--- description: Learn more about Bloomerang Volunteer price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Bloomerang Volunteer Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Volunteer Management Software](/directory/10044/volunteer-management/software) > [Bloomerang Volunteer](/software/144845/initlive) # Bloomerang Volunteer Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/144845/initlive Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/144845/initlive?page=2) > Bloomerang Volunteer is purpose-built to help you recruit, retain, and recognize the volunteers who power your mission. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 78 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Bloomerang Volunteer? Bloomerang Volunteer is for you if you're juggling volunteers across programs, locations, or events—and you're ready for a simpler, smarter way to recruit, schedule, and retain them. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 78 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Bloomerang - **Location**: Brentwood, US - **Founded**: 2012 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$119,00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate - **Pricing Details**: Your Bloomerang Volunteer plan is based on the amount of volunteer records you have in your database. Bloomerang Volunteer comes with unlimited managers and multiple organizations. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 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, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - Email Marketing - Event Management - Exhibit/Vendor Management - Membership Management - Registration Management - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Self Service Portal - Social Promotion - Ticketing - Time Tracking - Volunteer Management - Volunteer Recruiting ## Integrations (7 total) - Bloomerang - Google Analytics 360 - LinkedIn for Business - LiveChat - Meta for Business - Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud - Twitter/X ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Volunteer Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/10044/volunteer-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Volunteer Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/10044/volunteer-management/software) - [Festival Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30908/festival-management/software) - [Event Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/20030/event-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It does give good report option for review but the reports aren't customizable so you still have to edit them after you download content. > > **Cons**: The downside is that as a growing company, they don't have all the kinks worked out for ease of changing/saving or rotating shifts and people. It takes a lot of prep time to set up. It was okay, but not the easiest and any emails send are not saved in the system so you can resend later to a different contact group meaning you have to keep up with them on a different platform and remember who you emailed, etc. > > We used them for two years until we decided that it wasn't going to work as well as we hoped since we have a changing shift and the time to input all the information took someone quite awhile. ----- ### "Live Concert Festival Planning and Organization" — 4.0/5 > **Tyler** | *14 December 2017* | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad > > **Pros**: All your tracking of the Event in one Place Easily organize Volunteers and event details Mobile App is a life-saver for day of event use Being able to track problems is a huge benefit of the software Makes the recruitment of volunteers a breeze > > **Cons**: If you are a large production company pricing can get a little bit high People Looking to view the software before committing are forced to request demos and pricing. ----- ### "My experience using InitLive" — 5.0/5 > **Heather** | *18 November 2021* | Museums & Institutions | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: InitLive is a robust volunteer management application, but it is not without bugs at the moment. > > **Cons**: Email logs. I'd like to have a listing of who I sent emails to, their content, and when they were sent. > > I am still trying to understand several of the features on the application. ----- ### "The Ride 2016 - The Ottawa Hospital Foundation" — 3.0/5 > **Andrew** | *21 August 2016* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: Increased of in-the-field communications with volunteers. Volunteers have quicker access to schedules and info pre-event and on site > > **Cons**: Requirement of unique e-mails instead of a login name > > Hard to tell given that we cant really test it until its live in the field. So far I believe it is OK but team reports some features are limiting such as the import (only certain fields) and a really limiting feature that everyone needs a unique e-mail (response/solution was weak) ----- ### "InitLive at EMC 2016" — 4.0/5 > **Wolfram** | *26 August 2016* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The end to end management of people and the program within the Web interface. You can see at a glance, in the web interface, where there are openings in the program staffing. Signup to roles and shifts is easy, though some of the older volunteers found it challenging. Visually it looks good, especially for the administrator. So I like the interface. In the device app it is nice that it informs the administrator instantly of staffing problems in the current shift. The various reports were useful, especially after the event when compiling the conference reports. The volunteer app seemed almost trivial to operate. The young people, especially, took to it very well. Volunteer communications pop up as notifications, so the admin can address them immediately. It works well as a central communications hub for all volunteer communication before, during and after. > > **Cons**: When constructing the schedule, the lack of cut and paste or duplication of program elements across multiple days made that process very laborious. The volunteers see the shift selection schedule as one long list. It would be good to delineate it, perhaps with tabs, into days. There are some fundamental controls missing such as enforcing minimum and maximum shift selection, and cutting off when changes may be made by the volunteers. In the mobile app, there wasn't a clear way to tell at a glance if there are upcoming staffing problems - not attendance, but staff bookings. This is possible in the web app. For the administrator the mobile app filter features make it very powerful, but it also makes for a shallow learning curve. I.e., some features are not obvious to find. The mobile app is optimized for smartphones but not tablets. It will work on tablets, my preferred device, but emulating a phone. It notifies you when people cancel from the event, but not when they join. This should be selectable. Many volunteers select multiple roles up front which can quickly saturate the overall maximum role signup setting. Beware of this. It can block additional signup for a role despite shifts still being available. Email broadcasts from the web app don't have customizable subject wording. That risks them being ignored or channeled to spam. > > InitLive was used to manage 60 volunteers at a 5 day conference in the Ottawa Shaw Centre. Over 100 initially signed up but many did not remain to participate, a common problem. In the past volunteer recruiting and management was performed with spreadsheets, email and telephone, an onerous process for more than 20 people. InitLive automated this process considerably making the size of the volunteer team almost irrelevant. It also shifted responsibility for shift and role selection entirely to the volunteers, previously it was with the event manager. This took a big load off. Communication was also simplified with the integrated communication features, and I could instantly tell who was where with a simple touch on my tablet. Compared to other volunteer management software I've seen, InitLive has the best interface by far. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/144845/initlive?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/144845/initlive) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data