CharityAuctionsToday vs. Charitybuzz

We know that shopping for the best auction platform for your needs can be a challenge. How do you weigh the pros and cons of each charity auction site in order to make a decision? Happily, we’ve provided a few different comparisons so you can see platforms side-by-side. Here, we explore CharityAuctionsToday vs. Charitybuzz to see how each auction provider stacks up.

Please remember that auction sites, even ours, make updates and changes to their platforms and prices frequently. For the most up-to-date information, be sure to consult Charitybuzz.

Looking for a different auction platform? Take a look at how we stack up against OneCause, Galabid, BiddingforGood (Frontstream Panorama), and Givebutter.

CharityAuctionsToday vs. Charitybuzz: Features

Charitybuzz is a fundraising auction platform, but one that stands apart from other auction providers. This platform specializes in placing your competitive auction items in front of a large audience of big spenders. Thus, they require big ticket items that will appeal to a wide audience, like travel packages, celebrity meet and greets, and other amazing experiences.

Within their platform, tools are very comparable to CharityAuctionsToday’s tools. However, on Charitybuzz you won’t be doing any hands-on administrative work, like setting minimum bids or choosing different bidding options. This is because Charitybuzz creates and runs the auction for you. 

If you have specific needs for your auction, for example, if you want to show a progress bar on your fundraiser’s page or wish to accept donations as well as bids, CharityAuctionsToday has the flexible options you’re looking for. We can help you set up your event, including ticket sales, raffles, shipping options, etc., but ultimately you have the control to turn most of our tools and settings on and off throughout your auction.

CharityAucitonsToday vs. Charitybuzz: Who is it for?

Charitybuzz requires a minimum estimated value of $1,000 for each item in your auction. This helps ensure that each will appeal to their pool of affluent bidders. Because Charitybuzz is focused on making nonprofits’ auctions appeal to their own marketplace as opposed to your specific audience, you’ll need to ensure that your items are of interest. This might exclude smaller organizations like schools and churches with smaller budgets and more modest auction items.

In contrast, CharityAuctionsToday is designed to help those small organizations and SMB nonprofits to raise more with less effort. We understand that you might need to bridge the gaps between a longstanding in-person and an online event, that the items you solicit from your community might be restaurant gift cards or a wine-lovers’ gift basket, and that your although your fundraising goals might not be as large as a bigger organization’s, they are just as important to you. 

CharityAuctionsToday vs. Charitybuzz: Pricing

It’s important to note that Charitybuzz is not a self-serve auction site: you must hire them to administer your auction, for which they charge a premium. Though this tool might be out of reach for some nonprofits, it is free to get started, and you will net roughly 80% of your auction total.

In comparison, CharityAuctionsToday makes it simple: we offer two types of plans. 

• Our Flex plan will cost you 5% of your total proceeds. If you don’t raise anything, you don’t pay anything. This plan includes all but a handful of features.
• Our Pre-Paid plan costs a subscription fee of $297-$1,500 per year and platform fees of 0%-3%
• Both plans charge processing fees of 3% + $0.30 per transaction

Our mission to help small nonprofits raise more with the easiest to use auction platform makes CharityAuctionsToday the more affordable option for fundraising auctions.

CharityAuctionsToday vs. Charitybuzz Reviews

We looked at several review platforms and found that CharityAucitionsToday came out on top across the board. Charitybuzz had limited representation on some common review platforms, but we were able to find some Charitybuzz reviews on Facebook.

Easiest Out There

If the way Charitybuzz takes your auction out of your hands sounds ideal to you, let us convince you that we’ve got both the support to help you and the easiest-to-use auction platform out there. 

As soon as you sign up to host an event with us you’re assigned an Auction Success Manager who you can contact at anytime before, during, and after your auction. Not only is your ASM available to answer questions and troubleshoot, but our customers consistently tell us our platform is the easiest to use. We strive to provide a great, intuitive user experience for both auction admins and bidders. 

Before I begin, I just have to say this: Your customer service at CharityAuctionsToday is absolutely outstanding! Your website is amazing and very user-friendly. I originally set up a couple of auctions

in order to help my friend auction off his paintings to raise money for the NoDAPL. My friend was extremely excited about it and asked if I could spread the word around different websites. Your website is certainly one I will recommend/use in the future. Thanks so much for keeping in contact with me and checking in!

– Erin P.

This is super. We researched EVERY single online auction website out there and are so glad we chose CharityAuctionsToday! It’s just been the easiest to use.

– Carrie T.

Final Thoughts

Although Charitybuzz can offer a lot to larger organizations with the ability to source incredible auction items, we feel that CharityAuctionsToday is the more flexible auction solution. We can help both large and small nonprofits organize their fundraising auction according to their needs. You retain control over your auction settings and you can use our ticketing, raffle, and event management tools to make the most of your event.

And if you’re interested in big ticket items but aren’t sure where to find them, explore our auction inventory catalog to add travel packages and experiences to your auction at no upfront cost.