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Alternatives to Give Lively
22 nonprofits tools sit alongside Give Lively in this directory. Below is what separates each from Give Lively on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 5
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Give Lively starts at
- Free
Why people look past Give Lively
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Give Lively entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Give Lively publishes a single plan, Give Lively at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Free nonprofit fundraising with donor management and campaign tools
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Give Lively does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor.
- 2 tiers to Give Lively's 1.
Online fundraising platform for nonprofits
- Publishes an entry price of $150/month, where Give Lively does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor.
- 2 tiers to Give Lively's 1.
Platform for modern nonprofit fundraising
- No free tier, where Give Lively has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $300/month, where Give Lively does not.
Low-cost grant search across federal, state and private funders, with a paid consultant marketplace alongside
- Publishes an entry price of $9/month, where Give Lively does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor.
- 2 tiers to Give Lively's 1.
Open-source association management system for nonprofits
- Sold on a Open source, with paid hosting available model rather than Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor.
- 2 tiers to Give Lively's 1.
Open source constituent relationship management for nonprofits, with no per contact or per donation fee
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor.
Every Give Lively alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Give Lively (this page) | Free | Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor | 1 | |
| GivebutterAlso free at the base tier and open to a wider range of organisations, with a tip-driven model and stronger event tooling | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Give Lively |
| DonorboxPaid but low cost, with recurring giving and international reach that Give Lively cannot offer | Free, then $150/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Give Lively |
| ClassyWhere enterprise campaign management and reporting justify paying a real platform fee | $300/month | - | - | vs Give Lively |
| OpenGrants | Free, then $9/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Give Lively |
| Tendenci | Free | Open source, with paid hosting available | 2 | vs Give Lively |
| CiviCRM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Give Lively |
| CommCare | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | 4 | vs Give Lively |
| Foundant Technologies | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Give Lively |
| CharityEngine | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Give Lively |
| Instrumentl | $299/month | Per organisation per month by seat band | 4 | vs Give Lively |
| Fluxx | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Give Lively |
| Sumac | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Give Lively |
| Bonterra | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Give Lively |
| Blackbaud Grantmaking | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Give Lively |
| SmartSimple Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Give Lively |
| Submittable | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Give Lively |
| GrantStation | $199/year | Per organisation per year | 2 | vs Give Lively |
| Keela | On request | Per month by contact count | 1 | vs Give Lively |
| MemberClicks | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Give Lively |
| Fundraise Up | On request | Percentage of each donation | 1 | vs Give Lively |
| Candid | $219/month | Per user per month by tier | 3 | vs Give Lively |
| Glue Up | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Give Lively |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Give Lively badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (5)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Givebutter , Free
- Donorbox , Free, then $150/month
- OpenGrants , Free, then $9/month
- Tendenci , Free
- CiviCRM , Free
What you would be giving up
Give Lively is most often brought in for a us nonprofit currently paying a percentage platform fee on every gift and wanting that money back in programme budget, running a peer-to-peer campaign where thin margins make a per-donation platform cut painful, a small organisation with no software budget that still needs branded, mobile-ready donation pages, adding donor advised fund giving at checkout without paying for a separate daf integration. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Give Lively is broadly right and the question is cost, the Give Lively pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Nonprofits category lists everything the directory holds, and best nonprofits tools ranks them.
Give Lively runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Give Lively alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Give Lively?
- 22 other nonprofits tools are listed in this directory, led by Givebutter, Donorbox, Classy, OpenGrants. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Give Lively?
- 5 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Givebutter, Donorbox, OpenGrants, Tendenci, CiviCRM.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Give Lively?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Give Lively?
- Give Lively is most often brought in for a us nonprofit currently paying a percentage platform fee on every gift and wanting that money back in programme budget, running a peer-to-peer campaign where thin margins make a per-donation platform cut painful, a small organisation with no software budget that still needs branded, mobile-ready donation pages, adding donor advised fund giving at checkout without paying for a separate daf integration. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Give Lively?
- None of the nonprofits tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Give Lively alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Nonprofits, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Give Lively against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Give Lively covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every nonprofits tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Nonprofits category, 22 tools beside Give Lively. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.