Greater Giving vs. Meeting Play

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Greater Giving
Score 6.8 out of 10
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Greater Giving, a Global Payments company, works exclusively with schools and nonprofits across the United States and Canada—offering integrated technologies to help simplify event management; quickly train volunteers; streamline check-in and check-out; and raise more funds. Greater Giving solutions are based on a single cloud-based platform.N/A
Meeting Play
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Meeting Play is an event management software system offered by Meeting Play.N/A
Pricing
Greater GivingMeeting Play
Editions & Modules
Event Package
Contact Sales
per year Unlimited Users and Events
Express Package
Contact Sales
per year Unlimited Users and Events
Virtual and In-Person Events Package
Contact Sales
per year Unlimited Users and Events
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Greater GivingMeeting Play
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe comparison chart helps to understand which package is best for any organization based on the features included.—
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Community Pulse
Greater GivingMeeting Play
Top Pros

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Top Cons
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User Ratings
Greater GivingMeeting Play
Likelihood to Recommend
3.1
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
4.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Greater GivingMeeting Play
Likelihood to Recommend
Global Payments
For our organization, Greater Giving is the best option because of the credit card swiping, the ease of the registration, and the tax receipts alone. I do wish that it would allow us to pass on the credit card fees to the purchaser, but for that reason, we don't use it for registration. For an organization NOT needing to swipe credit cards at the event for on-site purchases or using their tax receipt software, I do think that there are more affordable options.
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Meeting Play
Well suited for customization of gamification. It gets beyond basic off-the-shelf gamification most app providers have. The admin dashboard is easy to use. We would like to be able to copy the framework of the site over at a reduced cost, and not pay as much for the 2nd and 3rd instance. Pricing for volume had to be negotiated and isn't standard operating procedure.
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Pros
Global Payments
  • Payment Facilitation
  • Ticket Puchasing
  • Auction Coordination
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Meeting Play
  • Customizable Programming to meet our needs
  • Onsite support
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Cons
Global Payments
  • Reports have frequent glitches; especially when downloading large amounts of data (more than 500 records).
  • Lacks data integration capabilities with other systems (Salesforce, Constant Contact, Zoho, etc.); I have found workarounds by uploading and downloading reports, but it really is a pain
  • Customer Support is terrible! The online support is uncaring and completely incompetent. On the other hand, the phone support is really friendly and generally quite knowledgeable about the product and solutions.
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Meeting Play
  • Live chat from the admin dashboard, 24/7
  • Development checklist/process outline and milestones
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Usability
Global Payments
Great for beginners. Easy to get up and running quickly. I did worry a bit about my end-users accidentally changing or deleting data.
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Meeting Play
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Support Rating
Global Payments
Online support was one of the worst customer service experiences I've ever had (I would give them a 1). Phone support and implementation support were very nice and knowledgeable.
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Meeting Play
Great account management. Trust. In our 3rd year now, working with the same account manager helps us not re-invent the wheel each year. Other regional sales kick-offs were told of this gamification and they've since adopted Meeting Play.
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Alternatives Considered
Global Payments
We've used this for years, and see no reason to explore others!
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Meeting Play
Meeting Play is well beyond SurveyMonkey if you use customizable programming mode.
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Return on Investment
Global Payments
  • The reporting improved our abilities to provide accurate information more timely to the finance department - a plus when completing the annual 990 or other information for our auditors.
  • We saw an increase in collecting on pledges when we switched from a "text-to-give" platform (from another provider) to incorporating all event elements into Greater Giving. We were able to capture over 95% of gifts within 48 hours of the event compared to less than half that amount in previous years.
  • The reports generated by Greater Giving are better received by our board of directors - easier to digest and provide meaningful analytics
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Meeting Play
  • Major increase in attendee engagement.
  • Increase in survey responses.
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