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Nimble AMS Reviews & Product Details

Nimble AMS by Community Brands helps you manage every aspect of your association while leveraging the power of the #1 CRM platform, Salesforce. From creating and managing a stellar membership experience to processing orders, managing events, and analyzing your organization’s data, Nimble AMS helps your entire team succeed. Learn more at nimbleams.com. Leverage the power of Salesforce to take your association to the next level. Chatter, Mobile, AppExchange, Content, Workflow, Process Builder, Flows and thousands of other Salesforce features work seamlessly with the traditional AMS features needed to run your organization. Key Features: -Membership -Accounting -Order Processing -Committees -Events -Donations -Certification/Accreditation -Exhibitors -Advertisers -Subscriptions -Sponsorships -Sales Management -Service Management -Community Hub Member Portal -Microsites -Predictions Salesforce Platform: -Access anywhere, anytime -Millions invested in R&D -Built-in business intelligence -Artificial intelligence capabilities (Einstein) -Integration & automation at the core

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Starting at $160

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Nimble AMS Media

View everything about your constituent (organization or individual) on a single page

Easily build, share and manage reports for your organization

Nimble AMS Demo - Simple and Powerful Order Processing

Accounting and orders made easy with step-by-step wizards

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Easily create dashboards and reports without IT help

Nimble AMS Demo - Beautifully Branded Microsites

Excite constituents with engaging event or donation sites

Empower constituents to engage more with your association

Nimble AMS Reviews (17)

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Jean B.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/2/2020

"Lots of good reasons to select Nimble AMS"

4/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

Support staff is a big plus on a day to day basis. Support is a big issue especially when you are learning a new system. The Nimble 'app' built on Salesforce works great. Occassionally we come across a bug but Nimble is always right on top of it to get the fix out. Another PLUS.

Updates come 3 times a year right after Salesforce's. Nimble makes the updates easy, easier than any other system I've worked with. (But you are alway still beholding to Salesforce.)

I have worked with other AMSs before, the one feature I love is the Express Pay URL. What's so special? When your membership belongs to a company and employees are members by default, your main contact may be the company owner. If you send an electronic renewal invoice the owner, he/she will most likely pass that along to the A/P department - who is NOT going to create an account and log in and may not even be able to see the invoice directed at the owner. With Express Pay URL - you send the link to the owner, he/she forwards the email and ANYONE can pay the invoice online w/out logging in. All they need is an active credit card.

Nimble is always ready to hear how they can improve their product and with each release there is something that either works better or is new. They do not let their product get stale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

The person - account setting is fine, works great. But it does present challenges when you try to work with 3rd parties who 'integrate' with Salesforce. The person-account is something they need to understand and handle, which evidently is not common. You cannot 'create contacts' directly from an API, you have to let Salesforce create the person-account, which will automatically create the connected 'contact' object and be properly linked. This is Nimble's problem only because Nimble uses the person-accounts setting of Salesforce.

The basic Nimble license (based on a Salesforce PLATFORM license) does not include several objects that Salesforce itself might include if it were a regular Salesforce license. (Campaigns is one example). You may need to make sure you have the correct licenses for objects you will need.

When we first went live in 2017, Nimble didn't have a lot of hands on training for those who would be administering Nimble and Salesforce. I believe this may have improved since then. I wish they had short 'how-to' videos for super-users/admins. They have great documentation, but I am the "show-me" kind of learner.

Understanding that they are not the Salesforce guru for you & their best expertise is their own product - at the beginning, not being already a Salesforce guru myself, it was painful figuring out what was Salesforce and what was Nimble. I get it now, but not so much when I started. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nimble AMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our complex online join needed us to tweak the Community Hub, but is working great. We reduced all physical paper needed to be submitted in order to be considered as a member. We do not let anyone join automatically w/out a human review, but the process is so much better now.

The member web interface is almost out-of the box. It is easy now for our members to buy products, register for events, and edit their own data online.

The annual renewal is done with payments online using the Express URL featurer after the bulk renewals are run - No more mailing of renewal notices and hardly any checks have to be processed.

Easy way to manage committees, new events, and manage the relationships of people to companies and companies to companies in rosters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nicole B.

Digital Solutions Architect

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/15/2020

"Highly recommend NimbleAMS! Exceeds expectations in technology innovation for association management"

5/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

Highly recommend NimbleAMS! After an in-depth analysis, we chose NimbleAMS because they are a leading Salesforce AppExchange Program Partner.

The NimbleAMS team is very innovative. We’ve enhanced our association ROI and strengthened our member value through digital transformation of the following

• Member login and password reset

• Personal snapshot of account summary details

• Join and renew dues process

• Event registration

• Online learning

• Member resource center (online store)

• Continuing education registry

• Integrated data exchange with Marketing Cloud

• Place a classified ad

• Make a donation

As a NimbleAMS client, we have the built-in power of Salesforce person accounts to better manage individuals and related company records. Looking forward, we’re excited to explore Salesforce Customer 360 Data Manager to deliver connected experiences for our members across multiple channels.

As an organization, we’ve also been able to work with NimbleAMS to educate our staff on the power of real-time reporting and the visual appeal of dashboards to quickly identify key performance indicators. The effectiveness of an analytics dashboard is tied directly to how easily staff can implement and maintain the Cloud-based reporting.

We are a proud supporter of NimbleAMS and the CommunityBrands Tech for Associations group to help member-based organizations drive growth, engagement, professional development, fundraising and revenue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

Eagerly await new product releases throughout the year which follow similar Salesforce rollouts. There are typically three seasonal releases each year, and each comes with an in-depth overview prior to the release as well hands-on training offered at their annual conference. Would love to see some Salesforce Trailheads in the future too! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nimble AMS:

The NimbleAMS team is also very innovative. We’ve enhanced our association ROI and strengthened our member value through digital transformation of the following

• Member login and password reset

• Personal snapshot of account summary details

• Join and renew dues process

• Event registration

• Online learning

• Member resource center (online store)

• Continuing education registry

• Integrated data exchange with Marketing Cloud

• Place a classified ad

• Make a donation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nimble AMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of our biggest challenges was system upgrades. Although necessary, upgrades also resulted in breaks in database structures, internal processes, and increased spending just to restore functionality. As a NimbleAMS customer, we receive continuous upgrades and support – at no additional maintenance costs.

Although we transitioned from IMiS to NimbleAMS in 2014, the product’s biggest strength has turned out to be the ease with which we were able to seamlessly transition our association management staff to a distributed workforce model during the COVID-19 pandemic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Beth Farrar of Nimble AMS

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Thanks for your review Nicole! We are glad to hear that you were able to solve for many challenges, even well before the current state of things. We are fortunate that our customers are just as innovative as the product. Stay safe and keep innovating with Nimble AMS (the new summer release comes soon)! :)

Harrison B.

Membership Director

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/10/2019

"NimbleAMS is a powerful system"

4/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

Gives a wide range of options for business processes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

System can be expensive and complicated to master Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike L.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/19/2020

"The Right People, Platform and Culture"

5/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

Nimble AMS is Cloud-based, flexible, secure and always up to date. We have been using NimbleAMS for over three years and it continues to pay dividends. The staff has detailed membership information on one screen and no longer must drill down endlessly, saving time and increasing productivity. Our Executives have dashboards and reports fine-tuned to their needs. The system is always up-to-date, and the updates are painless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

We are non-profit but classified as a 501 c6 there are discounts that are not available to us thus the cost is the only issue I have with the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nimble AMS:

For customers to be truly successful, a software solution needs to be backed by excellent customer service. People who really understand the needs of an Association and are invested in your success. The folks at Community Brands feel as if they are on your team and are great partners to collaborate with. They have infused excellent customer service into their culture. They are not a ‘product’ company but a customer success company.

An Association Management System is the software bedrock on which all operational systems rely. You don’t want to get that wrong. With NimbleAMS you won’t. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nimble AMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have made great improvements in surfacing the right data for the right people. Nimble AMS has proven to be extensible via the salesforce app exchange and integrable via NimbleAMS' baked in services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/10/2019

"Fantastic product, overloaded people"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

My two favorite things about Nimble are 1) the ability for staff (non-developers) to customize our database with minimal help, and 2) the reporting - it is very powerful. Since Nimble is built on top of Salesforce, the sky is really the limit as far as what you can do with it. Taking advantage of Salesforce resources like Trailhead means that you can learn how to customize your system extensively. The problem is having enough time in the day to pursue all of the ideas you will have! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

Nimble has grown very quickly, and the people we are in contact with - while fantastic - are overextended. This has resulted in our projects being repeatedly delayed, requests going unanswered until they are made several times, and frustration on our side. We hope that NimbleAMS realizes the magnitude of this issue and soon makes improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nimble AMS:

Ask some hard questions about Nimble staffing and whether it's improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nimble AMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Everything we present to members looks slicker with NimbleAMS.

We are able to more quickly respond to issues and more flexibly implement changes - in many cases without much help.

We have learned how to automate simple processes ourselves, and recently connected Nimble to an email marketing tool with middleware ourselves. This opens the door to all kinds of customized communications to our members with minimal manual list management for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lindsay P.

Meetings & Professional Development Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/21/2019

"Intuitive, User-Friendly AMS"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

Nimble AMS is incredibly intuitive and user-friendly. We launched a couple of months ago and we are continually discovering how powerful Nimble is. The online training resources are great and I highly recommend administrators dig into the courses available on Trailhead.

We have had one of their trainers come in and conduct in-person training which was helpful in getting all of the staff to buy-in to the new system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

There are some limitations that we have run into in regards to reporting and events but we have been able to find workarounds for the time being. The good news is that Salesforce & Nimble are continually improving the platform with updates (all included at no additional charge). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nimble AMS:

Ask a lot of questions. Make sure that your key processes will be supported by Nimble. Clean data is key when implementing Nimble. When you go live, I highly recommend having a Nimble AMS staff member live in your office. We had someone in-house for two days and he helped us troubleshoot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nimble AMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

So much! We have streamlined the way we invoice members, administer credits for events, among many other things. We have found countless efficiencies and I'm sure we will discover more in the months to come.

The dashboard functionality alone will revolutionize how we view and share data within our organization. There are also many free tools in the Salesforce AppExchange that we hope to implement. The possibilities are seemingly endless!

Our user experience has also improved with Nimble. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/27/2020

"Nimble SMS has allowed us to centralize processes being facilitated through various systems"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

Nimble AMS is very user friendly and easy for those staff members who were not active in our previous system to use the system.

The support provided by Nimble Land is very much appreciated. They reply in a reasonable amount of time and provide step by step instructions that allow me to correct the issue, where applicable.

AMS Support is a valuable resource too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

The way objects are set up sometimes make reporting difficult.

Finance issues we're experiencing, including the challenges with multi-currency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nimble AMS:

Take advantage of Discovery to identify your organization's needs. It's also a great benefit to have the multiple testing phases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nimble AMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were using 3 different systems for membership, registration, and our Sales team. We now have processes in one system, which will streamline and allow for more accurate reporting. This also allows us to effectively control only members registering for members-only events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Karl H.

IT Director

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/21/2019

"Newly implemented customer - Very impressed"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

Having Nimble AMS built on top of the power of Salesforce means it stays on pace with the newest technology advances. I've also really enjoyed going through Salesforce Trailhead training to get up to speed on how to use our new system. Additionally, the ease of configuration (without always needing a developer or to write code) makes it possible to finally say "yes" much more often to my coworkers when they ask for changes.Then finally, the API and integration capabilities make it much easier to connect our system to third party tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

There's some limitations to the reporting tool in that you can't directly join sibling objects (i.e. objects that share the same parent object) together. I've found work arounds that work fine, but it was a bit of a shock when I went to write one of my first reports (individuals connected to orgs who were sponsoring our conference) and found that it was impossible without a workaround. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nimble AMS:

It's super powerful and configurable. That said, the closer to baseline you can stay, the easier and cheaper your implementation will be, and you can always add new configurations later once you're up to speed on the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nimble AMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

We manage memberships, events, registrations, committees, sponsorships, exhibitors, donations, and a large online community using Nimble AMS, and while we're still learning the system, just 2 months post launch we're already seeing great adoption of the new system from both internal staff and the community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rachel Y.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/5/2020

"Happy NimbleAMS Customer"

5/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

After years of working with a very outdated AMS, we were ready for a new product. The entire experience from demo to implementation of NimbleAMS was amazing and the Nimble team made it painless for us.

We have been live on NimbleAMS for over a year and our team is loving it. NimbleAMS has allowed us to be more efficient as a company and we are now working more consistently across all areas of our organization. It has been a great addition to our way of doing business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

Happy to say there isn't anything I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/2/2020

"Strategic Partners"

5/5

What do you like best about Nimble AMS?

People we work with at Nimble are amazing collaborators and partners, strong foundation of the product (especially around transactions), power of Salesforce, our ability to customize on our own and with Nimble's guidance, and Nimble's drive to deliver innovation and value. We've utilized Nimbles platform for nearly 6 years and we continue to innovate and automate each year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nimble AMS?

Creating really custom experiences for your organization outside of base product can be difficult and time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.