SchoolAuction.net 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview
Pricing and Plans
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User Reviews

Overview

SchoolAuction.net

4.7

(236)

Pricing

Starting at $79.00 one time

About SchoolAuction.net

Schoolauction.net is a cloud-based auction management solution for nonprofits, charities, schools, clubs and congregations. Key features include donor management, event management, item listings, ticket management, online auctions, check in and check out at auctions.

Schoolauction.net provides users with multiple options for conducting auctions including online bidding, paper bid sheets, live auction and mobile bidding. Users can check in and out of auctions using mobile devices. Users can register themselves online for auctions, purchase tickets and sponsorships and select their meal and seating preferences. The solution provides options for printing bid sheets, catalogs and gift certificates.

Schoolauction.net is available in an annual-subscription pricing option. It is also accessible on mobile devices. Support is offered via phone, online case submission, email, video tutorials and dedicated account managers.

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SchoolAuction.net Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $79.00 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

Acorn

$79.00

usage based, one time

Plan includes:

Traditonal bidding
Online bidding
Mobile bidding
Unlimited Admins and Bidders
Online Ticket Sales
Advance Check-In
Self Check-Out
Integrated Credit-Card Processing
Sponsorships
Recurring Donations

Essentials

$1,000.00

flat rate, per year

Plan includes:

Traditional and/or Online Bidding
Unlimited Admins and Bidders
Online Ticket Sales
Advance Check-In
Self Check-Out
Integrated Credit-Card Processing
In Person Gala Auction
Golf Tournaments
Point of Sale
Gala Auctions with online pre-bidding

Plus

$1,500.00

flat rate, per year

Plan includes:

Traditional, Online, and/or Mobile Bidding
Unlimited Admins and Bidders
Online Ticket Sales
Advance Check-In
Self Check-Out
Integrated Credit-Card Processing – either our processor or yours
Sponsorships
Recurring Donations
Support For –Thons - Online Stores - Golf Tournaments - Annual Campaigns - and More
Text-To-Give

Professional

$2,000.00

flat rate, per year

Plan includes:

Traditional, Online, and/or Mobile Bidding
Unlimited Admins and Bidders
Online Ticket Sales
Advance Check-In
Self Check-Out
Integrated Credit-Card Processing – either our processor or yours
Sponsorships
Recurring Donations
Support For – Thons -Online Stores - Golf Tournaments - Annual Campaigns - and More
Text-To-Give

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SchoolAuction.net Features

Popular features found in Auction
Absentee Bidding
Alerts/Notifications
Billing & Invoicing
Buy Now Option
Event Management
Inventory Management
Live Auction
Payment Processing
Proxy Bidding
Silent Auction
Watch List
More features of SchoolAuction.net
Attendance Management
Bid Management
Campaign Management
Catalog Management
Credit Card Processing
Customizable Branding
Donor Management
Electronic Payments
Event Ticketing
Event Tracking
Image Library
Membership Management
Mobile Access
Mobile Alerts
Online Auction
Online Bidding
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Notifications
Receipt Management
Registration Management
Reporting & Statistics
Reverse Bidding
Search/Filter
Social Media Integration
Website Management

SchoolAuction.net Integrations

authorize.net

NMI Payments

PayTrace

Billhighway

SchoolAuction.net User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

75%

22%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.5

Amanda H.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2021

Highly Recommend

Working with SchoolAuction.net was been a wonderful experience. I would highly recommend them to someone looking to do an auction.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 5

Value for money

Previously 5

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love how customizable this software is for adapting to your needs! I also think the customer service is top notch!

Cons:

I wish that we could make the notification emails more aesthetically pleasing and add more content. Right now the notification emails are very basic.

Trent G.

Verified reviewer

Fund-Raising

11-50 employees

Used other for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

Easy to use during the event

Those of us tasked with entering items and organizing were done so far ahead of schedule compared to prior years, that we had to go back and correct issues that arose later. Next time, we’ll just be patient. A good problem.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Mobile/Tablet compatible, SaaS Intuitive, very little training for volunteers. Very easy to integrate credit card processing connection. Help videos to show volunteers. Extensive text-based help database as well. Multiple users at once; admin can set permissions. Option for online auction.

Cons:

Some signage/descriptions signage was only available in one export size/orientation and it wasn’t our desired size. Can’t add new user while in the screen to add new item. Must switch menus. Indicator for volunteer at check-out to pull certificate needs to be larger and/or a pop-up should be utilized. Managing seats at gala tables; doesn’t indicate well when particular table hits capacity. No option to suppress unavailable physical bidder paddle numbers (when using existing paddles). Silent auction tab sheet doesn’t continue to a second page for more entries. No place to include other expenses from event so we can build complete picture of our success.

Reasons for choosing SchoolAuction.net

We selected what would be easiest to use during the event.

Reasons for switching to SchoolAuction.net

Load-speed of site, mobile-friendly, easier to export reports, reliance on volunteer who built homegrown system.

Vendor Response

Thanks, Trent! We're delighted that your job was faster and easier - and that you are going to keep us on our toes by pushing for more improvements. We love the constructive, detailed feedback!

Replied July 2019

Carabeth R.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2020

School Auction Review

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Reasons 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.

Reasons for switching to SchoolAuction.net

Our previous software was very hard to use and teach to new volunteers. It was always hard to settle the evening and run reports.

Renata S.

Verified reviewer

Primary/ Secondary Education

51-200 employees

Used other for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

Worth the learning curve! Switched from software we had been using for the past 20+.

We really enjoyed using schoolauction.net and will continue to do so for our school gala/auction event. In fact, we were so pleased that we are looking at how we might be able to use it for other events as well. There was a learning curve, especially for those team members who aren't especially tech-savvy , but the majority found it very easy to use and were thrilled that we made the switch!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to import info from previous software. Intuitive and generally very user-friendly. Good for those who can self-educate - lots of video tutorials and a comprehensive help center. Very quick customer service response through email.

Cons:

Some team members struggled with the lack of phone support. We had an issue specific to our gala-style event, and thus I would not recommend this software for an organization whose priority is finding a seamless way to handle guests with regards to tickets, tables, table captains, and comped tickets. We were able to find workarounds but it got a bit confusing and we weren't able to use the reports and analytics that would have otherwise been very helpful.

Reasons for switching to SchoolAuction.net

We were looking for a modern option that would be easy for both our team members and guests to use.

Vendor Response

Thanks, Renata! We appreciate the feedback, and... we're working on it!

Replied July 2019

Melanie B.

Verified reviewer

Music

11-50 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

SA.net user since 2014! So easy to use for our school fundraising that I started using it for work.

I'm entering into my seventh year using SchoolAuction.net, and I continue to recommend it to others.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Reasons for switching to SchoolAuction.net

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.

Vendor Response

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

Replied July 2019

Nicole W.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2020

Easy to use auction software

The software makes it possible to get every fundraising dollar and clearly organize guests for the event.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Excellent help features on every page. Easy to contact support team if needs arise. I also appreciate the helpful bidding sheets that print directly from the software.

Cons:

The software requires the administrator to process credit cards individually after the auction has closed, which takes quite a lot of time.

Reasons for choosing SchoolAuction.net

Online database as opposed to Maestro's computer-specific software. Schoolauction.net is also very reasonably priced!

wendy d.

Verified reviewer

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

User Friendly, Easy for First Time Users, Self-Explanatory

We have used this software for years now. Myself, the last two. It is easy enough to teach the least computer literate person to use.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is so comprehensive-- everything from setting up your event, selling tickets, vaulting credit card info to make for a faster checkout, logging all your items... it's all there! And after the event, there is a good system of reports that let you see how well certain items or categories did, which ones earned the most, who your big spenders were-- everything! We liked the software so much that we've also used it for selling tickets to other school events-- you can set up multiple events in the software and just use what parts of it you need for each event. It really is that easy!

Cons:

Because so many not for profit organizations use this software, I wish that it could be paid for on a sliding scale; depending on what's it's used for, the people that it may be used for, etc.

Verified

Reviewer

Research

2-10 employees

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Multi-features and videos to show how to use them!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Some of the features are striking! The voting contest feature got my interest since this software mainly provides online donations or online stores; this software improved in that issue. Also, for almost everything site provides videos to teach how to use the software.

Cons:

I think it is a bit expensive, yearly it is starting from $1000 up to $3000.

Vendor Response

Hi, Thanks for checking out our free trial and taking the time to leave a review. I'm glad you see the value in the different features we offer (for gala, online and hybrid events) and that you found our support section to be helpful! I wanted to let you know in terms of plans and pricing - we just rolled out a new plan that's just $79/event, the Acorn plan. You can read more about it here: https://www.schoolauction.net/pricing/ and see if it would be a good fit for your group. Hope this helps!

Replied July 2022

Verified

Reviewer

201-500 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2017

Perfectly easy, user-friendly auction software!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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!

Alexa H.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

11-50 employees

Used weekly for free trial

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

a good way to satr

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Its a great way to introdusse yoursel in the auction world

Cons:

much people didint know about this software, and sometimes they thing are school related

Vendor Response

Hi Alexa, Thanks for checking out our software and leaving us a review. We're glad you found it easy to use and we hope you come back for your next event or fundraiser! Best, Vanessa

Replied February 2023

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