Volunteer management software / Volunteer management software for small nonprofits
Volunteer management software for small nonprofits
A food pantry with forty regulars, a shelter with weekend shifts, a reuse center, a house museum: you need the schedule filled and people reminded, and you are quoted platforms built for a hospital's volunteer office. Here is what each one costs, from their own pages, and the line where the platform earns its price.
Who this is for: You coordinate volunteers for a small nonprofit, you probably do it alongside another job, and the platforms' pricing pages say "request a demo".
What each tool costs
From each vendor's own pricing page, checked October 24, 2026. Tell us at support@justsignup.io if something has changed and we will fix it the same day.
| Tool | Price | Free tier | Volunteer accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| JustSignup | Pro $9 a month or $79 a year for the whole organization, cancel anytime | One live page, up to 4 lists and 30 volunteers, no ads, forever | No. Name and email |
| POINT | Pro $140 a month, or $99 a month billed annually; texting is an add-on bundle | Yes, forever: unlimited volunteers and admins, sign-ups, scheduling, reminders, hour tracking, portal and app | Volunteer portal and app; the pricing page does not say whether sign-up requires one |
| Golden | Professional $100 a month billed annually ($110 monthly) | Yes: no volunteer cap, up to 5 admins, background checks and waivers | Volunteer portal and app; not stated whether required |
| Timecounts | Pro $79 a month billed annually ($89 monthly), up to 15 admins | Yes: one admin, unlimited volunteers, shifts, events and hour logs | Not stated; volunteers join a branded community hub |
| Volgistics | $9 a month for 50 volunteers, 2 operators; the VicNet volunteer portal is $3 more and includes unlimited texting; $18 at 100 volunteers, $40 at 1,000 | None; 30-day trial | Self-scheduling needs the VicNet portal login |
| Civic Champs | $49 a month for 1 to 49 active volunteers, billed annually plus a one-time setup fee; $74 at 50 to 249; text credits extra | None | Volunteer app or kiosk; not stated whether required |
| Track It Forward | Basic $13.25 a month billed annually per 100 user accounts; texts only on Advanced at $37 | Yes, for organizations with under 25 volunteers | Yes: volunteers register under your organization and log hours in the app |
| GivePulse | Give Joy $20 a month (20% off annual), 2 admins; texting is an add-on on every paid plan | Yes: Basic, one admin, no subgroups | Not stated; the platform invites members |
| VolunteerMark | Essential $75 a month billed annually ($89 monthly), 100 texts a month | Yes: up to 50 volunteers, one admin | Volunteer app with social sign-in |
| Bloomerang Volunteer | From $119 a month billed annually; personalized pricing | None | Volunteers self sign-up via portal or app |
| VolunteerHub | Plus from $143 a month billed annually plus a setup fee; Pro from $288; text reminders included | None | Not stated; testimonials mention volunteer accounts |
| CERVIS | Basic $25 a month (no hours tracking), Standard $120, Premier $200; unlimited volunteers and admins | None | Not stated |
| VolunteerLocal | Discover $600 a year or $200 per event, 2 admins; Grow $2,400 a year | None; free trial | Not stated |
| VolunteerMatters | Growing $239 a month or $2,390 a year plus $499 setup, 2 admins, 250 volunteers | None | Not stated; a testimonial says opportunities are viewable without a login |
| Better Impact | Not published; book a call. Three tiers priced on volunteer profiles | None | Not stated |
| Galaxy Digital | Not published; demo request only | None shown | Not stated |
| SignUpGenius | Silver $11.99 a month or $107.89 a year (one ad-free sign-up, 150 texts a month); Gold $29.99; Platinum $59.99 | Yes: unlimited sign-up pages, 1,000 emails a month, no texts. Free pages carry ads | No |
| SignUp.com | Starter $99.99 a year ($8.34 a month, annual only on the pricing page) with unlimited text reminders; removing ads is a separate $99.99 a year | Yes: unlimited participants and sign-ups, one group page, no texts. Free pages show ads | No passwords for participants |
When each one is the right choice
- JustSignup
- You need shifts filled and people reminded every week, and you do not need a volunteer database, applications or background checks.
- POINT
- You want a full nonprofit platform with a volunteer portal and app at no cost and your volunteers will use the app.
- Golden
- You screen volunteers (waivers, background checks) and want that free, with a portal your volunteers will log in to.
- Timecounts
- One coordinator, many volunteers, and you want a volunteer database with hour logs for free.
- Volgistics
- You want a real volunteer database with a time clock at a small-program price, and your volunteers will log in to a portal.
- Civic Champs
- You want check-in kiosks and an app for a few dozen regulars and can pay a year up front.
- Track It Forward
- Your main job is logging and approving volunteer hours for reports, and your volunteers will use an app.
- GivePulse
- You are a campus or community network that needs impact reporting across many groups.
- VolunteerMark
- Fewer than 50 volunteers, you want an app, and you are fine with the jump to $75 a month after that.
- Bloomerang Volunteer
- Your donor database is Bloomerang and you want the volunteer record tied to the donor record.
- VolunteerHub
- You onboard volunteers at volume with landing pages, kiosks and waivers, and you have the budget for a contract and setup.
- CERVIS
- You need event registration with unlimited admins on a flat monthly price and can skip hours tracking at the entry tier.
- VolunteerLocal
- You run a few large festivals a year and want per-event pricing with texting included.
- VolunteerMatters
- You need credentialing and compliance tracking across a few hundred volunteers.
- Better Impact
- You run a hospital, museum or city volunteer office with thousands of profiles and a procurement process.
- Galaxy Digital
- You are a volunteer center or United Way matching volunteers across many agencies.
- SignUpGenius
- You run one or two simple sheets a year, your volunteers already know it, and ads next to your event don't bother you.
- SignUp.com
- Your school already runs on it or you need text reminders on the cheapest paid tier and can live with the ad-removal add-on.
When a sign-up page is enough
- Your volunteers are known people who come back: a weekly rota, a monthly distribution, a season of events. You need the gaps visible and the reminders sent, not a CRM.
- Your reporting is hours per volunteer and per month, for the board or for a grant. JustSignup's check-in and hours reports cover that.
- You have two or three coordinators who all need to see and edit the schedule.
When it is not
- You onboard strangers at volume: applications, waivers, background checks, orientation tracking. That is what Better Impact, VolunteerHub and Galaxy Digital are built for.
- You need the volunteer record tied to the donor record. Bloomerang Volunteer lives inside the Bloomerang CRM for that reason.
- You run hundreds of volunteers across many sites with staff at each one. The per-volunteer platforms scale there; a sign-up page is per organization and stays simple.
Try the simple option in a minute
Describe your schedule in a sentence, paste the sheet you use today, or send it to us and a person builds the page for you, free. Your first page is free with no ads; Pro is $9 a month or $79 a year for everything.
Questions people ask
- What does volunteer management software cost for a small nonprofit?
- Published platform prices run from $9 a month (Volgistics, 50 volunteers) and $49 a month (Civic Champs, billed annually with setup) to $119 to $143 a month on annual contracts (Bloomerang Volunteer, VolunteerHub); Better Impact and Galaxy Digital quote only after a demo. Sign-up tools run $0 to $12 a month. The honest question is which half you will use every week.
- Do nonprofits get a discount?
- Most platforms price for nonprofits already; a few say they can discount on request. JustSignup's price is the same for everyone: the first page is free, and Pro is $79 a year for the whole organization.
- Can we switch later?
- Yes. A sign-up page exports volunteers and hours as CSV. Programs usually move to a platform when they start screening at volume, not before.