Give Lively 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Give Lively

4.1

(11)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Give Lively

We’re a tech company reimagining the future of digital fundraising for nonprofits – powerful, practical and free.

We saw a way to give nonprofits a boost and took action.

Nonprofits make the world a better place. They address tough challenges and complex issues like reproductive health, gender and racial equality, social and environmental justice, LGBTQ+ rights, domestic violence, immigrant services, education, and more.

But they also face challenges from within. Fundraising tech can be costly, and appealing to donors in a competitive digital world is easier said than done, even as the number of donors giving online increases at an exponential rate.

So we set out to develop an intuitive and free fundraising platform that serves nonprofits’ needs without costly for-profit fundraising software. By providing our technology for free, we empower nonprofits to devote more funds to their missions.

We believe nonprofits shouldn’t sacrifice their means to satisfy their missions.

We are a philanthropist-funded, social impact–driven tech company, founded in 2015, that collaborates directly with nonprofits to forge fundraising tech and give it away to them. Our founders pay our operati...

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Give Lively Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $0.01

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$0.01

No plan information available

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Give Lively Features

Popular features found in Fundraising
Campaign Management
CRM
Event Management
For Nonprofits
Membership Management
Mobile Giving
Pledge Management
Receipt Management
Recurring Giving
Registration Management
Reporting & Statistics
Volunteer Management
More features of Give Lively
Access Controls/Permissions
ACH Payment Processing
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
API
Campaign Analytics
Campaign Planning
Contact Management
Contribution Tracking
Credit Card Processing
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Forms
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Dashboard
Data Import/Export
Donation Tracking
Donor Management
Electronic Payments
Event Scheduling
Event Ticketing
Fundraising Management
Gift Matching Management
Goal Setting/Tracking
Mobile Access
Online Forms
Online Giving
Payment Processing
Personalization
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Reporting
Recurring/Subscription Billing
Reporting/Analytics
Social Media Integration
Summary Reports
Third-Party Integrations

Give Lively Integrations

Stripe

PayPal

Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud

Double the Donation

Give Lively User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.1

Ratings Breakdown

64%

27%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.0

Value for money

3.6

Customer support

3.9

Functionality

3.5

Ellie B.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

This is the best free fundraising software

I love the text to give an option that is customizable and tied into a campaign and the ability to have multiple campaigns is awesome.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

When I found out about this, I didn't actually believe it was free. It's pretty great to not have to pay a monthly or annual fee for a fundraising product where you can text to give and support a peer to peer fundraiser.

Cons:

There are a few add ons that I think would be helpful, like a CRM integration or the ability to message out from this platform. The offerings are basic but FREE so I'm really not complaining.

Svetlana I.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2024

Fundraising Guru

My overall experience with Give Lively has been positive, and it has fulfilled my basic online giving platform needs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The platform is super easy to use and set up. It makes your giving page look professional and user-friendly.

Cons:

Some features are not customizable. Not all donor data is collected on every transaction due to the payment options some donors select.

Reasons for switching to Give Lively

I made the switch because Give Lively provided additional security features.

Jon B.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Good for free but could be improved in certain ways

Overall it was good and would recommend for smaller nonprofits or nonprofits needing a quick fix to get them out of rudimentary CRMs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It was free and easy to deploy on our sites. People were able to make pages and we were able to put forms on our sites.

Cons:

I did not like that it was a bit difficult to run reports and the integration for our walk could have been a little smoother allowing for more people to have access to their team information.

Heath M.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2021

Give Lively is great, highly recommend

I continue to use Give Lively and continue to have a good experience with their products

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Love the low cost and ease of use. It integrates well with our websites.

Cons:

More customization and automatic donor matchs for companies would be great.

Reasons for choosing Give Lively

better cost structure with minimal loss of features

Reasons for switching to Give Lively

Lower costs

Maya L.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Give Lively

Love Give Lively! Would definitely recommend this for non-profits who are trying to fund raise.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Love this donation software. It's perfect for our small non-profit. It's great that they take only a small percentage of our donations and don't charge huge yearly fees. The donation campaigns you can design with this software look great and it's easy to connect to our website!

Cons:

There's really nothing bad about this software from our perspective. Does what we need for a small non-profit and doesn't cost a ton.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the kind words, Maya! We're thrilled our platform is a good fit for your nonprofit. To avoid any confusion, we want to clarify that our platform is free: no annual fee, and we don't take a percentage of donations. Reference our Forever Free Pledge: https://www.givelively.org/forever-free-pledge The fees you reference are standard payment processing fees charged by Stripe, a separate payment processor we use to process donations made using our fundraising technology. Stripe charges a fee to collect money from a credit card or through a bank. Give Lively offers donors the option to cover this transaction fee, which most opt to do. Thank you again for trusting us with your online fundraising. We're so glad we can support you!

Replied November 2019

Jeremy W.

Verified reviewer

Health, Wellness and Fitness

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2021

Free is not always free.

My biggest issue is the tech support. there was no way to find support once you are logged in. you have to go to the main page not logged in to see the chat option. I did this two different times and both times the response was the same. "I will have to send this onto an engineer" at one point I was told that "this was a fee product". Does that mean I am to expect it not to work? The tech support is horrible.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

At first glance it does many of the things that the other commentators do. It is easy to set up things on a basic level.

Cons:

The Events and live display is not worth wasting time on. in an event setting the text to donate makes it hard for a donor to give more than once. Although there is a check bo for saving the cc info it did not work. on top of that the Apple Pay froze on the computer and did not even show up on my phone. there is now way to just guest lists once someone has purchased a ticket, its just a stoic spread sheet. All in all the events module is not worth the effort.

Reasons for choosing Give Lively

It was cheaper. If I do not receive a good response from the Give Lively team them I will be purchasing MobileCause. If I do receive a good response I will update my review.

Verified

Reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

Every Non-Profit Should Consider Give Lively

I recommend Give Lively to every nonprofit that I am in touch with. You can’t beat the ability to useful and powerful features at no cost.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Give Lively has so many useful tools, including text-to-donate, peer-to-peer fundraising, and event ticketing. Their impact story campaign template is awesome. Support is incredible and they even respond on weekends! It’s incredible that all their fundraising technology is available for free for qualifying non-profits.

Cons:

Give Lively lacks Double-the-Donation integration, but they are working on it. Also, they don’t offer CNAME functionality, which is something other donation platforms offer.

John G.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Absolutely Free Fundraising!

Originally, we had a PayPal donation page and some manual ACH monthly donors. There was no opportunity to promote our organization, and it seemed unprofessional. Donors were reluctant to go through the PayPal account process, and it was complicated to get the money into the bank. Give Lively allowed our growing organization to have a world-class donation platform, and focus on providing services instead of collecting money.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Zero cost, except the 2.2% Stripe takes. Great phone/email support and account managers that really are dedicated to your non-profit's success. Simple, but has a wide range of features. Embedded donation widgets are amazing, and the event software can handle complex ticketing structures. Live donation projection with text to donate number is something we would love to explore, and seems great.

Cons:

Sometimes there is a lack of customization and flexibility. They are making some useful improvements, but I wish you could remove the peer to peer and donate in honor buttons. Those have a lot of potential, but are too complex for a simple campaign.

Brian F.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

Self-Employed

Used other for free trial

Review source

Reviewed March 2020

Faith Based Organizations Beware

If you are a faith-based organization your application will be denied. When I inquired why they denied my application, this was their response. "Hi there, Thank you for submitting an application to become a Give Lively Member. Unfortunately, we have decided not to move forward with membership at this time. We believe your organization does not align with our Value Statements, as described in our Terms of Use. We understand there are differing viewpoints and interpretations of the concept of ‘values.’ We respect and acknowledge that your organization may hold values that differ from ours, and that your values are deep, sincere, and meaningful. However, we have decided as an organization that we will only work with nonprofits that conform to our value statements, as we interpret them, and that it’s best for both of us to end our conversation here, as to avoid conflict with those values. Sincerely, [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] Give Lively Support" Value Statement reads, (i) discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed)...

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I liked most about this product was the feature "text to give"

Cons:

The length of time it takes to get set up and approved.

Sarah D.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

Payment platform that links to bank accounts

This platform has made requesting donations easy for those who are giving. The fact that it can link directly to use a giver's bank account makes it easier for them to give quickly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I like that this account can securely be linked to a giver's bank account and the benefactor incurs less fees as a result.

Cons:

The amount of the giver's donation is automatically shown unless they opt out. Some may not wish for this to be public, and once posted there is no way to reverse the visibility.

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