Volunteer Impact vs eCoordinator Comparison

For the last two years we have used Samaritan Technologies as our volunteer management solution and we couldn't be happier. Samaritan Technologies expertly meets every need of ours when it comes to volunteer management and coordination. Over the course of that time volunteers express to us the ease of signing up for shift work and comment positively on the overall look of the volunteer website. On the back end of the system our coordinators are able to edit different volunteer opportunities with relative ease without the need of extensive training or help from Samaritan. We highly recommend this solution to any organization that coordinates a large number of volunteers.

We have been using the Samaritan volunteer software for 44 City departments and community partners programs since 2009. We also used the Samaritan program in recruiting and managing our Richmond 2010 Ozone volunteers. Samaritan not only provides good and reliable customer services in using our purchased program, but also prompt support and solutions to the changing needs of our online volunteer management demands. The only challenge is that the staff portal in our current software version only works on Internet Explorer. However, the volunteer portal works on almost all smartphone, PC, Mac and Tablets web browsers.

The software is fully customizable, integrates well with our website, is easy to use in a myriad of different volunteer situations, and the customer support is unsurpassed! Volunteers can easily sign up, and this makes tracking hours and keeping volunteers informed simple and quick. As an organization with multiple locations, this is the only software that could be adapted to meet our needs. As we grow and change, Samaritan has grown and changed with us in an extremely responsive manner. Our volunteer base for one of our events has almost doubled since we began using Samaritan several years ago. I highly recommend it to all of my colleagues as the best volunteer management software around.

Pros- Great staff who provide excellent customer service! Samaritan is very flexible system and has been able to adapt to many various needs throughout our agency. Cons- System is so flexible I think it can cause a bit of a learning curve especially for those who have never used a volunteer management system.

We have used Samaritan for about 5yrs; after a disappointing first attempt with another web-based program. Samaritan meets our management, reporting, and communication needs. We began with Samaritan when we consisted of three hospitals - and recently provided us with a seamless transition to add five additional hospitals who utilized two different management systems. Samaritan provides user-friendly...

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Our situation was a bit unique, in the sense that we really only needed volunteers for one particular weekend in January. We had set up the system in June, so I had many months to learn the system. I had basic training when we first set it up, but because this was my first time being in a volunteer coordinator role, I had no clue about anything. It was more of a learn as I go situation. I think...

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