Dryad Receipting is a modern tax receipting application for Canadian nonprofits using Salesforce.
However, it’s not the only “new kid on the block”. Cascadia Receipting is another option that became recently available.
Here are a few ways in which Dryad Receipting is better than Cascadia Receipting.
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Receipt templates are more customizable |
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 | Cascadia Receipting requires additional functionality to be built using flows and reports before it can be used. |  | Dryad Receipting is ready to use out of the box. |
| Cascadia Receipting uses MS Word documents with merge fields. | | Dryad Receipting uses a custom object with a HTML field to easily design any number of receipt templates. Just like building a web page, the layout is completely flexible. |
| Cascadia Receipting doesn't have such error reporting. It's not very obvious what to do when things go wrong. | | Dryad Receipting has excellent error reporting. Not only do you know the error, you're also provided steps to correct the error. |
Better user experience |
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| Cascadia Receipting adds clicks by constantly asking you to confirm your actions. | | Dryad Receipting was designed by a UX certified Salesforce architect. Every field, button, and screen was built with the end-user in mind. UX patterns such as using recognition instead of recall and keeping the interface simple and elegant are part of the application's fabric. |
| Cascadia Receipting requires you to build reports to know what to do next. This forces you to manage reports. | | Dryad Receipting has in-app guidance to help you along the receipting process. It's really hard to make a mistake or inadvertently repeat an action. |
Less technically complicated |
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| Cascadia Receipting generates outside of Salesforce, which means your donor data is used elsewhere. | | Dryad Receipting generates receipt .pdfs in your Salesforce instance, as a native application. |
| Cascadia Receipting generates receipts synchronously. So if you want to generate 1000's of receipts, get ready to sit and wait. | | Dryad Receipting generates receipts asynchronously to you don't need to wait. It also has a log to display the batch results. |
| Cascadia Receipting uses a mix of data and metadata. Settings have to be changed by a system administrator. | | Dryad Receipting leverages data-driven architecture. Even parts of the application are data-driven. This means it's very scalable. |
Fully supported federated model |
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| Cascadia Receipting doesn't support a federated charity model. | | Dryad Receipting allows you to assign one or more accounts as "receipting accounts". This means you can set things like the CRA registration #, receipt #, sender email address, and images for as many sub-charities or charters as needed. |
Fully bilingual |
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| Cascadia Receipting only supports English and French in the tax receipts and emails. If your users use Salesforce in French, you're out of luck. | | Dryad Receipting supports the creation of tax receipts and emails in both English and French. The app itself is also bilingual, so that Salesforce users can use it in English or French. |
More secure |
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| Cascadia Receipting is an unlisted application. | | Dryad Receipting passed the Salesforce security review and is the only tax receipting application available on the AppExchange. |
Straightforward pricing |
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| Cascadia Receipting has a complex price calulator to determine the final cost. It's also usage based. | | Dryad Receipting has a clear and straightforward pricing model. It has price tiers, which scales according to your organization's size. There isn't any variable or usage rates. The yearly subscription model includes bug fixes and updates. |
| Cascadia Receipting's pricing is based on the number of users with access and the number of receipts created. | | Dryad Receipting provides unlimited users access to create unlimited receipts. |
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