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# Greater Giving User Reviews

## Reviews summary

- Overall rating: 4.4/5
- Total reviews: 100

### Secondary ratings

- Ease of use: 3.9/5
- Customer support: 4.7/5
- Value for money: 4.3/5
- Functionality: 4.2/5

### Rating distribution

- 5 stars: 57 reviews (57%)
- 4 stars: 29 reviews (29%)
- 3 stars: 10 reviews (10%)
- 2 stars: 4 reviews (4%)
- 1 star: 0 reviews (0%)

### Most mentioned pros

- One of the things I liked most was the incredible variety of reports you could generate before the event, for the event and afterwards.
- Greater Giving offers affordable options for fundraising event software, and makes it easy for event attendees to register and save their credit card information to make check-in process quicker.
- My overall experience with Greater Giving, their staff and tech support has been phenomenal.

### Most mentioned cons

- Building a event is somewhat clunky and not very intuitive.
- I work with computer programs all day long, and this one is just wayyyyy too complicated for what it is. And the webpages look like they’re designed for Netscape 98.
- I feel like the online auction page and donation page could be designed a little nicer but otherwise I have no other feedback.

## Greater Giving customer reviews

Showing reviews 1-25 of 100 (page 1).

### Greater Giving

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Madi S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 1001-5000 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Overall great. There are occasional glitches but their customer support team is outstanding.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 3/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

The auction and check in portion of the software are the most valuable. Allowing early and self check in for participants at events is fantastic and helpful.

#### Cons

This does not link to any of our other databases and we have to enter all information without any transfers

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### CAA Greater Giving Review

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Kevin H.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Fund-Raising
- Company size: 201-500 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: July 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Greater Giving is a great product for nonprofit auctions, has a smooth platform for auction guests, and as an easy ticketing system.

#### Cons

No major cons with Greater Giving at this time.

#### Reasons for choosing Greater Giving

Better pricing and ease of use. Great customer service

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### Hard to use and expensive for nonprofits

- Overall rating: 3/5
- Reviewer: Stephanie P.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: June 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

If you can afford GG and the additional assistance, it can be worth it, but for small nonprofits I would not recommend.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 1/5
- Value for money: 2/5
- Customer support: 2/5
- Functionality: 2/5

#### Pros

Customer support was useful when we needed help and there is an option to pay to have someone on site who can do a lot of the day-of work for you **for an additional cost

#### Cons

GG is difficult to use and not very intuitive. It is also expensive when compared with competitors.

#### Reasons for choosing Greater Giving

At the time, it was less expensive than alternatives, but better options have come along since then.

#### Vendor response

Thank you for your feedback about our software. We release updates regularly to improve our products and making them more easy-to-use and intuitive is a high priority. We are glad to hear you are utilizing our wonderful client services team! We strive to price our products and services to be affordable for all sizes of nonprofits and schools, while providing live support for every aspect of your event, including 24/7 free event support.

Replied July 2024

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### Steady [sensitive content hidden] but could use a makeover

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Kimiko K.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: July 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I will continue to use since it's what is most used but I truly hope they make improvement on the program in the months to come.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 3/5
- Customer support: 2/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

I think it's one of the most commonly used Fundraising platforms, so that would be it's plus side.

#### Cons

I truly don't like the back end of the greater giving, it's what drove me away for two years and it isn't very visually stimulating or pretty. I think many other platforms do a better job of this.

#### Reasons for choosing Greater Giving

my auction chair was familiar with GG so I reactivated for her use.

#### Reasons for switching to Greater Giving

It was not user friendly and the visuals weren't as high quality IMO

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### Greater Giving Review

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Daniel C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: May 2026
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Event management capabilities were apparent and data reports that can be generated after an event are useful.

#### Cons

I don't have too many dislikes about the platform although admittedly my experience with Greater Giving for my role was limited primarily to pulling reports after an event.

#### Vendor response

Thank you Daniel! We appreciate the work you do!

Replied May 2026

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### More features this year...they seem to be focusing on Auctions

- Overall rating: 3/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education
- Company size: 501-1000 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: July 2020
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

It's getting better as an auction platform. They recently added a lot more functionality and updated the look and feel. They are also doing a better job with training and calls, esp. they quarterly update calls.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 2/5
- Value for money: 2/5
- Customer support: 3/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

We use Greater Giving for our online and in person auction. Auction software is such a niche market, we had to purchase this for fundraising purposes.

#### Cons

No longer use it for other fundraising since it was cumbersome and clunky. While they have templates there are SO MANY screens to click through to get the data you need.

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### We use it for an annual auction event

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Arthur H.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used other for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: April 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

It works perfectly for our client to do their annual fund raiser

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

It is now all done on a web page. This has been a large improvement over the older versions. It is quick and easy for our volunteers to use. Support is excellent when you need it.

#### Cons

It can sometime time out when your are in a conference center wifi. Logging in can be confusing for volunteers

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### Greater Giving Review

- Overall rating: 3/5
- Reviewer: Dawn W.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 501-1000 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: January 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 2/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

I like the Customer Support and I like the standard reporting otpions.

#### Cons

I think it is VERY hard to navigate and very hard to set up a set. I feel the program is outdated and needs to be more admin user friendly.

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### Gets the job doneish

- Overall rating: 3/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Writing and Editing
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used other for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: May 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I used for organizing fundraising - I'd personally reaearch other software in the future to see if they have better search options for easier fill-in or better grammar checks for entries.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

It wasveasy to keep track of lots of different pieces for donor fundraising and an auction event. In export functionality, it was great.

#### Cons

Woof, not very intuitive at first. Also just time consuming. It feels like there should be a built in feature to search businesses and addresses or such. That would elevate the software to gold in my donor assistant standards.

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### Event Management

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Paul V.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Environmental Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Great to use, but too expensive for small organizations.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 2/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

It made selling auction items and event tickets easy!

#### Cons

The cost. We ended up losing money based on the total cost of the program.

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### Easy to use and awesome system!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Elizabeth D.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: March 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Our overall experience has been wonderful.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Greater Giving is pretty great. We have used it for a large annual fundraising event for several years. It helps keep all attendees and donors organized, helps us run night-of-event tasks smoothly (check in, check out, charging cards, etc). My favorite part is that volunteers who work the event are able to be trained in less than five minutes to check in attendees, enter sale, and check out attendees. Extremely user friendly.

#### Cons

There is a cost, but there would be a cost with any system used to accept credit cards. The added benefit of using Greater Giving to run the event has allowed us to grow our fundraiser, and this year we set a record for the event, in terms of number of attendees as well as funds raised.

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### Keeping my life sane!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Tammany B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness
- Company size: 501-1000 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2016
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Using the Greater Giving Software has allowed me to really be in control of the data and the ROI of my events. The software is very easy to use and set up. It has tremendous functionality and flexibility to engage multiple users. We look so professional at our events at check in and check out and guests love it. I have been using the product for three years and have hosted 10 different events through the software. Mobile bidding is beyond amazing! It has transformed our event and put the fun back in the cocktail hour because we are able to open up the bidding the day before the event to allow guests to browse and start the bidding process in the comfort of their own home or coffee shop. The reports have been invaluable to use with new committee members year after year to really hone in on the auction items that sell the best. The database makes connecting with the audience easy, year after year. One of the most important areas is the upper management. They actually listen to the clients and work to make needed changes to the product to be the most customer friendly product out there. The concern upper management has for the end consumer shows in the call center support. Their customer service staff is always available to answer questions and help guide me through anything I am doing or stuck on. This is great product that is just getting better each year!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

The database features and fields, mobile bidding and ease of email campaigns.

#### Cons

Some of the fields could be located on different pages to make the work flow more integrated

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### Greater Giving: Great software for event management

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Ron K.
- Product usage: Used daily for unspecified
- Reviewed: October 2016
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

We use Greater Giving to manage our Marquee events (galas, golf, wine tasting, etc.) - events that usually have an auction component and the staff, volunteers and constituents love it. I've personally used Greater Giving software for the past eight years and have never worked with a software vendor that is more in tune with their customer's wants and needs. They actually ASK for ways they can improve the product and LISTEN! I've seen our suggestions appear in product updates repeatedly over the years and they never stop trying to improve their product. We began using their mobile bidding service over the past couple of years and the staff and patrons love it. Their Go Time event night software is so easy to use I barely have to train volunteers on event night - the software just walks them through the check-in/registration process and makes check out at the end of the night a breeze. As previous reviews mentioned, their website and reporting areas are a little more cumbersome to use, but I know that they are working on that too - we've already seen some great advances in reporting with the latest software release. Greater Giving software and event support is outstanding - they are only a phone call away anytime, but most importantly on the day of your event and a LIVE person answers the phone who knows the product and can fix your issues and get you back on track in no time! They are fantastic. I would highly recommend Greater Giving to any non- profit interested in experiencing a great event management tool. This is one fantastic organization!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Ease of use, outstanding customer support, mobile bidding option/component, auctioneer features for a professional live auction, leader boards, smooth check-in/check-out event process, ability to e-mail receipt to patrons at check out, volunteers absolutely love it! Patrons are very impressed at the flow of the event when we move the event management to Greater Giving.

#### Cons

Reporting is confusing and needs work and they need to make improvements in the backend website creation process but we are able to get the information out of the system that we need and we have great looking, easy to use websites.

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### Could not do what we do without Greater Giving!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Gloria B.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 201-500 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2016
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I sourced Greater Giving back in 2010 when we were producing our first Gala. I wanted software that would easily keep track of people and items. The ability to create a website was a bonus! Greater Giving performed like a champ before, during and after the event. I also began using the website capabilities for other events/fundraisers. The sites are pretty easy to set up and maintain. When I have needed more help, customer support is always there. They were really there for me at our second gala when the power went out. We had just finished the silent auction and the guests were seated for dinner and being served when the power went out. We were able to process all the silent auction items as we worked from the software and not the cloud. We decided not to have the live auction or fund a need. Instead, Greater Giving assisted us in creating an online auction and worked with us every step of the way. Their expertise and great products helped to save what could have been a disaster. Hospice East Bay has about 4 events a year where Greater Giving is utilized. As long as I am the Development Associate for this organization, we will be continuing our relationship with Greater Giving!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

Easy to use. Great customer support. Full reporting capabilities. Easy customization.

#### Cons

When the website gets updated and things move around or there are different ways to do them. No manual updates when that happens.

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### Simple Event Software

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Tracy G.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: March 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

We have used this company for years and will continue on.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Greater Giving made the event process so much easier with transitioning into an online event during Covid. We were still able to host a fundraising event and families could still participate from the comforts on their home.

#### Cons

We have not had too many issues with Greater Giving.

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### Great tool for our annual GALA fundraiser

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Jennifer C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Performing Arts
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: July 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Overall, great experience. I have used Greater Giving for years and specifically, appreciate the customer service. Questions are answered in a timely fashion by knowledgeable representatives. This makes my job so much easier when we are in the throes of putting on a GALA! Thank you Greater Giving.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Very helpful that we can go back to this product each year - our database is maintained. Our employees are trained on the product and able to pick it up quickly or train new volunteers.

#### Cons

The sales/payment reporting function is cumbersome. Wish the details were itemized on the emailed statement rather than having to log in and pull reports.

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### Meristem - Happy Customers!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Ryan P.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: January 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I have had an excellent experience with Greater Giving so far. We have had two events since last November, and both were very successful using Greater Giving as our platform!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I really appreciate the customer service Greater Giving provides. We ran our first silent auction and fund-a-need using Greater Giving last November. I had about 3, 1-hour phone calls asking questions and troubleshooting. Everytime I called, I was able to make great progress in the system.

#### Cons

Honestly, I have no complaints. Greater Giving is wonderful!

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### Helpful but not intuitive

- Overall rating: 3/5
- Reviewer: Heather R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: November 2021
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

I liked the auction features and the ease of running event reports.

#### Cons

It felt clunky to use and the various features did not integrate well with one another.

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### Greater Giving has helped us raise thousands

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Nikki P.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: March 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I love Greater Giving's support team! They are always ready to help, answer questions, and walk through a feature I didn't know about.

#### Cons

I don't have anything I don't like about Greater Giving. Perhaps one thing - I wish they would provide image size examples when setting us the website and online bidding page.

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### Greater Giving is great for nonprofit fundraising

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Allie R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: February 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

We use Greater Giving to track our events and it is very convenient. The card readers and system help us keep track of and charge donors immediately.

#### Cons

It isn't as intuitive as I would like but still works well.

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### Great Product, Needs better user-friendly management system.

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Falefia Jr F.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: July 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Ability to handle entire event through one site and organizing system.

#### Cons

The lack of ability to have guests edit their purchase information and guest list info. Not being able to easily manage guest information and organization.

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### Satisfied Customer for over 7 years.

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Mark P.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2016
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

We have used the Greater Giving software for our last 7 galas/auctions and each year it continues to improve and make the back-of-house operations easier for our event volunteers. I would highly recommend this software to anyone who is wanting to make operations seamless for both your guest and volunteers. Mobile bidding functions that were incorporated are very popular with our constituents and have raised the overall amount of donations given.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Ease of use and customer support.

#### Cons

It is a little higher in cost but well worth the expense and ease of mind the night of the event.

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### Nightmare to use on the backend

- Overall rating: 2/5
- Reviewer: Cindy M.
- Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified
- Reviewed: May 2015
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I can't wait to get rid of this software. It looks good on paper until you use it. We couldn't make heads or tails of the reports. Designing the website pages were challenging (and I'm a website designer). Not intuitive. Inflexible. Want to had a field? Forget it. Want to add instructions or a different title to a field? Forget it. At the bottom of your website will be an ugly black bar with the Greater Giving logo - and you can't get rid of it. I've ask them to change it from a black bar to transparency or white, no luck.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 2/5
- Customer support: 5/5

#### Vendor response

Thank you for your very valuable feedback. First off, we are sorry to hear your experience was so incredibly frustrating. Your feedback is helpful to us as we continue to develop and improve our products. We recently hired a new Product Manager and he is very interested in speaking with you further to gain more insight. Secondly, we've been listening to feedback about the reports and the black bar and are already updating those areas for further customization so users do not feel stuck. Overall, thank you for your candidness, and we would like to work with you on accurately collecting your pain points and suggestions to improve our solutions. Jill Boyer Senior Marketing Manager

Replied May 2015

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### Greater Giving great customer service

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Tera C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education
- Product usage: Used unspecified for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: May 2016
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Customer service was incredible. I loved being able to create a fundraising page for each new campaign.

#### Cons

I can't say anything negative about this program. Every encounter I had with customer service went above and beyond!

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### Too difficult for average volunteers

- Overall rating: 3/5
- Reviewer: Cara M.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified
- Reviewed: January 2017
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Greater Giving is very feature-rich. Too feature-rich for my needs, it turns out. We are a small private school and used Greater Giving for 2 years for an annual gala with an auction as well as a Fun Run fundraiser. I liked the flexibility to customize reports and printed materials, but the way it handled auction items was extremely time to consume. You are required to enter each thing as a single item, then create a package. It didn't matter if it really was a package of 2 or 3 items or if it was just one thing - everything had to end up a package. That basically doubled the amount of data entry for me. I found the program far too difficult to use with volunteers - way too much of a learning curve. I did really like the event-night software and found it easy to use, even with the volunteers.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 1/5
- Value for money: 3/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 3/5

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