Events.org vs GiveSmart

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.

GiveSmart provides fundraising and donor management tools for nonprofits, schools and associations. Its platform covers online fundraising, recurring giving, peer-to-peer campaigns, text-to-donate, auctions and ticketing. Mobile auction bidding supports maximum bids, outbid notifications, item management and self-checkout. Event tools include seating and group management, contactless check-in, guest communication and tax receipts; virtual and hybrid events can add livestreaming, chat, donor recognition and proxy bidding. Campaign reporting includes live reports, dashboards and exports, with receipts and tax letters generated automatically. GiveSmart lists Salesforce, Google Analytics, YouTube and Vimeo among its integrations and supported services. It says its system is PCI and SOC 2 compliant, with encryption, restricted access, vulnerability testing and independent audits. Support includes 24/7 customer service, implementation help, a Help Center and an assigned Client Success Manager. The platform is available on Android, iOS and web. Both pricing models provide full access, unlimited events and campaigns, but prices are available on request; there is no free plan.