Enthuse vs GatherTix

Enthuse provides digital donation, fundraising, and event-registration technology under a cause's brand. Its fundraising pages support appeals, in-memory giving, individual and team pages, and real-time campaign data. Donations can be regular or one-off, with marketing opt-in communications and automatic Gift Aid capture and processing. Fundraising & Events adds registration and ticketing, fundraising-page creation, leaderboards, and customised emails. Participants can connect Strava and share training updates with supporters. Listed CRM integrations include Access CRM, Beacon, ChampCloud, Donorfy, MS Dynamics 365, Raiser’s Edge, and Salesforce; an API lets larger charities bring donation, fundraising, and event-payment data into other systems. Enthuse offers web and API access. Plans include Mass Participation at free, Fundraising at £24.99 a month, and Fundraising & Events, Donations, and Event Registration at £39.99 a month each. Additional listed fees include payment provider, Gift Aid, and ticketing charges; prices are exclusive of VAT where applicable, and cards issued outside the UK incur an additional 1% foreign card fee. Enthuse says it is UK hosted and GDPR compliant and offers dedicated customer support.

GatherTix is a web platform for managing ticket sales and registration at in-person events. It handles attendee forms, QR ticket delivery, payments, gate scanning, referrals, check-ins, and event reporting. Organizers can customize registration forms and receive a unique QR code for every ticket. The mobile-friendly scanner prevents double scans and synchronizes gate activity live. Members can use individual referral links, with resulting sales attributed to them. Reports cover tickets, registrations, revenue, and attendance; CSV export and an audit trail support treasurers and boards. Interac e-Transfers go directly to organizers, while Stripe processes card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay payments. GatherTix says it does not store card or banking details and describes its payments as PCI-aware and QR ticketing as secure. Free events cost nothing event. Paid tickets or registrations cost C$1.50 paid ticket or registration, with no monthly subscription required for that plan.