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Cloud-based CRM solution for small to large charities

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Beacon overview

What is Beacon?

Beacon is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solution designed to help organizations of all sizes manage donations, payments, charity events, campaigns, and more. The platform comes with a membership manager, which enables users to streamline signups, renewals, and monthly or annual subscription prices.

Beacon includes a gift aid module which allows enterprises to automate the submission of claims to HMRC, ensuring compliance with government regulations. The solution offers a host of features such as donor database, online payments, custom forms, data backup, direct emails, encryption, two-factor authentication, role-based permissions, and more. Besides, its grant manager lets users store applications in a centralized database and assign grants, set deadlines, or track statuses as they proceed through the pipeline.

Beacon’s session management functionality lets administrators prevent unauthorized access to member accounts and monitor donation sessions using an IP address, location, time, browser, and operating system. Plus, it integrates with various third-party applications including Gmail, MailChimp, Stripe, Dotmailer, GoCardless, and more.

Starting price

30flat rate /
per month

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Ease of use rating:

Beacon reviews

Overall rating

4.9

/5

32

Positive reviews

100

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.78/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

28

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Pros
“The hands-on support from CSRs is fantastic, I have full peace of mind that our data is secure and if I do have any issues I can contact Beacon very easily.”
JB

Jack B.

CEO

“The integrated donation forms (using Stripe and GoCardless) and sign-up forms are excellent. I like how Beacon is always trying to improve their product and listen to customers like us.”
PT

Paul T.

Digital Platform Manager

“We like that the platform was built specifically for non-profits and with smaller teams in mind. Beacon is customisable and is super easy to build and great for a team with limited resources.”
SH

Sarina H.

Team Coordintor

Cons
“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.”
MK

Mark K.

Consultant

“With the product being so new there have been some teething problems and barriers where critical functionalities are not yet built, such as integration to gmail and calendar.”
SH

Sarina H.

Team Coordintor

“This particular problem will be short lived as Beacon are now working on an automated system for inputting addresses so this should be up and running very soon.”
JE

Jane E.

Fundraising Manager

Who uses Beacon?

Based on 32 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Nonprofit Organization Management
Fund-Raising
Philanthropy
Civic & Social Organization
Others

Use cases

Nonprofit CRM
Fundraising
Donation Management

Beacon's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Beacon users:

Contact management
Donor management
Donation tracking
Online giving
Contribution tracking
Payment processing

All Beacon features

Features rating:

For nonprofits
Event management
Volunteer management
Reporting/Analytics
Fundraising management
Campaign management
Recurring giving
Online forms
Pledge management
Forms management
Gift matching management
Grant management
Membership management
Mobile giving
Real-Time notifications
Receipt management
Reminders
Reporting & statistics
Third-Party integrations
Web forms
Website integration
Access controls/permissions
Accounting integration
ACH payment processing
Alumni management
API
Auction management
Campaign planning
Committee management
Contact database
Credit card processing
CRM
Customizable fields
Customizable forms
Dashboard
Data import/export
Electronic payments
Email marketing
Email templates
Event ticketing

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Beacon pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Starter

30

Per month

Features included:

  • 3 Users and 10 Read-Only Users
  • 500 - 2000 Contacts

Standard

104

Per month

Features included:

  • 10 Users and Unlimited Read-Only Users
  • 2500 - 50000 Contacts

Premium

230

Per month

Features included:

  • 10000 - 100000 Contacts
  • 30 Users and Unlimited Read-Only Users

User opinions about Beacon price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Beacon's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“The hands-on support from CSRs is fantastic, I have full peace of mind that our data is secure and if I do have any issues I can contact Beacon very easily.”
JB

Jack B.

CEO

“The integrated donation forms (using Stripe and GoCardless) and sign-up forms are excellent. I like how Beacon is always trying to improve their product and listen to customers like us.”
PT

Paul T.

Digital Platform Manager

Beacon integrations (12)

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Mailchimp

Integration rating: 3.0 (1)

Beacon support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

FAQs/Forum
Phone Support
Knowledge Base
Email/Help Desk
Chat

Training options

In Person
Live Online
Documentation
Webinars
Videos

Beacon FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Beacon offer?

Beacon has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: £30.00/month
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available | (No Credit Card required)

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Q. Who are the typical users of Beacon?

Beacon has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business


Q. What languages does Beacon support?

Beacon supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Beacon offer an API?

Yes, Beacon has an API available for use.


Q. What other apps does Beacon integrate with?

Beacon integrates with the following applications:
PayPal, Google Analytics 360, Zapier, Gmail, Stripe, GoCardless, Dotdigital, Meta for Business, PayPal Point of Sale, Mailchimp, Xero


Q. What level of support does Beacon offer?

Beacon offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk, Chat

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