G2

Jenna M.

Transformational Ministry Coordinator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 10/13/2020

"Apricot Database Review"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Bonterra Apricot?

My favorite things about the Apricot database are the abilities to quickly create your own forms and reports based on the data you wish to capture. The drag and drop functions for building forms and creating reports makes it super easy to quickly build a report, run the report, and analyze the results of your data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bonterra Apricot?

Importing large amounts of data can be challenging, and some of the steps are not easily explained in the help forums. Some of the functions like linking, can be somewhat complicated and difficult to use/understand from a beginner's perspective. It's been challenging, at times, to get questions answered/concepts explained via forums and/or customer service people via chat. Also, the costs go up quite a lot each year that you renew your subscription, even if your usage not drastically change. Our organization is seeking alternative database options because of the major cost increases with each renewal, we feel the cost is beginning to outweigh the benefit for our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Bonterra Apricot:

Definitely research the financial costs of purchasing Apricot, initial and long-term. Ensure that someone in your organization plans to remain long-term and maintain the database as an Administrator. In order to grow your database, an Administrator must invest time in learning the functions needed to grow and maintain your database, each year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bonterra Apricot solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are moving data from paper to online storage, and have greater ability to analyze the results of our work quickly. Multiple staff members have the ability to enter and/or access data from their personal computers. We can measure the effectiveness of our organization, on a regular basis which allows us to make adjustments and set organizational goals based on these measurable outcomes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.