Events.org vs Generosity Works

Events.org provides nonprofits with event and fundraising tools, including ticketing, online donations, mobile bidding auctions, raffles, pledges, and donor stewardship. Registration pages support branding, mobile registration, custom questions, group registration, QR check-in, and automated receipts. Donor management includes records, recurring donations, thank-you messages, email campaigns, reminders, and real-time reports. Its iBid service handles auction item solicitation and catalogs, mobile bidding, participant SMS messages, and auction materials. The free plan promotes events on Events.org and partner sites, hosts free events, tracks attendees and registrations, and sends automated thank-you letters and receipts. Paid ticket sales are listed at $1, paid once, billed at 3.5% plus $1 per transaction rather than per ticket; business events are 5% plus $1 per transaction. The nonprofit fundraising suite costs $100 a month per admin user, with 3.5% plus $1 processing per transaction. Events.org is web-based and also lists Android and iOS platforms. Registration pages work on mobile devices without requiring an app download.

Generosity Works provides charity fundraising event software for auctions, pledges, ticketing, Gift Aid, and table planning. Auctions can be silent, live, or sealed-bid, with outbid alerts, anti-snipe, tablet mode, and bidding without an account. Event tools include tiered live pledges, automatic HMRC Gift Aid splitting, ticket tiers, tables of ten, VIP packages, named guests, and per-guest QR codes. An on-site event server can run an evening without venue Wi-Fi, while QR check-in does not depend on a third-party API. Charities connect their own Stripe keys so payments settle into their accounts; Generosity Works says it does not hold funds or add transaction fees. Guest communication supports email, SMS, and WhatsApp, and supporter records can be exported for CRM import. Virtual auctions can use YouTube, Vimeo, or Zoom links, but the product does not encode, mix, or broadcast video. It is designed for events serving roughly 50 to 1,000 people. A free option includes the platform with Kevin as auctioneer or host; the standalone licence is £995 a year.