--- description: Review of Beacon Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Beacon | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [CRM Software for Nonprofits](/directory/4788/nonprofit-crm-software/software) > [Beacon](/software/297771/beacon) # Beacon Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/297771/beacon Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/297771/beacon?page=2) > Beacon is a cloud-based software solution that offers nonprofits the benefits of modern technology to manage fundraising, donations, and volunteers. It gives users the ability to manage people, member information, and relationships from a unified platform. It also allows members to raise money and brand their communications without having to design any emails. Additionally, fundraisers can manage events, build campaigns, handle grants, and accept volunteering applications. Beacon provides an API, which lets users integrate the platform with several third-party applications, including Stripe, PayPal, Outlook, Mailchimp, Sendgrid, Gmail, Donr, Facebook Donate, Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, Drupal, WordPress, and Google Analytics. > > Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 32 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 32 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Beacon Apps - **Location**: London, UK - **Founded**: 2017 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: £30.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Pricing is based on the number of contacts that you need to store and the features that you need, with three distinct plans (Starter, Professional, and Premium) covering all budgets for small to medium sized charities. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United Kingdom, United States ## Features - ACH Payment Processing - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Accounting Integration - Alumni Management - Auction Management - CRM - Campaign Management - Campaign Planning - Committee Management - Contact Database - Contact Management - Contribution Tracking - Credit Card Processing - Customisable Forms - Customizable Fields - Dashboard - Data Import/Export - Donation Tracking - Donor Management ## Integrations (13 total) - CharityCheckout - Dotdigital - Gmail - GoCardless - Google Analytics 360 - JustGiving from Blackbaud - Mailchimp - Meta for Business - PayPal - PayPal Point of Sale - Stripe - Xero - Zapier ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [CRM Software for Nonprofits](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4788/nonprofit-crm-software/software) ## Related Categories - [CRM Software for Nonprofits](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4788/nonprofit-crm-software/software) - [Donation Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/418/crm-software/software) - [Fundraising Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/1543/online-fundraising-platforms/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Beacon provides clean, simple and highly customisable functionality across a range of functions from CRM to donation management all seamlessly integrated. Brilliantly simple. Certainly the stand out platform in the third sector. > > **Cons**: For us this platform is more geared towards online donations, donor management and reporting rather than a CRM as such, it has the functionality integrated in, but there are better pure CRMs out there if you just need that function, which if you are in the third sector, it’s unlikely you just need that. > > From the first call Beacon are different. No pressure sales people, not complex requirements interviews, just good software with human support by people who know the product and understand the sector. Having used the market leading platforms in the past, this is a fraction of the cost and a far better product, ----- ### "We love BEACON" — 5.0/5 > **Rosalind** | *25 March 2020* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very easy to use. Also the support team helped to tailor it's functionality to encompass our specific needs for stock counts. > > **Cons**: Waiting for functionality with Outlook for diary reminders. > > Beacon has transformed our productiveness as a small charity with a 2-person team. We love working with the BEACON Team. ----- ### "Great database ready to grow with us" — 4.0/5 > **Holly** | *10 September 2019* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: - Level of customisation - Fantastic customer support - Ease of integrations - High level of automation - Very competitively priced > > **Cons**: We've been working with Beacon since the spring and haven't come across anything we like least so far. > > Excellent experience so far, and looking forward to working with Beacon as we grow our fundraising and charity. ----- ### "Very flexible , easy to use and with very good support" — 5.0/5 > **Mark** | *18 February 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very easy to add your own objects and fields or customise existing objects and fields. Intuitive user interface and great support when needed. Out of the box it comes with all the features you need for a small charity. Built in integrations to Mailchimp and Xero and others > > **Cons**: No 'undo' facility. Especially a problem when doing a build data upload when you can fairly easily make an error in the dedup settings (say) and create/overwrite existing data. I'd like to be able to test the upload before committing it. When updating a record, sometimes it happens immediately on entering a new field value, sometimes you have a confirm / save button. More consistency in this area would be good. The charts are fairly basic, perhaps an interface to a external charting package would be good. > > We were looking for a simple to use, inexpensive package that would manage all our contacts, donations, grant applications, event ticketing, and campaigns. Beacon has almost everything we want 'out of the box' with the advantage of being so easy to add fields or modify existing ones. The support is also very good - extremely responsive. We have uploaded our core contacts data, integrated with Mailchimp and added grant application management with no need for any paid support from Beacon. We have yet to tackle integration with donations (including GiftAid and payment processing) which is the next major phase. ----- ### "Beacon CRM Review" — 5.0/5 > **Callum** | *20 August 2019* | Civic & Social Organisation | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The software is very intuitive and malleable meaning you can make it fit the requirements you have and the team are there to facilitate that wherever possible - customer service is second to none. > > **Cons**: We're a charity so my biggest disappointment is that we can't get the software free\! But you get what you pay for\! > > Excellent - it helped us to create robust impact monitoring systems in a way that required very little input beyond initial set up and can be quickly adapted where required. It's also exceptionally straightforward to explain to staff and volunteers with limited training\! ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/297771/beacon?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/297771/beacon) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data