Is Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ or Kindsight Ascend cheaper?

Both Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ and Kindsight Ascend offer paid plans only. Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ starts at paid; Kindsight Ascend starts at paid. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.

Which has better reviews, Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ or Kindsight Ascend?

Kindsight Ascend has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 10 reviews) compared to Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ (3.0★ from 2 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ or Kindsight Ascend?

It depends on what you're optimizing for. Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ fits better if you prioritize broader integrations; Kindsight Ascend is the call if you need the higher-rated option. Read both apps' detail pages on AppRanks for the full feature breakdown, install counts, and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ or Kindsight Ascend?

Both apps are one-click installs from the Salesforce AppExchange marketplace. Kindsight Ascend has more onboarding documentation maturity (10 reviews vs 2), which usually translates to better-tested setup wizards and quicker time-to-value. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly — read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for merchant-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large Salesforce AppExchange stores?

Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ typically suits early-stage and growth-mode stores based on its review-base composition (2 reviews). Kindsight Ascend aligns more with early-stage and growth-mode stores (10 reviews). Larger review bases generally mean the app has been load-tested at scale — relevant if you're processing high order volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ and Kindsight Ascend?

Migration support varies by app and category. Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ and Kindsight Ascend both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Affinaquest, Advancement RM™" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ vs Kindsight Ascend

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Affinaquest, Advancement RM™

3.0·2reviews

The Affinaquest Advancement RM™ is the leading advancement system for educational institutions, academic health science centers, and select not-for-profits. Manage campaigns, prospects, demographics & giving for the most complex fundraising endeavors.

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	Affinaquest, Advancement RM™	Kindsight Ascend
Tagline	“The Affinaquest Advancement RM™ is the leading advancement system for educational institutions, academic health science centers, and select not-for-profits. Manage campaigns, prospects, demographics & giving for the most complex fundraising endeavors.”251 chars	“Ascend is the most comprehensive, end to end solution for fundraising and constituent engagement, built natively on Salesforce - and continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in the areas of next generation constituent experiences and AI.”249 chars
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Languages	en	en
Platforms	Shopify	Shopify
Developer	Affinaquest	Kindsight
Listed	February 21, 2020

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Metric	Affinaquest, Advancement RM™	Kindsight Ascend
Rating	3.0 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	2	★ 10
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Pricing	paid	paid
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Pricing tiers	1 tier	—
Listed features	3	3
Languages	1 supported	1 supported
Listed since	Feb 2020	Nov 2018

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Affinaquest, Advancement RM™

The Affinaquest portfolio of products provides you with best-in-breed tools to facilitate your fundraising and engagement efforts. Our decades-long foundation in advancement fundamentals and our data aggregation, cleansing, and enrichment tools combine to give you a platform to build on your fundraising success. Our stable and mature product, Advancement RM™, has been developed by acknowledged pioneers in fundraising software, thus ensuring continuity with established business practices. At the same time, we have leveraged the flexibility and extensibility of Salesforce, the most comprehensive CRM platform. Additionally, our customers now have optional access to our industry-leading data warehouse, as well as award-winning data enrichment and first-in-class matching gift solution. Included: State-of-the-Art Major Gift Fundraising Tools -Campaign management (budgets/expenses, campaign trees, KPI dashboards) -CASE standard constituent engagement tracking -An array of biographic data that can be easily retrieved -Industry-leading gift processing and management tools that meet industry standards (IRS, FASB, NACUBO and CASE) -Mobile app to help on-the-road Development Officers

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Kindsight Ascend

Ascend provides a comprehensive, 360-degree view of your Advancement and Fundraising activities including Bio Demographics, Prospect Management, Gift Processing, Grateful Patient, all backed by AI workflows and insights. FEATURES: Mobile Friendly User Interface, Processing Multiple Pledge Types, Processing Pledge Payments, Processing Matching Gifts, Entering Hard/Soft Credits, Tracking Multiple Relationships, Tracking Designations & Allocations, Implementing Multiple Interfaces, Robust Prospect Management Feature Set. Included in Ascend are integration management tools such as Interims and Review Transactions and productivity tools such as cloud explorer Dataloader and ruli Records Manager. ENHANCEMENTS: Constituent Engagement with Connect Donor Portal, Integration Tools, Configuration, Custom Development, Custom Reporting, and Platinum Support.

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Should I choose Affinaquest, Advancement RM™ or Kindsight Ascend?

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Which works better for small vs large Salesforce AppExchange stores?

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