What I love most about Bloomerang Volunteer is how intuitive and easy it is for our volunteers, for our team, and for our folks who work on the back end. I have used other ones including free ones (that we have quickly outgrown) and even one that has been talked about as the best of the paid ones. Bloomerang is less than that paid one and it's unbelievably better. Plus, the support has been beyond good. Super responsive and solution oriented, we have had a tremendous experience. Our volunteers love it too. We get lots of compliments about how easy the process is. We love how Bloomerang has added to our organization! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You might think that the pricing is a negative but I have to be honest, it's totally worth it if you rely on volunteers for your organization. You can pay less but you absolutely get what you pay for. You can also pay more and have a product that isn't easy for your volunteers, your staff, and your admins. Plus, you get tremendous support! If you are used to using free volunteer plaforms, you will get sticker shock. Take into account all that you get and the tools that you will have to communicate with and manage your volunteers. Absolutely worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best part of Bloomerang Volunteer is how much time I save creating shifts and answering calls about sign-ups. We are able to have a self-scheduled volunteer website. I have saved hours in my everyday tasks. This has allowed me to spend that valuable time growing our volunteer programming and focusing on donations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It would be helpful if admins could edit volunteer profile information if it is incorrect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's one place to keep things related to our volunteers including hours, personal information, background checks and more. It's nice to be able to go to one place vs the several folders I had before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be slightly confusing in the wording when signing up to shifts. People that are new to it typically get confused on they have only signed up to an "Opportunity" and not a shift. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The design in appealing, and it's relatively easy to use for volunteers. Customer support is also great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Doesn't offer a calendar view of opportunities, and the shift/role relationship can be a little unweidly to understand when you are new to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that the interface is anything but difficult to peruse, the hues are brilliant and neighborly, it's natural you can basically work out how to utilize it - however on the off chance that you need assistance the instructional exercises are incredible, you can modify the product to what your occasion requires, and there's a live visit meaning you can ask InitLive bolster an inquiry and they hit you up excessively fast. The client support is useful and inviting and no inquiry is a dumb one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amazing software but at the same time it's irritating that you can't agree to accept moves in the application itself and need to utilize a work area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our volunteer coordination is a fairly large undertaking - with thousands of volunteers in our data base, 8 different charities we partner with, and 6 different festivals in 4 different cities. We only recently started using Init Live as part of our volunteer organization - and the early reviews have been very positive. Our head volunteer coordinator has been ecstatic with how easy it is to use, how it keeps the entire team organized, and how it has reduced issues and stress during the events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far we have not encountered anything you would call negative. The biggest challenge is getting volunteers to use it for the first time and become comfortable with the system - and that is really just the time commitment of walking them through the first time they use it. After that, they seem to really like it and have no problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm a Volunteer Programme Manager and am happy to say that I've had the privilege of supporting InitLive almost from the get-go with this product. I've used many others in my career but none match up to what InitLive can do - and most importantly - take away in terms of the tedious admin work that goes into the back-end of systems in volunteer program set up. The interface is easy to read, the colours are bright and friendly, it's intuitive (you can pretty much work out how to use it - but if you need help the tutorials are great), you can customize the software to what your event requires, and there's a live chat meaning you can ask InitLive support a question and they get back to you super quick. The customer support is helpful and friendly and no question is a stupid one! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can't think of anything! I might have had an answer a year ago but my feedback has been taken into consideration and the new update solves those problems! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We found InitLive a few years ago and it MASSIVELY assisted in our staff-wide efforts to fill positions within our annual large conventions, as we staff them with our International employees. Prior to finding them, we had been using something that was not cutting it in the SLIGHTEST, so it was a real godsend to find InitLive. We appreciate their customer service first and foremost. They are ALWAYS on it to help us and our girl Avery specifically is a dream, truly. We also like any and all "select all" feature, as well as copying roles and shifts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It gets a bit tricky with an import if you have quite a few staff or shifts to input, and sometimes the imports don't always go as planned (hiccups along the way). We also managed to crash their server once - that was fun! :) It's also annoying that you cannot sign up for shifts in the app itself and have to use a desktop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface for the app was my favorite part as it was so easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Inability for individual instructions per person Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that I can have all of my volunteers in one place, not on multiple spreadsheets! I like that they can sign up for their own shifts which saves me a bunch of time and emails! The response times for support are fantastic, they do take suggestions seriously which is helpful! Everyone I've dealt with has been very friendly and offered up suggestions to help me with work arounds to the way I had previously done things! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm still sorting out scheduling to make things work for me. We have multiple events in multiple cities so I"m also working on sorting volunteers to notify for each specific town/event rather than sending notifications to my entire staff list for 3 different cities. It's been a bit of a learning curve to move from the spreadsheets to the software but I learn something new each time! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.