Greater Giving vs. BeLIVE

Greater Giving

BeLIVE

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Greater Giving	Score 8.4 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
BeLIVE	Score 9.3 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	BeLive is a brand produced by MultiTV. This is the company's live virtual and online events platform where attendees can learn, interact, and connect with people from anywhere in the world. It is presented as a quick to setup, affordable, and scalable live streaming solution.	N/A

Pricing

Greater Giving

BeLIVE

Editions & Modules

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

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Offerings

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

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

$1,500 one-time fee per installation

Additional Details

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

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Greater Giving	BeLIVE
Considered Both Products	Greater Giving Verified User Anonymous Chose Greater Giving We actually changed from Greater Giving to Classy, but will probably go back. Classy offered silent auction capabilities that Greater Giving did not. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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? Verified User Anonymous Chose Greater Giving Greater Giving is on-par with the look and feel of other systems. It is pretty easy to get up to speed without much technical experience. My main complaint is that the underlying system isn't as robust. Incentivized Helpful? SB Sharon Burk Business Manager Chose Greater Giving We've used this for years, and see no reason to explore others! Incentivized Helpful? Lindsay Cleland Event Director Chose Greater Giving We currently use Eventbrite for our pre-event ticket and sponsorship sales as they have a much more streamlined webpage that is customizable, they allow us to pass on the fees to our purchasers, AND they do not charge an annual fee on top of the processing fees. However, they do … Incentivized Helpful?	BeLIVE No answer on this topic

Features

Greater Giving

BeLIVE

Online Events Marketing

Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
	Greater Giving - Ratings	BeLIVE 6.0 Ratings 38% below category average
Branding options	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

Virtual Event

Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
	Greater Giving - Ratings	BeLIVE 7.3 Ratings 9% below category average
Livestreaming	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Audience engagement	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Event recording	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Event analytics	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Greater Giving	BeLIVE
Small Businesses	Bonterra Network for Good Score 9.6 out of 10	Whova Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	OneCause Score 8.8 out of 10	Whova Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises	Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM Score 7.6 out of 10	Whova Score 8.9 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Greater Giving	BeLIVE
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	9.5 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Greater Giving	BeLIVE
Likelihood to Recommend	Greater Giving is well suited for an organization that is looking to save money on their event software and need a full service solution. It is not as sophisticated as others on the market, but it will allow you to get everything you need done for a reasonable price. This is meant to be used by nonprofit event professionals. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Using be.live for video on YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook both my page and group. Embeding a live video on my webiste. Having guests join my live video and also share information by using my computer screen. Incentivized Rachael Woolley - Mindset and Health Coach Mindset and Health Coach Read full review
Pros	Greater Giving is very user-friendly for both staff and volunteers Greater Giving sales and receipt generating features are well received by the guest at our event Greater Giving provides excellent customer support - in particular, their "night of" event support Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Going live on multiple platforms at the same time Sharing my screen on those live sessions Recording the sessions to be able to repurpose as a blog post or small video clips Having guests join my live videos Be.live support group is excellent Incentivized Rachael Woolley - Mindset and Health Coach Mindset and Health Coach Read full review
Cons	Love to see more places to log expenses, so you can run a total report of net income. It's often a bit wide for my screen, which I can work around. Incentivized SB Sharon Burk Business Manager Read full review	Limited customisation choices of the overlays and background that are available. Occasional delay between the audio and video Limited to 4 guests at once Incentivized Rachael Woolley - Mindset and Health Coach Mindset and Health Coach Read full review
Usability	Greater Giving is very intuitive. It’s easy to set up in the backend and change as needed. Anytime we couldn’t figure something out on our own, our customer service representative was always available and super helpful! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Online support was one of the worst customer service experiences I've ever had (I would give them a 1). Phone support and implementation support were very nice and knowledgeable. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	We currently use Eventbrite for our pre-event ticket and sponsorship sales as they have a much more streamlined webpage that is customizable, they allow us to pass on the fees to our purchasers, AND they do not charge an annual fee on top of the processing fees. However, they do not have the ability to let you swipe a credit card in advance - you need a membership to Bidding for Good to do so. We tried using Eventbrite and Bidding for Good for only 1 event before we switched back to Greater Giving. Neither platform allowed you to send out tax receipts and the on-site event management was subpar compared to the ease of Greater Giving. Incentivized Lindsay Cleland Event Director Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Having one system that can manage online donations, ticket purchases, online auction, donor tax letters, etc. has created efficiency for my org. Reports are flawed and lack of data integration with other systems causes me to do a lot of unnecessary manual work. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Increased engagement with my audience Saves time for creating live videos on various platforms. Incentivized Rachael Woolley - Mindset and Health Coach Mindset and Health Coach Read full review
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