Comparison
A Volgistics alternative for free and charitable clinics
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Many free clinics run their volunteer program on Volgistics. It has been around a long time, and on sticker price it costs less than Envolv. This page shows where each one comes out ahead, using Volgistics’ own price list and help pages, so you can compare against your real bill.
Monthly price
| Active volunteers | Envolv | Volgistics, 2 admins |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | $29 | $12–$17 |
| 250 | $59 | $40–$55 |
| 500 | $89 | $40–$55 |
| 750 | $129 | $53–$73 |
| 1,000 | From $199 | $53–$73 |
Count your admins and add-ons. Volgistics includes two admins and charges $10 a month for each one after that. A clinic with 250 volunteers and six coordinators would pay $80–$95 a month on Volgistics ($40–$55 plus four extra admins) and $59 on Envolv. With only two admins, Volgistics costs less.
At a glance
- What you pay for
- Envolv: Active volunteers: everyone on file, applicants included, except inactive volunteers and archived records
- Volgistics: Every non-archived record, applicants and inactive volunteers included
- Archived records
- Envolv: Free, and kept until you delete them
- Volgistics: 50 stored free; more storage is billed monthly
- Admins
- Envolv: Unlimited on every paid band
- Volgistics: Two included; $10 a month for each additional admin
- Volunteer portal
- Envolv: Included
- Volgistics: VicNet, a paid add-on
- Mobile app
- Envolv: An installable volunteer app with push notifications
- Volgistics: None
- Clock-in
- Envolv: From the volunteer’s phone, with an on-site check
- Volgistics: VicTouch time clock, a paid add-on
- Document storage
- Envolv: Included
- Volgistics: VicDocs, a paid add-on
- Text messages
- Envolv: Not available
- Volgistics: Available
- Support
- Envolv: Email with a 24-hour response target; priority support and an onboarding call from Professional up
- Volgistics: Free email support; private live sessions cost extra
- Published prices
- Envolv: Yes
- Volgistics: Yes — unchanged since July 2020
Where Volgistics wins
- Lower sticker price. With two admins, Volgistics costs less than Envolv at every size in the table — $12 to $17 a month at 50 volunteers, against Envolv’s $29.
- Prices that hold still: its published price list has not changed since July 2020.
- Text messaging and a time-clock module (VicTouch). Envolv does not send text messages and has no shared check-in station today.
- A long list of modules documented in its help topics, including awards, checklist items, site-level access for multi-site organizations and an opportunity directory.
Where Envolv is different
- Unlimited admins on every paid band, so every coordinator, shift lead and clinic manager can have their own login at no extra cost.
- You never pay for volunteers you mark inactive or for archived records, and the archive never expires.
- The volunteer app, portal, phone clock-in and document storage are included. There are no add-on modules.
- Clinic-shaped records: licenses and certifications with expiry dates and automatic reminders, background-check status, training and the handbook signature, tracked as onboarding stages.
- Shifts limited to a role, push reminders before each shift, and full English and Spanish for volunteers and coordinators.
- Monthly billing with no setup fee, or about 17% off when billed annually.
Switching to Envolv
Leaving Volgistics? We import your existing volunteer records for you, included in every paid band.
Try any paid band free for 30 days, no card needed, before you change anything. If you don’t choose a band, the account moves to Free.
Sources
- Volgistics — Price List — www.volgistics.com/help/payment-information/price-list/
- Volgistics — Customer Support — www.volgistics.com/support.htm
- Volgistics — Help topics — www.volgistics.com/help/
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