Kintone

Overview

Kintone is one of the low-cost, online CRM solution, ideal for non-profit clients with a lower budget. Kintone supports relational database and provide many pre-built features such as email field validation, in-app communication, in-app & email notification, workflow management, task assignment, user management, content management, etc. Customization can be achieved by uploading JavaScript and CSS/html files, which can be written easily by referring to Kintone example codes and Kintone documents online. 

Price 

• After the 15 days free trial, NPOs need to submit an application in order to receive the discount. The cost is 288 dollars per year (updated 12-6-2019). 

Security 

• The data is secured at rest and at transit. 

Supports

• Responsive customer service & Prompt tech support 

• There is online developer discussion forum, where Kintone Tech Staff would answer the question posted.  

• A thirty-minute, one-on-one call can be schedule upon requested. 

Difficulty 

• The set up for field and table is a drag and drop. There are many templates that can be used as a starting point. The configuration document online is usually quite descriptive. 

As the procedures needed get complicated, JavaScript most likely is needed. Even though, just read the API documentation and the Kintone html element documentation, newbie can still make their way through. If there is a member with developer experience, meaning someone who tried to learn a language by looking up documentation and online resource, that would be more than sufficient.