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Handbid vs GiveSmart Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Handbid helps nonprofits, schools, & enterprises maximize revenue with a secure, mobile-first auction and event platform for any event

GiveSmart is a mobile bidding and event management solution for fundraisers of all sizes, including foundations, nonprofits, and schools. GiveSmart’s key features include a ticketing portal, guest and event management, as well as online donations and silent auction tools.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

3000

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

44

5

4

3

2

1

37

4

0

3

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
87%
would recommend this app

4.5

211

5

4

3

2

1

127

67

10

3

4

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
81%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The product is great once you figure out how to use it, and the price is reasonable, but you'll never know when various options will be held hostage for more money. ”
KK

Kp K.

Marketing

Pros

“One of the easiest parts is the way the system closes out at the end of the auction and provides us with separate sheets for each bidder listing all the items they "won" and also automatically processing their card payments if they have one on file. ”
VL

Vicki L.

VP DESK

“One of the easiest parts is the way the system closes out at the end of the auction and provides us with separate sheets for each bidder listing all the items they "won" and also automatically processing their card payments if they have one on file. ”
VL

Vicki L.

VP DESK

“We have a lot of repeat donors, so we can keep their same spot in the auction list and just change out the new image and description. ”
VL

Vicki L.

VP DESK

Cons

“It ppears their practice is to make promises, get your money, then withhold various options, of which the software is useless without, and have a third person, in this case, the[sensitive content hidden], tells you it will be $200 more.”
KK

Kp K.

Marketing

“It just cost more than our team doing it ourselves. ”
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Dave J.

Director

“The unethical practices were pushed by an[sensitive content hidden] which may be a real person, or might be a made-up customer service name, I can't be sure.”
KK

Kp K.

Marketing

Cons

“I don't like how we can't better distinguish between a company buying tickets from a person. If Jane Doe is the main contact for Company A, her name shows up instead of the company.”
CS

Christina S.

Grants and Special Events Director

“My challenge with GiveSmart was my own inability to use it effectively in soliciting online donations.”
KS

Ken S.

grant writer

“GiveSmart has been unreliable, poorly supported, difficult to integrate, slow to resolve critical issues, and has forced us to create our own workarounds despite paying thousands for their platform.”
ST

Stephanie T.

President of Friends of Atlantic Beach Elementary

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  • Last review3 years ago
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  • Last review5 months ago

Key features

  • Total features167
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Absentee Bidding
  • Abstract Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Agenda Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Alumni Management
  • Application Development
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendee Management
  • Attendee Profiles
  • Attendee Tracking
  • Auction Management
  • Audience Analytics
  • Audience Engagement
  • Badge Management
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Bid Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Buy Now Option
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Communication Management
  • Conferences/Conventions
  • Conferencing
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Content Management
  • Contribution Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Cross Selling Functionality
  • Customer Data Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Digital Signage
  • Discount Management
  • Donation Tracking
  • Donor Discovery
  • Donor Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Management
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Event Calendar
  • Event Management
  • Event Maps
  • Event Marketing
  • Event Registration
  • Event Scheduling
  • Event Ticketing
  • Event Tracking
  • Exhibit/Vendor Management
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Virtual Events
  • Forms Management
  • Fundraising Management
  • GDPR Compliance
  • Gamification
  • Generative AI
  • Gift Matching Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Guest List Management
  • Help Desk Management
  • Historical Trend Analysis
  • Image Library
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Inventory Management
  • Kiosk Ticketing
  • Lead Capture
  • Lead Generation
  • Live Auction
  • Live Chat
  • Live Streaming
  • Meeting Management
  • Member Database
  • Membership Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile Check-in
  • Mobile Giving
  • Mobile Ticketing
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Event
  • Multi-Language
  • Networking
  • One-to-One Messaging
  • Online Auction
  • Online Bidding
  • Online Forms
  • Online Giving
  • Online Registration
  • Online Ticketing
  • Onsite Ticketing
  • Payment Processing
  • Personalization
  • Pledge Management
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Print-at-Home
  • Promotions Management
  • Proxy Bidding
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Recording
  • Recurring Giving
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Registration Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reserved Seating
  • Reverse Bidding
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Sales Reports
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Season Tickets
  • Seating Map
  • Shipping Management
  • Silent Auction
  • Social Marketing
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Speaker Profiles
  • Sponsor Pages
  • Sponsorship Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Brokering
  • Ticket Reservations
  • Ticketing
  • Venue Management
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Streaming
  • Virtual Lobby
  • Visitor Registration
  • Volunteer Management
  • Wait List Management
  • Watch List
  • Website Management
  • Total features67
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Absentee Bidding
  • Abstract Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Agenda Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Alumni Management
  • Application Development
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendee Management
  • Attendee Profiles
  • Attendee Tracking
  • Auction Management
  • Audience Analytics
  • Audience Engagement
  • Badge Management
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Bid Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Buy Now Option
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Communication Management
  • Conferences/Conventions
  • Conferencing
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Content Management
  • Contribution Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Cross Selling Functionality
  • Customer Data Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Digital Signage
  • Discount Management
  • Donation Tracking
  • Donor Discovery
  • Donor Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Management
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Event Calendar
  • Event Management
  • Event Maps
  • Event Marketing
  • Event Registration
  • Event Scheduling
  • Event Ticketing
  • Event Tracking
  • Exhibit/Vendor Management
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Virtual Events
  • Forms Management
  • Fundraising Management
  • GDPR Compliance
  • Gamification
  • Generative AI
  • Gift Matching Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Guest List Management
  • Help Desk Management
  • Historical Trend Analysis
  • Image Library
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Inventory Management
  • Kiosk Ticketing
  • Lead Capture
  • Lead Generation
  • Live Auction
  • Live Chat
  • Live Streaming
  • Meeting Management
  • Member Database
  • Membership Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile Check-in
  • Mobile Giving
  • Mobile Ticketing
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Event
  • Multi-Language
  • Networking
  • One-to-One Messaging
  • Online Auction
  • Online Bidding
  • Online Forms
  • Online Giving
  • Online Registration
  • Online Ticketing
  • Onsite Ticketing
  • Payment Processing
  • Personalization
  • Pledge Management
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Print-at-Home
  • Promotions Management
  • Proxy Bidding
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Recording
  • Recurring Giving
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Registration Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reserved Seating
  • Reverse Bidding
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Sales Reports
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Season Tickets
  • Seating Map
  • Shipping Management
  • Silent Auction
  • Social Marketing
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Speaker Profiles
  • Sponsor Pages
  • Sponsorship Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Brokering
  • Ticket Reservations
  • Ticketing
  • Venue Management
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Streaming
  • Virtual Lobby
  • Visitor Registration
  • Volunteer Management
  • Wait List Management
  • Watch List
  • Website Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations13
  • Bloomerang
  • Chariot
  • Docusign
  • Docusign CLM
  • DonorPerfect
  • Double the Donation
  • Peeklogic Salesforce – Jira Connector
  • Praetorian Guard
  • Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud
  • Salsa Engage
  • Stripe
  • Zapier
  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Bloomerang
  • Chariot
  • Docusign
  • Docusign CLM
  • DonorPerfect
  • Double the Donation
  • Peeklogic Salesforce – Jira Connector
  • Praetorian Guard
  • Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud
  • Salsa Engage
  • Stripe
  • Zapier

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