organization Management · 2-10 employees
Super Affordable and Stellar Customer Service
It's been great! Not only am I a consultant that highly recommends this product frequently, but I am also the President/CEO of another non-profit where we use Little Green Light. You just cannot beat the affordability for the full suite of usability provided. Truly haven't found anything better for the smaller to mid-size non-profit.
- Using and maintaining this database is very intuitive
- I've run other systems in the past that required almost a computer science degree to be successful
- LGL is so adaptable, very customizable, and their customer support is the best in the business
- Gosh, it's hard to think of anything I don't like about Little Green Light
- As time goes by they continue to make improvements and always seem to address my current wishes
- Not quite sure how they do that but, yay
- IF there was anything I could wish for I would ask that the addressee and salutation fields were a little more robust
- Adding class years, and in our case degrees, manually opens the door to errors
- Would love to have a customizable table that can be pulled into exports
- Having a method of batch entry for gifts (other than import) would be a game changer for busier offices
- Coded batches help prevent data inconsistencies
Switched From
Affordability and ease of use. The customer service is incomparable.
Why they chose it
"Affordability and ease of use. The ease of the free trial was wonderful too."
Becky K.
Verified UserNon-Profit Organization Management · Self-Employed
LGL is a gift no one knew they needed
Always surprised that I'm still discovering new functionality - it's a never-ending well of data capture and presentation. It's intuitive, easy to use, but really, really detailed - much more so than other databases. It's my favorite.
- It's appearance of a simple database, but actually has incredible depth in its functionality
- It can do sooooo much for the money spent, and has made my life easier every time I use it
- I especially love Flex Importer Undo functionality
- Its limited customization of the look of the forms
- They look very basic
- I wish there was more ability to change the forms' appearance (functionality is great though)
- I also wish it had automated emails set up to certain groups - like new constituents, etc
Switched From
Because tracking donations on a spreadsheet is dumb.
Why they chose it
"Better functionality, lower price. Easier to use."
Megan H.
Verified UserMedical Practice · 11-50 employees
Love this software!
Verified reviewer
- I really love the forms and integrations
- It is the donation platform that comes with the most bang for your buck
- Importing data is a breeze and once your database is built, keeping track of giving becomes so easy
- It's an deep dive into this software and the learning curve is steep for an new donor manager
- I still haven't learned all the ways to use this amazing tool
- I wish I could have signed up to go to a training seminar when we began using the program
Switched From
LGL had so any more features and I was able to run a successful capital campaign with the software.
Jonathan L.
Verified UserBroadcast Media · 11-50 employees
Easy to Use Comprehensive Database
For a one person database team it fits all the needs of our organization.
It's simple to use, quick, a light interface and I like that I have full remote functionality
- Dashboard, wish it was easier to customize dates and year to year
- Also would be nice to have shareable reports
- Wish the forms were a little more intuitive on their integreation
Switched From
Compass 360 was too complex for our needs.
Why they chose it
"Price, features.................................."
Sam K.
Verified UserNon-Profit Organization Management · 2-10 employees
Little Green Light
Reasonably good though wish it could be more connectable to other programs
It has been a great CRM tool for working with our donors and tracking contributions
- Our account wished it had a better intergration with other accounting software
Switched From
CRM features and was of use without multiple extra steps
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