Raise Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users find the ease of use of Raise invaluable for managing donor communications effectively and efficiently. (2 mentions)

Users value the automation and ease of implementation of Raise, integrating smoothly with their main systems. (1 mentions)

Users love the easy communication with donors through Raise, enhancing donor relations and engagement effectively. (1 mentions)

Users value the seamless communication with donors enabled by Raise, enhancing relationship management effortlessly. (1 mentions)

Users love the easy donor communication that Raise provides, enhancing relationships and making outreach more manageable. (1 mentions)

Users find the complexity of manual prompt overwrites challenging and time-consuming, hindering their prospecting efforts. (1 mentions)

Users find the process of manually overwriting prompts cumbersome, making it difficult to efficiently surface specific prospects. (1 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of Raise

1. Ease of Use

Users find the ease of use of Raise invaluable for managing donor communications effectively and efficiently.

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Verified User

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Email-Integrated Donor Outreach Made Easy with Raise/Gravyty"

What do you like about Raise?

Raise/Gravyty ties directly to my email inbox and makes it easy to communicate with donors who have just given a donation recently or will be renewing

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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Effortless Automation and Easy Implementation"

What do you like about Raise?

Automation, ease of implementation on our main system

2. Automation

Users value the automation and ease of implementation of Raise, integrating smoothly with their main systems.

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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Effortless Automation and Easy Implementation"

What do you like about Raise?

Automation, ease of implementation on our main system

3. Campaign Management

Users love the easy communication with donors through Raise, enhancing donor relations and engagement effectively.

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Verified User

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Email-Integrated Donor Outreach Made Easy with Raise/Gravyty"

What do you like about Raise?

Raise/Gravyty ties directly to my email inbox and makes it easy to communicate with donors who have just given a donation recently or will be renewing

4. Communication

Users value the seamless communication with donors enabled by Raise, enhancing relationship management effortlessly.

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Verified User

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Email-Integrated Donor Outreach Made Easy with Raise/Gravyty"

What do you like about Raise?

Raise/Gravyty ties directly to my email inbox and makes it easy to communicate with donors who have just given a donation recently or will be renewing

5. Donations Management

Users love the easy donor communication that Raise provides, enhancing relationships and making outreach more manageable.

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Verified User

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Email-Integrated Donor Outreach Made Easy with Raise/Gravyty"

What do you like about Raise?

Raise/Gravyty ties directly to my email inbox and makes it easy to communicate with donors who have just given a donation recently or will be renewing

Top Cons or Disadvantages of Raise

1. Complexity

Users find the complexity of manual prompt overwrites challenging and time-consuming, hindering their prospecting efforts.

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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Effortless Automation and Easy Implementation"

What do you dislike about Raise?

There are a lot of steps to manually overwrite prompts and get specific prospects to surface

2. Limitations

Users find the process of manually overwriting prompts cumbersome, making it difficult to efficiently surface specific prospects.

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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Effortless Automation and Easy Implementation"

What do you dislike about Raise?

There are a lot of steps to manually overwrite prompts and get specific prospects to surface

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Verified User

Director of Advancement

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/19/2026

5/5

Using the product has helped this reviewer organize work and enhance reporting to a CRM. The main issue arose from inconsistent usage by staff, reflecting internal challenges rather than product limitations.

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Verified User in Broadcast Media

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/14/2026

"Email-Integrated Donor Outreach Made Easy with Raise/Gravyty"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Raise?

Raise/Gravyty ties directly to my email inbox and makes it easy to communicate with donors who have just given a donation recently or will be renewing within the next few months. It makes it much for manageable to reach out and stay in touch with our donors! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raise?

I've been using Raise/Gravyty for over a year. It would be helpful if Raise/Gravyty could create a few new "intro" emails that would help when contacting new donors for the first time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.