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An honest comparison

The same night, more of it kept

Givergy and Emma LIVE are good, established platforms with real strengths. Here is where Generosity Works is genuinely different, and where they are ahead, so you can choose with your eyes open.

Where we are different

Four things that change the maths

No commission, ever

We take no percentage of anything you raise. On a £40,000 night, a platform charging 5% keeps £2,000 that here stays with your cause.

You own it outright

It runs on your own WordPress and your own Stripe. Your donor data is yours, in your account, not held in a third party’s platform you rent by the year.

Bid with just an email

No app to download, no account, no password or PIN. Your less techy guests are bidding in seconds, which is exactly who a device-based rival loses.

It does more than a gala

Silent, live and sealed auctions, a paddle raise, raffles, tickets, memberships, sponsored challenges and donation appeals, all in one platform.

Side by side

An honest comparison

Where a rival is genuinely stronger, we say so. A platform you cannot trust to be straight about a competitor is not one to trust with your donors.

FeatureGenerosity WorksGivergyEmma LIVE
Cost to the charityNo commission. Owned outright, self-hosted, your own Stripe.Commission / donor-covers-fees modelManaged packages
Who holds your dataYou do — your WordPress, your StripeTheir platformTheir platform
Bid without an accountYes — email only, no app or passwordAccount / PINAccount
Survives bad venue wi-fiYes — bids save on the phone and resendNot advertisedNot advertised
Silent, live & sealed auctionsAll threeSilent & liveSilent & live
Gift Aid uplift shown liveYes, on the big screenGift Aid capturedGift Aid captured
Accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA)Yes, screen reader & keyboardNot publishedNot published
CRM syncSalesforce, Raiser’s Edge, Mailchimp, CSV, webhookRaiser’s EdgeVaries
Managed service & hardwareKevin Durham auctioneers; your team runs the techFull managed service & devices (their strength)Managed service (their strength)
Track record at scaleNewer, growingEstablished, many eventsEstablished, many events

Competitor details are from their public materials and may change; check the latest before relying on them.

Where they are ahead

The honest bit

Givergy and Emma LIVE have run thousands of events and bring staffed teams and physical bidding devices on the night. If you want a supplier to take the whole thing off your hands at a large, high-profile gala, that is a real and reasonable reason to choose them.

Generosity Works is the choice when you would rather own the platform, keep every pound you raise, and have Kevin Durham on the rostrum with your own team running the tech. For most charity events, that is the better deal, and it is the one the room never sees the cost of.

See the number it should be raising

Book Kevin Durham as your charity auctioneer and this whole platform is built around your event, at no cost and no commission.