CharityEngine vs Grassrootz
CharityEngine
charityengine.net
Grassrootz
grassrootz.comSide by side
| Figure | CharityEngine | Grassrootz |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $450/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 10 | 6 |
| Spec score · Nonprofit Fundraising Software | 8.7 (#5) | 7.3 (#33) |
| Spec score · Donation Management | 8.7 (#6) | 7.4 (#18) |
| Integrations | The vendor documents Zapier connectivity to more than 7,000 apps, including QuickBooks, Mailchimp and Eventbrite. | Listed integrations include ACTIVEWorks Endurance, Race Roster, Njuko, Strava, Fitbit, Zapier, Meta, Facebook, Google Tag Manager and Salesforce via MoveData. |
| Security | CharityEngine states that it is Level 1 PCI-certified and SOC 2 Type 2-certified. | The platform overview describes donation processing through Stripe as safe and secure and lists two-factor authentication and fraud prevention among its features. |
| Support | The FAQ says plans include the support team, training library, and community resources, while the company guide describes standard support with an eight-business-hour response target. | Grassrootz says it provides platform support to charities, fundraisers and donors, with a team of fundraising experts available to help. |
Plans
CharityEngine
- The Fundraising PlatformPriced on request
- Events & VolunteersPriced on request
- Membership + AdvocacyPriced on request
- Monthly GivingPriced on request
- Engagement SuitePriced on request
- Digital FundraisingPriced on request
- Enterprise CRMPriced on request
- Standard$450 a month
- Professional$700 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Grassrootz
- Free core featuresFree
- Core FeaturesFree
- Tap’n’Donate AppFree
- Major Community EventsPriced on request
- Professional ServicesPriced on request
- Ticketing & RegistrationsPriced on request
In their own words
CharityEngine
CharityEngine is a fundraising and donor-management platform available on the web, iOS, and Android. Its core capabilities include campaign management, online donation forms, recurring donations, automated receipts, donor segmentation, and advanced reporting. The Fundraising Platform offering includes giving pages, email and automated workflows, event management, direct mail, segmentation, and custom dashboards. Other offerings address events and volunteers, membership and advocacy, monthly giving, engagement, digital fundraising, and enterprise CRM. Listed tools include ticketed events, auctions, peer-to-peer fundraising, volunteer scheduling, mobile messaging, donor journeys, payment recovery, donor portals, and CRM integration. Monthly Giving and Enterprise CRM list automated reactivation and AI-powered payment recovery, while Digital Fundraising includes attribution, tracking, and website hosting. CharityEngine was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. Pricing is available on request; none of the listed offerings has a displayed price.
Grassrootz
Grassrootz provides online fundraising tools and event partnerships to help charities raise money and build communities. Charities can run unlimited branded peer-to-peer campaigns with fundraiser pages, badges, leaderboards and sharing. Donation pages accept card payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay and direct debit, and send tax-compliant receipts automatically. Ticketing can combine registrations, fundraising, donations and merchandise, with free or paid tickets, teams, recurring donations and instalment payments. The free iOS Tap’n’Donate app collects cashless gifts and donor details at in-person events, with campaign totals updated in real time; a Stripe portable card reader is sold separately. Listed integrations include event registration, fitness, social and CRM services, including ACTIVEWorks Endurance, Race Roster, Strava, Zapier, Meta and Salesforce via MoveData. Grassrootz says it also supports additional registration platforms. The Free core features plan costs nothing and includes unlimited campaigns, donation pages and appeals, dollar matching, recurring giving and automated fundraiser email journeys. Fees apply to ticketing and merchandise sales, while event fees vary.