Donately vs Greater Giving

Donately is an online fundraising platform for accepting donations and managing donor activity. It provides branded donation pages with custom messaging, branding, drag-and-drop editing, mobile optimization, and recurring giving. Campaign pages can include rich media, live fundraising thermometers, peer-to-peer and team fundraising, custom branding, and social sharing. Donation forms and widgets embed on websites, landing pages, or blogs without redirects or coding. Donor tools include profiles, donation tracking, segmentation, automated receipts, reporting, exports, and retention insights. Native integrations include HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Slack, and Constant Contact, while Zapier connects to thousands of tools. An API supports sending or updating donation information in external systems. Payments can use Stripe or PayPal, Google and Apple wallets, multiple currencies, and one-time or recurring gifts. Donately lists PCI compliance, HTTPS on forms, fraud-prevention tools, and GDPR and CCPA support. It runs on the web and through an API. A free plan is available; paid plans start at $99/mo.

Greater Giving provides cloud-based fundraising event software for nonprofits and schools running auctions, galas, and fundraisers. Its Event Software tracks donors, bidders, sponsors, volunteers, registration, procurement, seating, and auction details. Online Payments supports event registration, credit card donations, recurring donations, and Text to Donate. Online bidding lets people bid remotely from mobile devices, tablets, and computers; reporting includes instant results and real-time auction and appeal reporting. Event Software can exchange donor data with products including eTapestry, Kintera, Raisers Edge, and Exceed. Greater Giving says card data is encrypted when read and stored, and security codes are never stored. Client Services offers unlimited support, training classes, videos, online help, and phone, email, and live chat coverage. Professional Event Support can provide onsite help and train staff and volunteers on bidding, registration, and checkout. Organizations can have up to 10 active Online Payments pages at a time. Pricing is tailored to usage and fundraising needs and is provided by custom proposal. The product is listed for Android, iOS, and the web.