GiveSmart
8.2#1 in donor management softwareFrom $3,000 a yearFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Little Green Light
6.3#22 in donor management softwareFrom $45 a monthWebAPI
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| Fact | GiveSmart | Little Green Light |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | LinkedIn lists the Gesture organization, now GiveSmart, as founded in 2011. | 2007 |
| Fundraising tools | The platform includes online fundraising, recurring giving, peer-to-peer campaigns, text-to-donate, auctions, and ticketing. | Features include gift tracking, acknowledgments and receipts, event tracking, grant proposal tracking, and volunteer and membership management. |
| Integrations | Officially listed connections include Salesforce, Google Analytics, YouTube and Vimeo, plus report exporting. | Built and maintained integrations include Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Stripe, PayPal, QuickBooks Online, DonorSearch, Smarty, and Wufoo; LGL says these integrations add no LGL fee. |
| Purpose | GiveSmart provides fundraising and donor management tools for nonprofits, schools, and associations. | Little Green Light is an all-in-one donor management platform built to help nonprofits manage fundraising and donor relationships. |
| Reporting | GiveSmart provides live dashboards, campaign reporting, goal thermometers, leaderboards, autogenerated receipts and tax letters. | Users can run preloaded or custom reports, schedule reports, and segment data for personalized solicitations and mailings. |
| Security | GiveSmart states that its system is PCI and SOC 2 compliant and describes controls including encryption, restricted access, vulnerability testing, and independent audits. | LGL says its service uses SSL-encrypted connections, controlled internal access, two-step verification, and alerts for logins from unfamiliar locations. |
| Support | GiveSmart advertises 24-hour, seven-day support by chat and email, with live agents reachable from the product Help button. | Included support is available by email on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST, and the company says it responds to most questions within 1–2 hours during business hours. |
GiveSmart plans
- Pay-As-You-GoFree
- Listed starting price$3,000 a year
- Annual Fee Subscription—
Little Green Light plans
- Up to 2,500 constituents$45 a month
- Up to 5,000 constituents$60 a month
- Up to 10,000 constituents$75 a month
- Up to 20,000 constituents$90 a month
- Up to 30,000 constituents$105 a month
- Up to 40,000 constituents$120 a month
Pick GiveSmart if…
GiveSmart suits nonprofits, schools, and associations running fundraising campaigns, auctions, ticketed events, or virtual and hybrid fundraisers. It may fit organizations seeking donor management and campaign reporting alongside fundraising tools.
Pick Little Green Light if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.