Dryad Receipting is a modern tax receipting application for Canadian nonprofits using Salesforce.
While it’s not the first receipting application available, it is better than the competition.
Here are a few ways in which Dryad Receipting is better than an older app, KELL Receipting.
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Receipt templates are more easily customized |
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 | KELL Receipting uses a single fixed layout. If you want another layout, you need to create a Visualforce page. |  | 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. |
| KELL Receipting uses hardcoded fields. Merge fields are only allowed in one specific section of the template. | | Dryad Receipting allows merge fields to be used anywhere you want. It also displays a list of all available fields so you don’t need to remember them. |
| KELL Receipting only allows for a maximum of 2 images. | | Dryad Receipting allows for as many embedded images as you want. |
Can be setup by a Salesforce admin, not a developer |
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| KELL Receipting built a complex custom engine to assign receipt templates. You need to set the rules and then the rule order. | | Dryad Receipting uses a single field to determine the receipt template assignment. For anything more complex, you can use the native power of flows. |
| KELL Receipting requires you to manage custom settings to map fields. Located in the settings tab, it requires careful typing to make sure you don't misspell an object or field name. | | Dryad Receipting has a simple and straightforward mapping page, which allows you to manage which fields map to the receipt object. |
Fully supported federated model |
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| KELL Receipting has the option of setup multiple charity numbers, but the settings are not straightforward and involves hardcoding values. | | Dryad Receipting allows you to assign any account as a "receipting account". This means you can set things like the CRA registration #, receipt #, sender email address, and images for as many receipting accounts as needed. |
Better user experience |
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| KELL Receipting requires someone with advanced technical skills to use it. | | 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. |
| KELL Receipting was initially built with the Classic interface. Some pages still use this old interface. | | Dryad Receipting is designed with the Lightning interface and the Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) |
| KELL Receipting requires you to build reports to know what to do next. | | 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. |
| KELL Receipting doesn't have such error reporting. It's not 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. |
Less technically complicated |
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| KELL Receipting is designed to work with and without the Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP). This means you need to install two packages to support NPSP. | | Dryad Receipting is designed from the ground-up to be 100% compatible with Salesforce NPSP. |
| KELL 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. |
| KELL Receipting uses a mix of data and metadata. | | Dryad Receipting leverages data-driven architecture. Even parts of the application are data-driven. This means it's very scalable. |
Fully bilingual |
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| KELL Receipting only supports English and French for 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. |
Transparent pricing |
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| KELL Receipting doesn't publish their prices, so you only know the cost once you've spoken to them. Also, their pricing is also based on the amount of work it'll take them to customize the app, which is managed through a project. | | Dryad Receipting has a clear and straightforward pricing model. It scales according to your organization's needs and their are no variable or usage rates. It's a yearly subscription model which includes bug fixes and updates. |
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