Event.Gives review
A free web platform covering auctions, bidding, ticketing, donations, and event payments.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Event.Gives is a web-based fundraising event platform for nonprofit organizations, schools, and other event organizers. It brings live auction management, silent auction item management, online and mobile bidding, ticketing, attendee check-in, donations, reporting, livestreaming, and mobile checkout into one event workflow. Paddle and table assignments support live auctions, while configurable bidding increments and outbid notifications support silent, online, and mobile formats. The product is especially suited to organizations running fundraising events that need auctions alongside ticket sales, donations, and payment collection.
Pricing is built around a free event model rather than recurring paid plans. Event.Gives states that organizations can create events for free while applying platform and transaction fees. The current pricing details describe a 4.5% platform fee and a 3.5% credit-card transaction fee, with the option to configure who pays those fees. This structure may suit organizations that prefer to avoid a recurring subscription, while the fee model should be considered when estimating proceeds from ticketing, donations, and auction payments.
Its broader event toolkit is a central strength. Real-time reporting, dashboards, downloadable reports, mobile checkout with payment links, livestreaming, interactive engagement, text messaging, text-to-donate, and recurring donations extend the platform beyond auction administration. Integrations with Raiser's Edge NXT, Stripe, Zoom, and Twilio support connections with fundraising, payment, video, and messaging workflows. Organizations seeking a free, event-focused system with multiple auction formats and fundraising channels should consider Event.Gives. It is less suited to teams looking for a non-event-specific fundraising system or a platform model without transaction-related fees.
Event.Gives pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Supports live, silent, online, and mobile auctions
- Includes ticketing, check-in, reporting, and mobile checkout
- Integrates with Raiser's Edge NXT, Stripe, Zoom, and Twilio
- Where it doesn't
- Platform and payment-processing fees apply
- Web platform only
- Best suited to event-based fundraising workflows
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