Compare Classy vs Volgistics vs BiddingOwl.com

About Classy

Classy is a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising tools for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Since 2011, more than 4,000 nonprofits have collectively raised over one billion dollars on the Classy platform. From crowdfunding to peer-to-peer fundraising, event registration & management, and one-time or recurring donations, nonprofits of all sizes trust Classy to manage all of their online fundraising under one roof.

Direct Donations - Grow your online donations through branded donation forms or crowdfunding campaigns that allow you to put your story and impact front and center. Grow and manage your recurring givers to sustain impact all year round.
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising - Create time-based or evergreen peer-to-peer campaigns that give your supporters the power to not only donate, but fundraise on your behalf. Let your supporters spread your mission and increase your reach.
Events - Whether you host a signature event or a series of events, use Classy Events to
create customized event pages to collect registrations, track performance, and give your supporters the ability to fundraise leading up to your event.
International Fundraising - Attract international supporters by allowing them to donate in their local currency. Classy Passport supports donations in up to 130 different currencies allowing you to grow your movement around the world.
Classy Pay - Process donations with Classy’s in-house payment processing solution. Built on the Stripe platform, Classy Pay offers industry-leading fraud prevention tools, automatic credit card updating for recurring gifts, and payout reconciliation right inside your Classy account.

About Volgistics

Manage your volunteer database from any computer; in the office, at home or on the road. Allow volunteers to fill out applications, submit their schedule preferences and even self schedule, all from the comfort of home. No start-up costs, licensing, or additional fees for support or upgrades. Simply pay a low monthly fee with no long term contract. Volgistics is the industry leader in online volunteer software. Take a video tour and sign up for a free trial account to find out why!

About BiddingOwl.com

BiddingOwl is a cloud-based auction and fundraising solution designed for hospitals, churches, foundations, universities, animal shelters, and more. Key features include donor management, volunteer management, event management, contribution tracking, payment processing, and mobile giving.

BiddingOwl helps users to plan nonprofit charity auctions, manage their items and solicitors, print bid sheets and catalogs, and keep track of various fundraising efforts. Additionally, the solution enables users to create auction websites and customize them as per their business requirements.

Additional auction features offered by the solution include a buy-now option, proxy bidding, reserve price, live auction, silent auction, and buyer notifications. Support to users is made available via phone and email.

Features

• API
• Calendar Management
• Dashboard
• Data Export
• Data Import
• Data Visualization
• External Integrations
• Multi-User
• Notifications
• Scheduling

Features

• API
• Calendar Management
• Dashboard
• Data Export
• Data Import
• Data Visualization
• External Integrations
• Multi-User
• Notifications
• Scheduling

Features

• API
• Calendar Management
• Dashboard
• Data Export
• Data Import
• Data Visualization
• External Integrations
• Multi-User
• Notifications
• Scheduling

Summary

• Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

• Website Donations

• Recurring Giving

• Crowdfunding

• Ticketed and Registration Events

• Events with Fundraising

• International Fundraising

Summary

• Ready to Use Application Form Templates

• Volunteer Portal

• Volunteer Tracking

• Multi Site Capabilities

• Volunteer Database

• Document Storage Options

• Reporting

• Volunteer Scheduling

• Calendar Management

• Checklists

Summary

• FREE Auction Management Software

• EXCLUSIVE Mobile Bidding

• No Subscription

• FREE TOOLS to Help You Raise More Money

• FREE Fundraising Education

• FREE Technical Support

• FREE Bidder Text Message and Email Notification

• ONLY 5% Online Auction Performance Fee

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FAQs

Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?

• Yes! Classy's customer care team is here to help you fundraise successfully. Reach them via email, phone, or live chat. You can also utilize Classy's in-product Resource Center for FAQs and product walkthroughs, and access our fundraising resource library for a wealth of fundraising and marketing best practices.

Does this service integrate with any other apps?

• Classy integrates with all your favorite software, including Salesforce, Kindful, Virtuous, Raiser's Edge, and Hubspot CRMs, Mailchimp and Constant Contact, Google Analytics, Charity Auctions Today, ClickBid, and more.

Who are the main user groups of this service?

• Nonprofit development, marketing and communications, events, finance, and IT teams

Does this service offer an API?

• Yes. Utilize Classy's award-winning open API to build your own apps and integrations.

What is this service generally used for?

• Online fundraising and events management

FAQs

Does this service offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?

• Yes!

What are some applications this service is commonly used in tandem with?

• Although no direct interface exists, some of our customers also use donor management platforms like DonorPerfect, The Raiser's Edge, and Wild Apricot.

What platforms does this service support?

• Volgistics runs through any popular web browser, and doesn't require any additional software. There's no app to download.

Who are the main user groups of this service?

• Main users of this service are non-profit organizations and businesses that run volunteer campaigns. Hospitals, animal shelters, zoos, museums, libraries, food banks, parks and recreation departments are some of the most popular categories we serve, but Volgistics works well with many others also.

Does this service offer an API?

• No, there is no API offered.

What is this service generally used for?

• Vogistics is used to manage volunteers and coordinators for volunteer programs. These can be on-going volunteer needs such as hospitals and animal shelters, or one-time volunteer events like festivals.

Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?

• Yes! We offer quick, free, and unlimited support through our email-based help system. We also have an extensive library of help topics that are indexed and searchable, a variety of video tutorials, and a Getting Started guide. We also offer a free live demonstration for new and potential customers, and paid training is available for established accounts.

FAQs

Does this service offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?

• Multiple users can be logged in under the same account at the same time.

Does this service integrate with any other apps?

• We integrate with PayPal, however, you are able to take other forms of payment outside of the platform.

What is this service generally used for?

• Silent, Live, and Online Auctions

Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?

• We offer FREE online tutorials, videos tutorials, and FREE email and phone support.

Who are the main user groups of this service?

• We focus on non-profits, but we have many customers who use our platform without a non-profit status or even for commercial reasons.

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