GiveCampus vs. RedShelf

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GiveCampus
Score 8.7 out of 10
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GiveCampus is a fundraising platform for non-profit educational institutions, boasting millions of donors among more than 1,000 colleges, universities, and K-12 schools, with the goal of advancing the affordability of education. They provide software, services, and expertise that help schools raise more money, stating that since 2015, their platform has facilitated more than $2 billion in charitable giving.N/A
RedShelf
Score 9.3 out of 10
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RedShelf is an eTextbook platform. For Publishers, RedShelf offers a content distribution network and market intelligence; for schools, it offers a digital content platform campus bookstores can use to provide affordable, accessible texts, with reporting and analytics for instructors to track student usage; for students, RedShelf provides an online eReader with collaboration tools to read, highlight, and take notes on eTextbooks.N/A
Pricing
GiveCampusRedShelf
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GiveCampusRedShelf
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
GiveCampusRedShelf
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Small Businesses
Bonterra Network for Good
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Score 9.4 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Bonterra OneCause
Bonterra OneCause
Score 9.0 out of 10
Ellucian Banner
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Score 6.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM
Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM
Score 7.6 out of 10
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Score 7.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
GiveCampusRedShelf
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
GiveCampusRedShelf
Likelihood to Recommend
GiveCampus
GiveCampus provides a substantial solution for our organization to be able to fundraise collectively from current alumni, staff, faculty, and local community members. GiveCampus is well suited to one day intensive giving campaigns and to crowdfunding from multiple and diverse donor sources. GiveCampus is not a replacement for your traditional fundraising database but serves as a significant addition to your current fundraising strategies
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RedShelf
RedShelf has been great in a higher ed environment to help connect students to textbook and publisher materials. It has helped make the process of purchasing/accessing those materials so much easier for students. I am at an institution now where we don't have RedShelf, and the faculty and students are regularly frustrated with this process, so I'll be looking to get us a license here soon. RedShelf is particularly useful if instructors are using various different types of materials from different publishers. However, if an institution was only using Cengage Unlimited for example (that is a service where students will just pay for access to that site and all the books/materials for all of their courses would be accessible on there), that would be a time where I would think RedShelf wouldn't provide you with as much benefit. That being said, we may be using RedShelf in a very specific manner, and it may be able to provide us more ability/features that we haven't taken full advantage of.
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Pros
GiveCampus
  • Connect with donors outside our normal constituency
  • Create a sense of urgency for giving to campaigns
  • Make giving fun for donors
  • Provide interactive tools to record and review giving campaigns
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RedShelf
  • Provides access with or without internet connection to read your books.
  • You can access the application from your mobile device, tablets, or desktop computers.
  • Streamlines the distribution of e-books, e-textbooks, and other digital content.
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Cons
GiveCampus
  • Integration with Raiser's Edge
  • Frequency of giving updates during one-day campaigns
  • Ability to issue donor thank you's from the platform
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RedShelf
  • Waiting for a course management tool to streamline the process. It's in the works and a tall order since all clients approach the process differently.
  • A little bit of a stumble with a recent software rollout for day one access roll out, but at least it was intuitive to work through
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Alternatives Considered
GiveCampus
Raiser's Edge NXT is a powerful tool to keep all your fundraising data consistent and in one place. However, the addition of GiveCampus brings our campus giving day campaigns to a whole new level. GiveCampus would not replace the functionality of Raiser's Edge NXT for day to day fundraising operations, but it serves as a useful tool to assist our office in increasing our dollars and donors
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RedShelf
I don't believe I'd used many products that are similar to RedShelf.
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Return on Investment
GiveCampus
  • Increase in donors as a result of GiveCampus
  • Increase in gifts as a result of GiveCampus
  • More visibility for giving days
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RedShelf
  • It is a great provider of affordable digital learning materials that help improve teaching and learning through technology.
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