A self-serve alternative to book-a-demo software
Zelos covers open shifts, dispatch and team chat with published pricing, no sales call, and a free plan that never expires.
Volunteer database, training, screening, and impact reporting
Fits institutions with a volunteer manager and a procurement process.
Open shifts, task dispatch, notice board, and team chat
Built for coordinators who need it working today.
No credit card · Unlimited members on every plan · Set up in under 5 minutes
How signup works in each app
Shifts inside a volunteer database
Volunteers apply, get screened and trained into a profile, then self-schedule into the roles their qualifications allow.
Open shifts as the whole product
Admins post shifts and tasks; team members browse and claim what fits their skills and schedule.
What Better Impact is better at
If your workflow depends on the things below, Better Impact is the right pick.
Training and certification
A full online training LMS with step-by-step modules, testing, and certifications, plus expiry alerts on volunteer profiles. If people must be trained and certified before they start. Zelos has nothing comparable.
Screening and compliance
Background check integration, electronic signing of waivers and documents, online applications, and screening workflows. Hospitals, hospices, and youth programmes need this end to end, and Zelos doesn't do it.
Reporting and multi-site oversight
Customised raw data reporting, sub-accounts, cross-department oversight, permissions by location, SSO, and a REST API. For a hospital network or a municipality running programmes across sites, that's the whole job.
Depth, security, and a support team
ISO 27001 and ISO 27017 certification, 24x5 human support, an implementation advisor, and 25 years in the volunteer sector. Zelos is smaller and doesn't pretend otherwise.
If these bullet points are non-negotiable, you're a Better Impact customer.
What Zelos is sharper at
If you don't need the full volunteer-management suite, Zelos is a better fit.
You can see the price
Zelos publishes what it costs: free, or $99/month flat. Better Impact publishes no prices at all. Every plan ends in a demo booking, and the quote comes from a sales advisor.
Live in five minutes, no call
Sign up and post your first shift the same afternoon. Better Impact starts with a consultation call and an implementation advisor, which is valuable if you want it and an obstacle if you don't.
Every coordinator included
Better Impact includes 3 admin accounts on Foundation and 10 on Growth, with unlimited reserved for the top tier. Zelos gives you unlimited admins on every plan, including free.
Chat that goes both ways
Better Impact's communication tools are mass and individual messaging, usually by email and text. Zelos gives each task its own chat channel, plus group chats and direct messages, so questions and swaps happen in context.
If you're drawn to this kind of simplicity, you should spin up a free project in Zelos right away.
admin accounts
Better Impact's Foundation plan includes three admin accounts. Zelos includes unlimited, on the free plan.
What you can actually find out before you commit
Better Impact doesn't publish prices, so here's what's comparable.
| What you're checking | Zelos | Zelos Pro | Better Impact* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $99/mo | Talk to sales |
| Admin accounts | Unlimited | Unlimited | 3 and up |
| Volunteer accounts | Unlimited | Unlimited | 500 and up |
| Communication | Chat, push and email | Chat, push and email | SMS and email |
* Better Impact plans and limits pulled from betterimpact.com/features. Foundation covers up to 500 active volunteers with 3 admins, Growth up to 2,000 with 10 admins, and the Impact Plan is unlimited. Pricing is based on accepted and inactive volunteer profiles and is not published.
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Teams that pick Zelos over Better Impact
Small nonprofits without a volunteer manager
Better Impact is built for organisations with someone whose job is volunteer management. When coordination is one of six things on your plate, a database with applications, screening, and training modules is more scaffolding than help. Zelos posts the work and lets people claim it.
Learn more →Grassroots and mutual aid groups
No procurement process, no budget approval, and often no legal entity. A quote-only platform is a non-starter before the features even come up. Zelos is free, published, and live the same day.
Learn more →Disaster response teams
When a response scales to thousands in days, there's no time for applications, screening workflows, and an implementation call. Zelos handles smart targeting by skill and location, with chat attached to each task.
Learn more →Event staffing and festival crews
Event crews mix paid staff, contractors, and volunteers, and assemble in weeks rather than quarters. Zelos treats everyone as a member who claims work, whether they're paid or not.
Learn more →Sports clubs and community organisations
Match-day volunteers, kit runs, and canteen shifts across a season, usually run by a parent committee rather than staff. Unlimited admins means every section lead gets access without an upgrade.
Learn more →Contractor pools and gig dispatch
Contractors aren't volunteers, don't need training modules, and won't sit through onboarding. Post the job, let the right people claim it, coordinate in the task chat.
Learn more →From teams who picked Zelos
What teams who picked Zelos say
"It helped us a lot reducing the planning overhead. It is way more motivating for staff to pick their task than just getting assigned!"
Manuel W.
Coordinator, Events Services
Full review → "We were looking for a system to handle our concert staff. Zelos is really easy to access both for the administrator and the users!"
Niels Peter H.
Board member, Music
Full review → "The overall experience has been great, the customer service is amazing and I can't wait for all the new changes coming up in the app!"
Celia D.
Coordinator, Motion Pictures and Film
Full review →Free for teams of any size
No credit card, no trial expiration.
Pro starts at $99/month, never per person.
Nonprofit and education discounts on Pro and Enterprise.
Frequently asked questions
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