# Page 3 | SchoolAuction.net Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - Is SchoolAuction.net the right Auction solution for you? Explore 236 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/106652/SchoolAuction-net/reviews --- SchoolAuction.net 4.7 (236) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of SchoolAuction.net ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 236 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use EJ Emily J. Resource Development Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SchoolAuction.net - not just for schools!" September 12, 2018 5.0 We use this software to run our gala auction, which is in its 16th year. Our event is in February and I have already set up our event page (it is August) and begun entering items. We are able to customize and brand our event pages and all guest interfaces with organization and event logo and verbiage. When we moved from paper and spreadsheet auction administration to this platform our guests raved about the event organization and it has definitely been reflected in our fundraising. Pros SchoolAuction, aka Tofino, is an extremely user-friendly auction platform that incorporates simple administration with a guest friendly interface. It stores guest and donor data from prior events to make ticket sales and item entry a breeze. Reporting is comprehensive and easy to customize, although the native reports are so thorough you should rarely need to make your own. Cons I don't have anything negative to say. It can be a bit pricey for smaller organizations, but we have found it to be very worth the price. Review Source MB Melanie B. Development Manager Music Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SA.net user since 2014! So easy to use for our school fundraising that I started using it for work." July 10, 2019 4.0 I'm entering into my seventh year using SchoolAuction.net, and I continue to recommend it to others. Pros It's incredibly easy to train volunteers, capture all of the info that I want from users and guests, and process guests quickly on event night. Cons It's often slow on weekday afternoons, hard in the weeks leading up to events. It's a bit of a long and clunky URL. Switched from [Bluesky](https://www.capterra.com/p/155743/Bluesky/) At the time, Bluesky didn't offer online auction functionality, so we switched for that feature specifically. But it was so much more user friendly that we never went back, even though Bluesky was cheaper and eventually added online auctions. Review Source Response from Northworld July 11, 2019 Thanks, Melanie! Reach out next time - we've got tricks to make it easier to drive people to your site than publishing the URL... Roger SS Stacey S. Software Engineer, Parent and volunteer Used the software for: ### " Did a Comparison of Auction Software and Scholl Auction.net Won" May 8, 2014 5.0 I helped out at my daughter's school to run the software system for their annual fundraiser. We had only used the system for one prior event and our PTA wanted to make sure their money was being well spent before they paid the renewal fee. I'm a software project manager in Silicon Valley and I research and evaluate (and install) software for a living. So I researched the different auction software systems that are out there and hands down SchoolAuction.net was the best choice. Many of the products in this field have similar features. What stands out about SchoolAuction.net is: - COST - It is a reasonable flat fee to use. Most all other products I looked at charged a slightly small fee but also took a percentage of your earning and this turned out to make them many, many more time expensive. - CONFIGURATION- The look and feel of the catalog, email notifications, landing pages, etc. is very configurable no matter what level of computer expertise you have. - TRAINING MATERIALS- Even though the software is very user friendly, the company has an amazing inventory of training materials. They have done an outstanding job of integrating these into the product where you need them. Other products don't do this at all. They instead suggest you hire their professionals to do it for you...at a price. - CUSTOMER SERVICE - I can't say enough about what great service we've gotten over the past few years I've been working with this company. I don't know if Roger and his team sleep because they are always there to take my call or respond to an email. Thanks team. In summary we've used SchoolAuction.net for 3 years now for many events a year and plan to do so for the foreseeable future. They are an honest company with a quality product. Review Source CR Carabeth R. Development Director Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "School Auction Review" February 27, 2020 5.0 We solved our school auction with this software, I loved it because we mostly use volunteers to staff the event and it was very easy to have people with no previous experience with the software use it that evening with ease. Pros School Auction is a great platform! We started using it for our annual auction and it was a game-changer for our school. It's super easy to use and set up. Cons I feel like the website that you can create for your event could be a little more robust. You can change the colors but the layout options are limited. Reason for choosing SchoolAuction.net It is an online program so I could work from anywhere, our previous program was on a server, so with out the server you could not use it. Review Source JA Jackie A. Development Coordinator Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Spectacular Product with Superior Customer Service" April 18, 2021 5.0 My first year running an auction, I used software already purchased by the organization. It was cumbersome, difficult and not web based. It required me mid-event to do some pretty technical things to run credit cards. Issuing refunds was a NIGHTMARE. Enter SchoolAuction.Net. This software is superior in its design, ease of use and most of all, stellar customer support. During 2020 during the pandemic, they automatically upgraded all their customers so they could go fully virtual for their events. In 2021, they introduced a live streaming life video with chat board. We used it and was very successful. I cannot recommend using this software for your gala/auction event. Being web-based also gives you great flexibilty (I have performed all sorts of admin tasks off of my smartphone for example). Pros The best feature is being web based. Credit card processing and issuing refunds is super easy compared to other software I have used. Cons Catalog searches could be improved if somehow the search included not just the title of the item but the donor as well. Review Source RL Rose L. Auction Co Chair Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great platform that " July 18, 2019 5.0 We are really enjoying SchoolAuction and look forward to hosting our first big online auction this year. Pros We really like SchoolAuction for the ease of setting up the events and inputting the donor data and item information. The customer support is also exceptional with a response within a few hours and also the guides and videos online to help you through any questions is very well considered. Cons Because of the particular auction we hold, we have a lot of items and the system does slow down with over 1000 items! Review Source Response from Northworld July 23, 2019 Thanks, Rose! Just so you know, we are working on strategies for faster display of 1000+ item auctions - it is tricky, but we are pretty sure we can make some improvement there. BG Ben G. Data Administrator Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The software has helped us solve many of the pain points for performing accounting of our auction." November 8, 2017 4.0 Pros It is great to be able to use on the night of our auction. No more scrambling to crunch the numbers during our event and making guests wait while we do so before they need to pay at the end of the night. We have all our items and guests already input and some even have credit cards on file. Our silent auction and live auction items can all be assigned to guests within minutes of the close. Guests even have the option of providing a credit card in advance and we can push out invoices directly to their email. Guests can then confirm purchases and check out on their phones so they never even wait in line to pay at the end of the night. Cons We frequently input individual items received into the software and then later bundle them into baskets as part of a larger group. The software re-assigns the basket an item number and then re-uses the item number that was assigned to each individual item in the basket. This makes it difficult to track exactly which items are where and makes it tedious to search by name for an item within a basket. It also means that you can't confidently refer to an item by its number because chances are that it has changed later. Review Source MS Melissa S. Auction Chair, 2014 & 2015 Used the software for: ### "School Auction. Net" February 2, 2015 5.0 This is the second year our school (public elementary school) has used School Auction.net for our auction. As a new auction chair last year, I had heard nothing but complaints about how non-user friendly the prior software we had been using for 4+ years was, and so I decided to change. After comparing several vendors, we settled upon SchoolAuction.net and have been very pleased. Everyone who had used the old software and then used SchoolAuction.net felt it was much easier to use and more intuitive in addition to providing new features for us such as an online auction that DOES NOT charge sales commission for your online auctions like many others. The software is also very robust, with auction functionality, POS and Online auction functionality. We held an online auction for the first time, our first year using the software and it was very successful, thus broadening the parent participation rate at our school and increasing the amount of money we raised. The parents who participated in events also loved the fact we could just email them their purchase receipts and checkout at the end of our events went much faster because of the ability to vault credit cards too. This year, using the system was even easier because we were able to import all our data from the prior year which significantly decreased the amount of time that volunteers needed to spend entering donation data. When we have had questions, the help desk/tech support has always been very responsive, usually responding in minutes or a couple hours at most. Their online documentation and video tutorials are also very useful. The system has worked so well that our school has also begun utilizing the software to manage POS transactions to process donations for our Back-To-School Day and ticket sales at our school Carnival etc. Overall, we have been very pleased with SchoolAuction.net Review Source MT Milica T. Scientist Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great product and great help!" November 24, 2016 5.0 We used this software for our PTO auction, which had three parts: online, silent and live. It helped tremendously, from creating a catalog to recording the profit. Online auction went smoothly, self check in and check out features are extremely helpful for live event. It gives a spectrum of opportunities for look and feel of the website. Reporting is pretty good, there are a lot of different options. There are some reporting options I would like to see tweaked a little bit, but overall it is super helpful. We used the software for our annual pledge and will use it for Read-a-thon. Customer support is the best I've seen, responses come within an hour. Amazing! Pros Ease of use and support. Features like online auction management and self check in and check out are amazing. Cons When I customize the table I would like to be able to save that as a default view and not having to change it every time I log in. In the post auction reports, simple table with the list of items and the buyers and the FMV and the price paid, I couldn't put that together. Review Source NK Nicolas K. Volunteer Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great value for the price" July 24, 2019 5.0 SchoolAuction provides a reasonably priced software to manage your non-profits charity event. We have an annual gala that includes table tickets, silent auction, live auction, paddle raise, and raffle. All items are managed through the software and paid for by the guest. I haven't come across a better value in the market. Pros The customer service provided. Any issue or request was resolved in a timely manner. Cons The back end UI/UX is not particularly friendly which creates a significant amount of time in set up Alternatives considered [Handbid](https://www.capterra.com/p/134456/Handbid/)[GiveSmart](https://www.capterra.com/p/130794/GiveSmart/) Reason for choosing SchoolAuction.net Price - value Review Source Response from Northworld July 25, 2019 Thanks, Nick - for the fair review and the excellent feedback. AK Amelia K. Events and Community Engagement Manager Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Just okay!" June 17, 2021 3.0 It's not a bad platform but the user interface needs some work. Pros we used it last year so it made sense to use it again Cons The virtual interface doesn't allow for customizations that were crucial to our fundraising success Alternatives considered [Greater Giving](https://www.capterra.com/p/127257/Event-Software/) Review Source Response from Northworld April 6, 2022 Hi Amelia, Thanks for taking the time to leave this review. We've made a lot of upgrades to our Virtual Live Auction feature in the last year, so we hope you'll give us another chance with your next event. Feel free to email me at vanessa@northworld.com if you'd like a demo of how the Virtual feature works now, or want to learn about other new features we've added to our software, like Text-to-Give or Fundraising Campaigns. We absolutely want to help your organization's events and fundraisers be as successful as possible. LP Lisa P. Development Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best all around" March 2, 2022 5.0 Pros The best thing is how easy this product is to use and how supportive their customer service folks are when you do have a question. I've been using it for several years and every year they add new features that keeps making it even better. They know their customers and care about helping us do our jobs well. Cons Well, I have no complaints about the product. Review Source Response from Northworld March 24, 2022 Hi Lisa, Wow, thank you for the wonderful review! We're so pleased to have you as a long-time customer, and we're glad you appreciate all the features we've added over the years. TV Todd V. President/Owner Printing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazingly Effective Software" April 22, 2021 5.0 The software team is knowledgeable, responsive and produces functional software. To have a tool like this during a quarantine period is remarkable and, in my opinion, likely saved some organizations from being forced out of business. The RTMP livestream is THE reason the software is as effective as it is....the developers were WAY AHEAD of the curve on this one! Pros The software is full-featured handling an event from beginning to end. Other software developers spend time on "pretty" yet limited software. THIS software is functional! The development team spent their time on making first, a software package that works and second making that software pretty. Cons There are, at time, a lot of necessary mouse clicks to get to where one is headed. Reason for choosing SchoolAuction.net RTMP....functionality, SERVICE! Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director of Advancement Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perfectly easy, user-friendly auction software!" October 31, 2017 5.0 Pros Easy to use, little to no complaints from our users. We can make the pages look the way we want, to fit our brand. Very customizable. Love the pre-event check-in and post even check out! Fundraising success! Cons We have found it a bit hard to make the online auction part look the way we want it to, but we still love it for live auction and fund-a-need! Review Source GL Gina L. School Volunteer Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "SchoolAuction.net is good software, for a price" March 2, 2018 4.0 Great for auctions that have not used software in the past or for auctions that are bringing in loads of money and need many options. Overall a great product that is easy to use and I would recommend! Pros If you run a charity auction, software is A MUST. This software is easy to use and train others to use. It offers many options for selling items including live, silent and online. Charity auction has an easy to create customizable website. There are charts in this software that help with flow of event from getting started to pulling your final reports. Cons While not the most expensive auction software,the cost is considerably more than some competitors. You do have an opportunity to pass on credit card fees to people using credit cards at your event. Also, we had a hard time setting up our credit card vendor and linking our bank account for payment. (We did eventually get this figured out and our auction ran smoothly) Review Source EL Ellora L. Foundation Coordinator Philanthropy Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Check-in and check-out was a breeze!" July 24, 2019 5.0 It was my first time running a fundraising auction and this software made it possible! My colleagues who had been on the peripheral of event planning in prior years commented that SchoolAuction.net was worth the investment. It made the event run much more smoothly. Pros SchoolAuction.net is very intuitive. After a demo, it was easy to just jump right in and get set up for our fundraising gala. I really appreciate how flexible it is. Our event wasn't quite ready for mobile bidding, but we still utilized so many other features. Our guests really noticed a difference from the previous event: we heard positive feedback on how much easier the check-in and check-out process was! Cons The sponsorship set up was confusing at first. We solicit year-long sponsors, instead of event-specific sponsors. But we were still able to utilize the sponsor recognition features, which was a huge plus! Review Source Response from Northworld July 25, 2019 Thanks, Ellora! We really appreciate the opportunity to help. KM Kara M. PTA Secretary Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good for Project Administrators, Complicated for Helpers" July 29, 2019 3.0 As one of the administrators of the auction, I spent a lot of time using SchoolAuction.net and the more familiar I was with it the more I liked it, however, it was hard for people who could only donate a small amount of time to help with it, which was problematic. Pros I loved the customer support and online tutorial. Cons I felt it was not easy for new comers to navigate. I also feel that the auction site itself was not very user friendly and many people complained about having difficulty bidding and/or finding specific items. I also did not like the layout of the site when using a mobile devise. Reason for choosing SchoolAuction.net Price. Review Source AF Amy F. Executive Advisor Management Consulting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Makes Auction Life Easier" January 19, 2017 5.0 I can't imagine running a PTSA/School auction without this software. Its helped us organize and streamline the whole process. We use it to organize our items, lay out the auction tables, sell tickets and add ons, check people in and out, and sell remaining items online. We've seen them add features over time to improve the system. Last year we started using mobile check in and check out and that really made things easier for our team and our guests. It could be slightly more intuitive to use, but there is plenty of help text and videos if you take the time. The ability to copy data from one year to the next has been great too - easier to delete extra data than rekey it in. Pros Good end to end coverage, check in options Cons I bit complicated to learn the first time Review Source SK Sara K. Volunteer Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "User and Budget Friendly Mobile Bidding Software!!" January 17, 2017 5.0 Our auction attendees enjoyed using the mobile bidding software. We were able to quickly check-in our guests and monitor the items up for bid. The pre-registration emails helped to prepare guests for what to expect at the event. During the night of the auction, we had NO problems with the mobile bidding and our guests loved the concept! Items went for more than expected and it was a great experience for our guests. The system was user friendly to enter the auction items, and made for a smooth experience! Overall a great product and very user friendly. I feel confident knowing we are planning to use School Auction.net for our next event! Pros Our auction attendees enjoyed using the mobile bidding software. We were able to quickly check-in our guests and monitor the items up for bid. The pre-registration emails helped to prepare guests for what to expect at the event. During the night of the auction, we had NO problems with the mobile bidding and our guests loved the concept! Items went for more than expected and it was a great experience for our guests. The system was user friendly to enter the auction items, and made for a smooth experience! Overall a great product and very user friendly. I feel confident knowing we are planning to use School Auction.net for our next event! Cons One issue was that it was difficult for guests to know which items did not have actual bids on without going through all of the items. There were a few items that did not receive a bid at the end of the night, and a few guests stated that if they would have known, they would have placed a bid on it. Review Source CP Carlotta P. PTO Used the software for: ### "Review of Schoolauction.net" April 9, 2011 4.0 I would recommend the software. Pros We purchased a one time license of schoolauction.net. The software was very user friendly, and the customer service was great. We had prompt responses via email, but we spoke with a member of the user support team several times on the phone. They are available on the night of the event at no charge. The checkin/checkout process at the event was very smooth--we had approximately 300 people attend. Be sure to have your checkin/checkout team engage in a webinar, and one person should be on hand during the night of the event who knows the software cold. Be sure to get your credit card processing (through a separate company) set up early. We would recommend going with one of the company's preferred merchant providers. The final checklists (starting with 5 weeks away to 2 days away) are extremely helpful, and we stayed on schedule with those. I would recommend the company. We did not do an online auction, so we cannot speak to that. Cons The user support manual is extremely helpful and you should have it on hand. That being said, I did find speaking to the user support team helpful to further explain certain aspects of the software. The reports to post the silent auction winners on the night of the event could be a bit more user friendly. Review Source TW Theresa W. Auction chairperson Fund-Raising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great online auction software and service" January 4, 2017 5.0 I've run our PTO online auction for two years now. Prior, we had used schoolauction.net with their old version and before I came on board, we reviewed as many options as we could find. We decided to stick with schoolauction.net not fully understanding the changes they were in the process of making, but with the understanding that it would be more customizable and easy to use. The revamped program is excellent. We are about to start our third year with it, and I am excited to see what updates are in store. The thing I love most is that you could run a great online auction with no design skills, but for those who do have graphics experience, the look and feel are almost fully customizable. There are a couple tweaks I would change, but they are totally nit-picky on my part. Excellent customer service - can't say enough about it. Very responsive by email or phone. We've had great success with our online auction through schoolauction.net and look forward to another year. Pros Customizability; value Cons A couple quirks about layout but nothing major Review Source AH Alyssa H. General Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great tool for our largest fundraising event" July 10, 2019 4.0 Pros The software gives several options to use for our fundraising event. It's all straight forward to use and provides our guests an easy option to pre check in which greatly helps us. We couldn't keep our guest tickets, auction items and donations nearly as simple to process and keep track of without using SchoolAuction.net. Cons There is a huge help section with videos and articles to help you figure out how to use the tool but it's not always easy to search and find exactly what you need. If I reach out to customer support though, I always get an immediate response with links to find the exact info I need. Review Source Response from Northworld July 11, 2019 Thanks, Alyssa! I will forward the comment to the team that maintains the documentation - we can definitely work on making the browsing easier. SG Stanley G. President Sports Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SchoolAuction.net is the best auction software on the market. Period!" March 21, 2022 5.0 I was looking for auction software and during my research I was excited to have the best in my backyard. Pros Customer Service. When you have problem you are able to speak to an agent immediately to solve the issue. Cons Some of the upgrade features should be available for every level. It is hard to alert winning bidders at a live event. Reason for choosing SchoolAuction.net Location and previous reviews. Review Source Response from Northworld March 24, 2022 Hi Stanley, Thank you so much for the great review! We pride ourselves on our customer service, so we're glad that you find our team to be responsive and helpful. If you'd like to share some of the upgrade features you wish were included in your plan-level, please email me at vanessa@northworld.com. We're always open to customer suggestions. PC Patty C. Development Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Online Auction and Live-Stream events" March 3, 2022 5.0 The customer service is the best I have experienced. Response time is crazy fast, and if they don't know the answer right then they will find out. I am actually looking forward to working with their staff for our next event. Pros The live stream capabilities are second to none that I have seen or heard of. The ability for folks to bid directly from their device while watching the live-stream makes it easy for guests to bid from anywhere they have wi-fi. Cons I think the only thing that I really wished they had was the capability to upload an album of images for the auction. Loading one by one was tedious. But, they assured me that they were working on adding that this year! Review Source Response from Northworld March 24, 2022 Hi Patty, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience. We worked hard on our livestream feature, so we're glad you enjoy it and find it to be user-friendly! We're also pleased you enjoy working with our staff; we look forward to helping you with your next event. VR Verified Reviewer Freelance Writer/Blogger Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SchoolAuction.net is a life-saver!" August 27, 2019 5.0 Pros SchoolAuction.net is a life-saver! I can now effectively organize fundraisers without hassle! Cons I have no complaints! It's practically glitch-free! Review Source Talk to a Capterra advisor for free and get results within 15 minutes.