OneCause

Have recommended it to many colleagues about the software and how easy it is to use. Several colleagues have mentioned they went with OneCause over other auction platforms because they felt the end looked professional and easy to use as a bidder.

Well suited for a gala or benefit whether virtual or in person. You can do seating in the app or just regular check in. Online auctions also work well on this platform. Item donors can submit the info for their item easily, and uploading pictures and descriptions is pretty straightforward.

OneCause is well suited for in-person or online fundraising events and is the perfect platform for any auction. As an organization, we have not yet explored their other options, but their Bidpal software allowed us to shift our annual auction online, increasing revenue and saving both staff and constituent time.

The OneCause auction platform works well for events of seemingly varying sizes (we are a mid-sized organization, but it seems to scale well). You can run a variety of things within the platform (live auction, silent auction, fund appeal, raffle, etc.), but one should be aware that there are limits to the software and we were forced to worked around these limitations.

OneCause is VERY well suited for any organization that needs organized fundraising. It's great for organizations who need a wide reach with the ability to have a user-friendly, secure online bidding donation portal. It is well suited if you are not very tech savvy as their customer service will help you each step of the way.

I have not used a more intelligent, comprehensive program than OneCause. Like I mentioned before I could log in and immediately build and event and took off with my fundraising efforts and have had to use support on a minimal level. Managing the silent auction is literally hands off. I input the time it closed and after that moment I pulled the report and knew exactly who to give items to and immediately charged the whole auction to cards on file and simply walked away from that part of the event.

It's suited for nonprofit fundraising events if you have silent auction, raffle tickets, donation. It's not suited if you only have a live auction.

The OneCause platform is super user-friendly and easy to use. As an admin of our account and someone who hadn't used a platform like this before, I was really happy with the features and the ability to customize the Giving Center to look on-brand. We appreciated the support team's readiness and willingness to help us whenever needed, and they were always able to answer our super-specific questions.

Turnstone would highly recommend OneCause for all digital fundraising needs. It has allowed us to host fantastic events, both in-person and virtual, with ease because of their ticketing system, auction capabilities and virtual streaming options. OneCause also allowed us to pivot during the COVID-19 pandemic and place a huge emphasis on our digital fundraising strategy. Their Peer2Peer platform allowed our supporters from across the country to create pages and ask their friends and family members to consider donating to Turnstone. We have steadily increased our new donor numbers and fully transitioned into the digital fundraising world. So many people have been able to come alongside Turnstone in supporting people with disabilities because of OneCauses' intuitive and easy to use fundraising software.

OneCause is well suited for events for a younger generation as it creates a digital platform to track expenses/revenue and market the event. It is well suited for events that include a silent auction as it has a great design to showcase/preview silent auction items to build excitement prior to the event. It might be less appropriate for events not open to the public or for generations not familiar/savvy with online purchases.

Our organization has benefited from fast easy reporting of supporters, items, and donations. It has allowed multiple administrators to find out where we are at within the event.

On-site customer support is outstanding!

I like how it's a one-stop shop, and you can have OneCause employees work at your event. I find that so helpful and gives me a lot of peace of mind while running an event. It's nice to have that extra set of hands and brainpower. I've been able to make it work for all the things we need at an event.

OneCause is well-suited for live/silent auctions, galas, and golf outings. These large-scale events are a massive undertaking and using software like OneCause keeps everything moving forward, organized, and easy to use. For smaller events, OneCause may be a bit too much but overall, it works great for large-scale events.

In order to have a well-run, professional event, you have to use OneCause!

OneCause has worked great for our organization in managing special events and fundraisers. It is a great tool to organize event logistics and a great way to organize the auction components. OneCause has helped us simply plan for our fundraising gala. Aside from this, my department has not utilized OneCause in any other way.

OneCause was new to my organization. We had trouble understanding at first, it was difficult figuring out a point of contact (there really isn't one - tech. support). The representative we finally got in touch with, made understanding OneCause MUCH easier for my entire team. We applied to receive a 'day-of' event manager - last minute, it didn't create a problem, OneCause quickly assigned us one. The event manager we were assigned didn't communicate with us, even when attending a call with the representative. The day of our event, the event manager that showed up was not the same person we were put in touch with. However, NO COMPLAINTS! The event manager was so helpful and knowledgeable. Even with quickly changing our Silent Auction close time, with literally a minute to spare. The power went out at our venue, and the iPads she brought had cellular access, so we were able to still operate smoothly. Without the event manager, registration and checkout wouldn't have been as quick. 100% recommend using "a day of" event manager. Even post-event, instead of tech. support, we are able to text/call the same event manager, with ANY questions. Rather than being on hold.

Adding photos to items needs work, there are too many steps in the process. Duplicate entry - Not easy to change or fix bad bids the night of the event.

This past year for our annual gala we had 3 OneCause event staff come work our event. They were an incredible support system, two of them went off separately to work portions of the event and another followed the logistics lead (me) to provide any in-the-moment support needed. It was great service.

We switched over from Greater Giving to One Cause. The difference is night and day. In my experience, Greater Giving was terribly un-user-friendly. I often had to call support just to find a report I needed to run. Also, the event website was very limited, and not very visually appealing. We appreciate all the customization available through OneCause.

We are still new to OneCause and haven't completed an entire event, but have used it for things that we hadn't even planned. So far, we love it, and have found it to be far better than we even imagined!

Based on my experience, OneCause is well suited for scenarios where an organization does not have a large existing database of donors and wants to get started with fundraising and engaging donors. The scenario where growing from the bottom up is better suited than expanding an already existing set of tools and existing member and donor database.

BidPal has been incredibly useful when doing virtual auctions (small or large). I didn't find the ticket component to be particularly effective. If you use the ticket/table function or want a person to sign up by using Card Swipe, you are required to use an Apple product. The Peer-to-Peer platform has been great for larger campaigns and smaller temporary fundraisers.

My experience is not enough to answer yet.