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Snowball vs Givebutter: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 9th, 2025
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Summary
Features in Auction
34
Best performer
40
  • Absentee Bidding
  • Catalog Management
  • Event Scheduling
31
40
  • Live Auction
  • Membership Management
User satisfaction
4.8
User reviews16
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.8
4.8
User reviews838
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.8
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Small and Medium Nonprofit Organizations

Small and medium-sized nonprofits love Givebutter, including charities, service organizations, faith-based, schools, universities, sports teams, companies and hopefully your group too!

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Melanie M
CEO
4.0

Melanie: Hi, I'm Melanie. I am one of the founders of Hearts for Honduras, and I would give Givebutter a four star rating. We used PayPal previously before using Givebutter, and what we found is it just really the cost of the fees was one of the big factors for us to look to change because we were going to get charged for every transaction. And so that was a big factor for us in finding something that passed on the fees, but a reasonable fee at that. Givebutter really is a platform that really supports nonprofits and does not charge us anything. So everything they do, we get to have a complete, basically a landing page where our participants can set up fundraising pages, we can fundraise for our upcoming trips, and also for our nonprofit in general. So just their overall support of nonprofits was a huge factor in being able to establish that, especially when you don't have very little budget to work with. So there is a little bit of a learning curve with Givebutter and just terms of playing around, how to set up your platform and set up your landing page. But once you get into the rhythm of it, it's pretty easy and it's easy to show others as well how to use. So that was a big... That's been kind of nice being able to teach our participants how to set up their own fundraising pages, but just a little bit of a learning curve when you're first starting off. So I would say that there's a lot of options out there. We did a lot of extensive research, compared the different platforms. Givebutter is right around the same in terms of the fees that they do charge for the processing of payments and fundraising dollars. They're relatively in that same ballpark of most. They're a little bit less. So that was a big factor. But really the big factor was the fact that there's no cost passed on to us to use the platform. So they raised their money completely through donations that donors make. So that was a huge factor for us in making that decision.

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Snowball

Top Features
34/40
  • Live Auction
  • Membership Management
  • Proxy Bidding
  • Reverse Bidding
  • Shipping Management
  • Watch List
  • Absentee Bidding
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Attendance Management
  • Bid Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Buy Now Option
  • Campaign Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customizable Branding
  • Donor Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Management
  • Event Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Event Ticketing
  • Event Tracking
  • Image Library
  • Inventory Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Online Auction
  • Online Bidding
  • Payment Processing
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Receipt Management
  • Registration Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Search/Filter
  • Silent Auction
  • Social Media Integration
  • Website Management
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Givebutter

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Snowball
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Givebutter
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Snowball
  • By Swoop In Technologies
  • Located in United States
Givebutter
  • By Givebutter
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2016
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