Classy Reviews

We love using Classy, and appreciate how easy it is to change priorities, add fundraising goals, show progress toward goals, and customize the page to feel updated. From the user perspective, we've also heard that it's significantly more user-friendly than our previous online donation pages created through our donor management software. As online shopping has become so ubiquitous, it was important for us to have a giving page that seemed up to date and current. Once we transitioned to Classy, we increased our online donations pretty significantly. Classy also has great integration with social media.

I will note that the fee structure of Classy is more expensive than our previous solution. However, the features have made it a worthwhile investment. The annual contract fee is also expensive.

Classy is excellent for organizations that utilize peer-to-peer fundraising and several unique fundraisers a year. It is excellent for small non-profits who do not have the personnel or time to make our own pages or do the behind-the-scenes work. However, it is a little pricy for really small non-profits, and there may be better options out there, but this works if you want a great company with hundreds of online resources.

Classy is great if you have large campaigns and you need a quick and easy way to raise money! They have pre-built templates, quick-links, and an extensive library of blog posts (as well as access to your account manager) to help you create the most effective giving campaign you can in a short amount of time.

Classy is great for donations! Classy is bad if you need a great deal of flexibility and for events. It’s getting better, but not quite on par with competitors. Classy has a great, reliable Salesforce integration and a very good control panel to maintain and troubleshoot the integration on your own so you don’t have to contact support everytime you need something.

We host several events and run a few different campaigns throughout the year. Classy has made [it easy to] keep everything organized and in one place.

It's definitely suited for organizations that don't have an in-house graphic designer! it's not so ideal if you want more flexibility in the design.

Classy is a really great for events and providing supporters more ways to get involved. If you run a nonprofit that relies heavily on visual storytelling as well (i.e. films and videos), being able to easily place those on fundraising pages and campaigns is really fantastic.

I can't really think of a scenario were Classy would not be appropriate to use. There is quite a bit of variety and customization built into the platform, so we've been able to always tweak it to our needs.

Classy seems best for a growing organization that is actively seeking to increase its revenue through online fundraising campaigns. If most of your donations come offline and you just need online management of donations, the cost would not be justified.

Classy is a great platform for an organization that hosts multiple large-scale events throughout the year. The platform provides a convenient way for supporters to register and raise funds online.

As a small non-profit of only 3 employees, where we serve hundreds of teenagers a month, it is huge that Classy made it possible for us to implement a monthly giving program, it automatically sends the receipts, thanks donors, and uploads the info into Salesforce.

Our organization tracks ALL of our donations through Classy. It is the system that manages our donor profiles for one-time or recurring donors. We utilize Classy to create appealing web pages for tracking ticket sales, selling merchandise, and tracking free event registration. Utilizing Classy has allowed us to stay organized and empowered to raise more money for the children with cancer we support.

It is well suited for ongoing donations and specific campaigns. We used it for our Holiday Campaign, which was three months long, and our Giving Tuesday campaign, which was just one day. We also have a page that lives permanently on our website for one-time and recurring donations. We are currently using it for a ticketed event.

Prior to signing up with Classy, our online fundraising consisted of the occasional site visitor making a gift and now and then a crowdfunding campaign on a platform like YouCaring. Online revenue was not a significant part of our income. Since using Classy, our online revenue has grown at a rate of close to 30% a year for 4 years and growth continues in 2019. For nonprofits who have substantial online traffic already and a reasonable size email list, Classy is a great way to tap the fundraising potential contained in those channels. Whether the same would be true for a nonprofit who did not have a significant online presence already, Classy might not be as good a value.

Well suited for a focused fundraising project. Not suited for annual campaigns.

The Classy team and support are second to none. Some donors have complained about the 5+% fee. Overall, I'm happy to be a Classy customer for many years.

Great for small to large non-profits that do events, peer-to-peer or even just for classic donation pages.

Classy is perfect for an organization who likes to create a lot of peer to peer campaigns and sell tickets to an event. I would not recommend it for use as the only event management software for your event but it's a good place to sell tickets and keep registration organized. It is also well suited for a team that lacks a designer because it is so simple to use.

Classy is great for our small non-profit because it is like another team member that is committed to fundraising. Without it, fundraising would be someone's whole job instead of getting to focus on something else. Classy has made it possible for fundraising to be part of my job without it taking every hour away from other tasks.

Classy is well suited for organizations looking for a simple and effective way to raise money, host events, and create campaigns.

If Classy is within your budget, I'd go for it. If you're looking for a platform that will not only allow you to process donations on your website, but do so much more (i.e. crowdfunding, peer-to-peer, campaign tracking, automation, customization, sync to Salesforce, etc.) and have someone hold your hand as you work through the set up process and beyond, then Classy is for you.

Classy is suited to general fundraising for larger organizations that can afford the monthly/quarterly fees and want to step up their fundraising efforts. It is also suited to organizations with donors who want to get involved but may not have the personal means to do so. I would not recommend Classy for small organizations without a reliable source of funding, as the fees may be prohibitive.

Classy is a great resource for nonprofits. It does come with a cost so smaller nonprofits would probably not want to spend the money.

Excellent mobile options for reaching new constituents. Design look merges with your organization brand/URL. Customization and option of peer to peer sub-pages is great -- not all fundraising sites offer these on demand. Donors love the interface. Analytics are great and supportive information and publications are stellar. Design and overall feel is so great, wish they integrated with other CRMs.

I would recommend Classy depending on what an organization is looking for. If you're looking for a cheap, easy to set up fundraising tool that you can implement quickly, then this is a great solution. If you want something that looks more seamless with your website, that you can make a lot of customizations to and that you can integrate with other databases, this might not be the best tool.

Classy is best suited for situations where a customer will be doing a lot of peer to peer fundraising. If you are just doing straight up donations and are low budget, then the cost might be prohibitive.