GiveSmart vs. Greater Giving

GiveSmart

219 Reviews and Ratings

Greater Giving

25 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
GiveSmart	Score6.9 out of 10	N/A	GiveSmart, a Community Brands company, offers a full-service event management platform supporting event website, event registration, attendee tracking, donor management and data insights, and full customer service for entities wishing to raise funds via an auction or charity event. The platform also integrates technology from Community Brands brand Gesture to provide a comprehensive suite of services. GiveSmart replaces the former 501 Auctions, a platform to support charity auctions, mobile…	N/A
Greater Giving	Score8.4 out of 10	N/A	Greater Giving, a Global Payments company, works exclusively with schools and nonprofits across the United States and Canada—offering integrated technologies to help simplify event management; quickly train volunteers; streamline check-in and check-out; and raise more funds. Greater Giving solutions are based on a single cloud-based platform.	N/A

Pricing

GiveSmart

Greater Giving

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Event Package: Contact Sales
per year Unlimited Users and Events
Express Package: Contact Sales
per year Unlimited Users and Events
Virtual and In-Person Events Package: Contact Sales
per year Unlimited Users and Events

Pricing Offerings
GiveSmart	Greater Giving
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

Optional

No setup fee

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The comparison chart helps to understand which package is best for any organization based on the features included.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	GiveSmart	Greater Giving
Considered Both Products	Momentive Software Verified User Chose GiveSmart We have looked at both Greater Giving and OneCause, and ultimately for what you get for the same price, this seems to be the most user-friendly and easy-to-use software. The staff is always available to help with questions. We have used GiveSmart for 7 years, and see no reason … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose GiveSmart Greater Giving is convoluted and hasn't evolved with the times. It is very difficult to train to and the reports are messy and take a lot of time to comb through to get the information you need. There are a couple of things that I like about Greater Giving that I do hope that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose GiveSmart GiveSmart enabled us to have a Livestream event hosted directly in the same bidding/giving screen - which made it so easy for our donors as we transitioned to a virtual event in response to COVID19. OneCause was more expensive and included a transaction fee for each … Incentivized Helpful? Emily Provosty Volunteer in Marketing at Tibetan Aid Project (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees) Chose GiveSmart Givesmart has the mobile experience, which is what we wanted. Incentivized Helpful? Rana Chrudimsky Parent Volunteer at Green Bay Area Catholic Education (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose GiveSmart We also checked out HandBid, Charity Proud, and Auctria. We chose GiveSmart for the breadth of capabilities, competitive pricing and credit card processing fees, unlimited logins, ease for our accounting staff to manage, and high support availability. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose GiveSmart Price was comparable, love the functionality and ease of use. Incentivized Helpful? Charlotte Lacey Special Events Manager at Pasadena Humane (Veterinary, 51-200 employees) Chose GiveSmart GiveSmart was way better and so much easier to use. GiveSmart was way more customizable and much better looking. The customer service was much easier to contact and they build a sense of community across the country with weekly and monthly optional webinars and meetings. That … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose GiveSmart We selected GiveSmart this year solely because of their user-friendly and highly interactive auction interface. We were impressed by the ability to broadcast a video on their site, alongside our online auction. This opened up a lot of additional visibility for our organization … Incentivized Helpful?	Global Payments Verified User Chose Greater Giving I personally prefer GiveSmart over Greater Giving. We're now starting to role out GiveSmart nationally and the usage of Greater Giving is becoming less and less. There are a few things that Greater Giving is better than GiveSmart at...auction donation forms and ticket sales. … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	GiveSmart	Greater Giving
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (168 ratings)	9.1 (7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.3 (7 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	7.9 (167 ratings)	9.5 (3 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (166 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Online Training	8.2 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.4 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	4.5 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)