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ENS Classic vs Responsive Systems
We're pleased to announce that as of August 1, 2023 we're taking orders for our new responsive system. We still have a few things to finish up, but it typically takes our clients some time to load their content, so we expect that when you're ready, we'll be ready as well.
The following is a comparison chart showing the features between the two systems, including pricing. We're very excited about the new features in the responsive version. If you're not sure what responsive means, see the demo here: While the page editing is a little different from the classic version, the modules work almost exactly the same, so a person who understands, say, Membership Management in the classic version will have no trouble with Membership Management in the responsive version.
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ENS Classic |
ENS Responsive |
| DESIGN |
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| Changes shape on monitors, tablets and phones |
No |
Yes |
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| SET UP |
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| Professionally designed page header, initial design fee of $250 |
Yes |
No |
| Can have a different header on each page |
No |
Yes |
| Can change the header when you want |
No |
Yes |
| Menu down the left side |
Yes |
No |
| Menu across the top |
No |
Yes |
| Menu Levels |
2 |
3 for now |
| Menu collapses to "burger icon" if device is too small; can open it |
No |
Yes |
| Content blocks side by side across the page |
1 |
4 for now |
| Different design blocks and groups of blocks |
No |
Yes |
| Blocks stack to fit the device size (responsive) |
No |
Yes |
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| STANDARD PAGES |
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| Home Page |
Yes |
Yes |
| About Page |
Yes |
Yes |
| Contact Page |
Yes |
Yes |
| Any kind of custom form like contact, event |
No |
Yes |
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| MODULES FOR ALL PACKAGES |
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| Membership Management |
Yes |
Yes |
| Leadership Management |
Yes |
Yes |
| Group Management |
Yes |
Yes |
| Permissions Management |
Yes |
Yes |
| Menu/Page Management |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Creator |
Yes |
Yes |
| System Setup |
Yes |
Yes |
| Donations Management |
Yes |
Yes* |
| Blog |
Yes |
Yes |
| System Help |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blast Email |
Yes |
Yes |
| ENS Help Desk |
Yes |
Yes* |
| Events |
Yes |
Yes |
| Facts |
Yes |
Yes |
| File Download |
Yes |
Yes |
| Forums |
Yes |
No |
| Image Gallery |
Yes |
Yes |
| Knowledge Base (ENS) |
Yes |
Yes* |
| Library |
Yes |
Yes* |
| Links |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Join and Renew |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Store |
Yes |
Yes* |
| Place data from events, etc., on any page |
No |
Yes |
| Knowledge Base |
$9.95 |
Included* |
| Ballot Voting |
$24.95 |
Included* |
| Query Desk |
$49.95 |
Included* |
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| EMAIL ACCOUNTS |
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| With package |
5 |
5 |
| Additional email accounts, each, $2.year (going up to $5/year) |
Yes |
No |
| Additional email accounts, package of 10, $29.95/year |
No |
Yes |
| Add, change, delete your email accounts, reset passwords without ENS! |
No |
Yes |
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| GENEALOGY PACKAGE |
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| Cemetery Records |
Yes |
Yes: UDM |
| Area Deaths |
Yes |
Yes: UDM |
| Funeral Home Records |
Yes |
Yes: UDM |
| Surname Research |
Yes |
Yes |
| Define your own data sets, upload your own data, and search across all sets (Unified Data Module) |
No |
Yes* |
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| ALUMNI PACKAGE |
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| Class Lists including deaths |
No |
Yes* |
| Blind Forwarding Email |
No |
Yes* |
| Reunion Planning Module |
No |
Yes* |
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| * Means the module is still in development or testing, but will be available about May, 2024. |
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| PRICE COMPARISON |
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| Small Organization (< 100 members) with no classic optional modules |
$195/year |
$249/year |
| Larger Organization (< 300 members) with three classic modules |
$379.85/year |
$499/year |
| Per 100 active members over 299 |
$11.67 (!) |
$100/year |
What Are the Advantages of the New Responsive System Compared to the Classic System?
There are many reasons to switch from ENS-C to ENS-R.
- The new responsive version displays properly on devices of different sizes from wide screen monitors to tablets and phones. The classic version is fixed, and on smaller devices you have to scroll sideways as well as up and down to see the entire page. Way more than half of all searches today take place from smaller devices, and that percentage is growing, especially among younger people, the future members of your society or association.
- The new responsive system is much more modern looking than the classic system, which now looks somewhat dated because of its fixed size. It's OK if you personally like the classic look, but consider your members, both current and future. Most prospective members will greatly prefer the more modern look of the responsive version, not to mention the responsive functionality.
- The new responsive system has all the same module functionality of the classic version plus many additional features, such as the ability to connect to Stripe in addition to or instead of PayPal, for a better user payment experience; and the new Forms module which lets you create custom forms such as for contact purposes as well as event registration.
- For genealogical and historical societies, the new responsive system comes with the Unified Data Module so you can store tens of thousands of records of any type (millions, as a matter of fact), such as cemetery, obituaries, funeral home records, birth records, death records, marriage records, and any other record type that you might have. You define the data set, and you upload your own records from a spreadsheet, so we don’t have to be involved. Then, your site visitors can do one search and get hits in all the records that match their criteria, similar to the way Ancestry.com and FamilySearch work. (Still under development!)
- The new responsive system comes with all the modules that are extra-cost options in the classic version such as the Knowledge Base, Ballot Voting, and the Query Desk.
- The video training and printed documentation are more focused in the responsive system, so you don’t have to look through material that doesn’t apply to your volunteer position. If you are the newsletter editor, for example, you can watch a video just on that topic. You don’t have to sit through 14 hours of webinar training on every module. We understand that volunteers often change positions, so we’ve made it much easier to focus on your job in the organization.
- You can now add or delete your organization email accounts, and change the storage settings. You can purchase more email accounts or storage automatically through your website. You don’t have to contact us to make changes!
- The new responsive system has much better account control functions. You can see your contract at all times (often those get misplaced in organizations over the years), your storage statistics, your invoices and your payments, all from within your website’s Account module. (Some functions are still under development!) Everything is in one place!
- While we plan to support both the classic and the responsive systems indefinitely, eventually changing technology may prevent the classic version from running. The responsive system, written using modern, up to date programming tools, will be far less likely to have any problems, and we’re committed to fixing them if the technology changes.
What Are the Advantages of the Old Classic System Compared to the New Responsive System?
- Because what you can do to format a page with text and images is limited to one column of content in the classic system, it may be slightly easier to create a page, but it certainly isn't as much fun!
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