Greater Giving vs. Splash Event Marketing Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Greater Giving
Score 8.4 out of 10
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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
Splash
Score 6.7 out of 10
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Splash helps to get event programs in front of the right people by helping users create engaging, branded experiences and optimize conversions at each stage of the event lifecycle. The solution empowers teams to execute events that bring in more leads, shorten the sales cycle, drive new business, and strengthen customer relationships. Splash is an event marketing platform that helps teams do all of this by building and hosting virtual, in-person, and hybrid events. By marrying data and…
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Pricing
Greater GivingSplash Event Marketing Platform
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
Free: For Personal Use and Occasional Small Business Events
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Pro: For More Design and Access Control
Contact Sales
per year
Enterprise: For Solutions and Workflows at Scale
Contact Sales
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Greater GivingSplash
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe comparison chart helps to understand which package is best for any organization based on the features included.
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Community Pulse
Greater GivingSplash Event Marketing Platform
Features
Greater GivingSplash Event Marketing Platform
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Greater Giving
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Ratings
Splash Event Marketing Platform
9.0
Ratings
8% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Greater Giving
-
Ratings
Splash Event Marketing Platform
9.3
Ratings
8% above category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Integrates with social media00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Event registration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Greater Giving
-
Ratings
Splash Event Marketing Platform
4.3
Ratings
64% below category average
User authentication00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Greater Giving
-
Ratings
Splash Event Marketing Platform
9.3
Ratings
9% above category average
Branding options00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Attendee list export00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Virtual Event
Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
Greater Giving
-
Ratings
Splash Event Marketing Platform
7.0
Ratings
17% below category average
Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Networking00 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Event analytics00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Greater GivingSplash Event Marketing Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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4.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Greater GivingSplash Event Marketing Platform
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.
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When we first started using Splash Event Marketing Platform, the platform showed great promise and worked well for our team’s needs. However, over the past year, we’ve encountered issue after issue—many of which are described by support as problems “no one else has ever experienced.” Unfortunately, this has happened frequently, making it difficult to trust the platform for consistent execution.
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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
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  • Their support team is very friendly and helpful. They get back to me within a couple of hours and have lots of resources to help remotely.
  • I like being able to check people in on mobile.
  • Their templates make it easy to design something cool. I'm not a trained designer, but using Splash templates lets me create cool invitations that look very well designed.
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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.
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  • When designing a landing page for an event, the functionality of the layout page is quite finicky. I would love to see the ability to add features to certain text boxes become more fluid.
  • The formatting across the layout page is not always consistent, specifically text sizing.
  • I had an issue with an account, and the support team took an extremely long time (2+ months) to produce a remedy for the issue I was experiencing.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Because easy to interface and easy to manage Splash platform and individual event platform and easy to integrate with third party software such as Adobe Marketo and others softwares. Easy to maintain status and easy to relate with Salesforce campaign through Marketo . Useful in lead capturing and generation and so on we can enable business through splash.
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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!
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The platform works, and it is a good system. I think there is always room for improvement. and I would like to see them up their client resolutions when it comes to problems with using the system. and see them take a more aggressive approach to addressing the clients changing needs
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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.
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We love working with our account manager and priority support to answer questions efficiently and speedily. Our account manager works with us on larger and bigger picture initiatives for our instance, where the priority support is always there when you're stuck with a feature or setup, it's been great to share this resource with our global network of hosts internal and external to the company.
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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.
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We used to use Eventbrite to manage our events before we were switched into using Splash. It was much easier to use, had a consistent usability structure for creating events and getting users to sign up. While it wasn't as customizable in terms of the landing page or email design, it did the job without any issues. We didn't necessarily select to use Splash, but our event coordinators at Hubspot chose the platform for us! If we could go back, we would.
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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.
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  • Positive: We've now been able to track whether people who attend our events eventually become donors to our organization, which is HUGE for measuring event ROI and the time horizons for a donation.
  • Negative: Can't think of any negative impacts on our business objectives. It solves the problem it is designed for, and continues to improve.
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ScreenShots

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Splash Screenshots

Screenshot of customized and on-brand event programs - from the first invitation to post-event follow-up.Screenshot of an example of a personalized email campaign built from on-brand templates. These can be scheduled to be sent to targeted lists.Screenshot of actionable segments created from a guest list, with advanced tag management and list building. This displays every response, status change, and answers to registration questions as they happen.Screenshot of the available integrations for event programs, with Salesforce, Slack, Marketo, Hubspot, Eloqua, Greenhouse, Zapier,  and Zoom.Screenshot of the real-time data and analytics that provide the insights to prove success and build better programs.Screenshot of Splash's Host app, which is used to run the door. Fast search and one-click check-in keeps the traffic flowing, which frees up users to capture info from walk-ins all while syncing the list across devices and to a connected CRM in real-time.