OneCause vs GiveSmart

Discover why OneCause is the top choice to engage supporters, raise more, and grow your impact.

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Why Nonprofits Choose OneCause
over GiveSmart

OneCause stands out with unmatched features and benefits to streamline and elevate your fundraising efforts.
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Unmatched Product Innovation

GiveSmart misses key innovations that would otherwise save time and drive revenue for its customers. Missing capabilities include: AI-driven event & auction capabilities, end-to-end sponsorship management, robust item procurement, and more.

OneCause has been the go-to partner for nonprofit auctions since 2008. Our solutions simplify every step, anticipate your fundraising needs, and enhance the supporter experience. All with the goal of helping you exceed your fundraising goals!

Event Fundraising by OneCause

Elevated Supporter Experience

The GiveSmart product is built on basic functionality, outdated user-interface, and has not kept pace with the expectations of today’s donors. Missing functionality includes: shared cart, mobile optimized view, AI recommended lots, and more.

The OneCause Fundraising Platform takes the effort and guesswork out of donating to deliver a giving experience that is quick, easy, and modern—just like they expect. We help you raise more, inspire giving, and provide a donor experience you can be proud of.

Award-Winning Support

With a mix of employees and outsourced support, increased costs, and event day remote and onsite staff—GiveSmart’s approach to helping fundraisers is less than ideal. This limited support can leave nonprofits worried about hitting their fundraising goals.

OneCause provides U.S. based, in-house, award-winning support every step of the way. Our support agents, consulting services, and onsite event managers are available by chat, email, phone, and in person to help you raise more and enjoy peace of mind when it counts most.

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OneCause vs. GiveSmart Feature Differences

Features
OneCause
GiveSmart

Platform

Singular Platform
Included
Included
AI Event Readiness Guide
Included
Not Included
Generative AI (descriptions for auction items, raffles, fixed price items, etc)
Included
Not Included

Event Management

Sponsorship Sales, Management & Analytics
Included
Not Included
Ticketing & Table Management
Included
Included
Couples Check-in, Shared Cart, Checkout
Included
Not Included
Golf Events
Included
Not Included
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Auctions

Silent & Live Auctions
Included
Included
Auction AI (Recommended auction packages, Suggested auction sort)
Included
Not Included
Robust Item Procurement
Included
Not Included

Giving

Live Display Scoreboards
Included
Included
Ambassador Fundraising
Included
limited
Recurring Giving
Included
Included
Connect Online Campaign to Event
Included
Not Included

Payments

ACH & Digital Wallet (Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal/Venmo)
Included
limited
Fund Designations
Included
Not Included

Subscription

U.S. based, In-house Support & Event Services
Included
Not Included

OneCause

Platform

  • Singular Platform
  • AI Event Readiness Guide
  • Generative AI (descriptions for auction items, raffles, fixed price items, etc)

Event Management

  • Sponsorship Sales, Management & Analytics
  • Ticketing & Table Management
  • Couples Check-in, Shared Cart, Checkout
  • Golf Events
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Auctions

  • Silent & Live Auctions
  • Auction AI (Recommended auction packages, Suggested auction sort)
  • Robust Item Procurement

Giving

  • Live Display Scoreboards
  • Ambassador Fundraising
  • Recurring Giving
  • Connect Online Campaign to Event

Payments

  • ACH & Digital Wallet (Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal/Venmo)
  • Fund Designations

Subscription

  • U.S. based, In-house Support & Event Services

GiveSmart

Platform

  • Singular Platform

Event Management

  • Ticketing & Table Management
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Auctions

  • Silent & Live Auctions

Giving

  • Live Display Scoreboards
  • Ambassador Fundraising (limited)
  • Recurring Giving

Payments

  • ACH & Digital Wallet (Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal/Venmo) (limited)

Subscription

FAQs

With limited support via chat/email and outsourced onsite event services, GiveSmart falls short supporting their customers when they need them most.

OneCause provides a U.S. based customer support team, consulting services, and industry-leading onsite event managers – always in-house, never outsourced. Enjoy peace of mind with a team you can trust.

Actually, it’s quite easy to get up and running with OneCause and begin experiencing fundraising success! We work with nonprofits each month who make the move from GiveSmart, enabling them to reach more and raise more in no time.

Yes! OneCause is built with flexibility to inspire fundraisers’ creativity. With unlimited campaigns available in our annual subscription, our software can power any campaign that you dream up. Not to mention, you’ll be armed to drive giving with product learning resources and the OneCause team at your back.

Our solutions supports nonprofit organizations of all sizes. Our team works with you to determine the best fit.

With OneCause, you’ll find one of several packages to best fit your needs. If an upfront subscription cost concerns you, no problem! We offer one of the industry’s most competitive “Pay as You Go” plans, complete with a cap, so you know exactly what your total investment is as you partner with us.

Request a demo today to get in touch with a OneCause pro that can answer all your questions! If you’re not quite ready, head to our plans pages for all feature related information.

OneCause: Your Proven Fundraising Partner

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What are our Customers Saying?

I've used many systems to create and host an online auction, and OneCause is by far the best user interface that allows for an excellent bidder experience. I've even had other board members share that they would never host an event with another software!
Denise H.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Not only did the AI item description generator save us time, but it was so creative and helped make item descriptions much more appealing. Whether attendees bid on silent auctions items or previewed the live auction, [it] helps provide an exceptional guest experience.
Lauren P. & Amie F.
Path2Freedom
If you can imagine all the features that you could possibly need to run pretty much any type of event that is exactly what this software offers. Hands down the best fundraising software!
Rhonda H.
Event Manager
Working with OneCause is one of the best decisions we have made. The suite of services from online donation pages to event management tools sync with our fundraising goals so well.
Jenna C.
Director of Communications
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