GiveSmart

“As I was trying to decide between three different online software platforms, I created a potential ROI and Cost/Benefit analysis to help me figure out which mobile bidding/online platform would give... … We did a complete ROI and it turned out the top two systems we compared (along with GiveSmart) came within $3 difference in a period of a year when all the known costs were figured into the equation.”

“It was well worth the price.”

“OneCause was more expensive and included a transaction fee for each purchase/donation/winning bid, which would affect the percentage of funds we could keep from each gift and allowed us to be... … GiveSmart is great for small to mid-size nonprofits who run at least one major fundraising event annually and plan to solicit donations for a campaign.”

“GiveSmart is well suited for nonprofits with a budget to afford the yearly fee, which varies depending on the number of contacts in your database.”

“Text to Give Allowing the option to pay a total sum on a payment plan - Recurring Gifts Allowing a payment plan without the need to set up an account and login. … It has improved internal efficiency when it comes to setting up a payment plan for each donor.”

“Greater Giving It was very expensive, complex, and difficult to use; they would not combine our nine schools in one affordable contract.”

“High ROI - GiveSmart is an affordable product that can meet a variety of fundraising needs. … Batch Reporting on specific campaigns where you have donors making monthly gifts will not pull in that monthly donor information.”

“We are trying to move away from hosting as many auctions, and I'm not sure that the cost of keeping GiveSmart, just for event registration will be worth it.”

“When entering pricing/cost for instant items I could not enter a decimal so report was not totally accurate.”

“So we are stuck either not using credit card processing or buying completely new swipers (which we originally bought from them) as well as new ipads (significantly more expensive than android...”

“OneCause has much of the same functionality, but GiveSmart was less expensive, which is why we went with them.”