--- description: Review of GalaBid Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: GalaBid | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Fundraising Software](/directory/1543/online-fundraising-platforms/software) > [GalaBid](/software/278653/galabid) # GalaBid Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/278653/galabid Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/278653/galabid?page=2) > GalaBid is a cloud-based fundraising solution that helps fundraisers streamline bidding, donation tracking and auction management operations. It enables participants to bid on live or silent auctions, attend online events, purchase tickets, process payments and track event progress through the leaderboard. GalaBid provides a host of features such as event broadcasting, absentee bidding, remote access, automated notifications, online payments and event analytics. The application allows users to conduct live Q\&A sessions, manage campaigns and interact with other members, coordinators and participants. GalaBid lets administrators collect donations from attendees, manage volunteers, track current contributions through the donation screen and share tax receipts with donors via text or email. Pricing is available on request and support is extended via phone, email and other online measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 52 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 52 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: CrowdComms - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Contact GalaBId for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - Absentee Bidding - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - Attendance Management - Auction Management - Bid Management - Billing & Invoicing - Buy Now Option - CRM - Campaign Management - Contribution Tracking - Credit Card Processing - Customisable Branding - Dashboard - Donor Management - Electronic Payments - Email Management - Event Management - Event Scheduling - Event Ticketing ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Fundraising Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/1543/online-fundraising-platforms/software) ## Related Categories - [Auction Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4461/auction/software) - [Fundraising Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/1543/online-fundraising-platforms/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[HelloFund](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/247688/hellofund) — 4.8/5 (92 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Excellent Platform" — 5.0/5 > **Darren** | *9 October 2020* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very easy to use, and easy for the end user to navigate > > **Cons**: Nothing - - it really is simple to use and just works\!\!\!\! > > From start to finish \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] and the team made our journey extremely pleasant, and were extremely helpful and helped us raise a significant sum of money for our charity this year. ----- ### "Silent Auction on GalaBid Platform" — 5.0/5 > **Heather** | *4 August 2024* | Fund-Raising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use, provided bidders with instant information on their bids, whether or not they were outbid, what amount to bid next. Everything was clear and straightforward. Easy to add auction items. > > **Cons**: Setting up the billing trough Stripe. Sometime the URL did not work properly and people had to add half of the link. > > Overall excellent and received many positive comments from supporters. ----- ### "Galabid Review" — 4.0/5 > **Nia** | *5 July 2021* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: - We really liked how easy it was to use as a guest/user. Viewing the photos and description was straightforward and aesthetically pleasing\! - I like the fact you could have both buy it now and auction items. This is the first time we had someone buy one of the high-priced buy it now items\! - Really great to be able to copy and paste things from previous years. This was a huge time saver and help\!\! - In the training, \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] was kind and helpful. I found the template 'item descriptions' helpful to know what to put in the descriptions - I liked that you could have a backend for staff and a separate backend for volunteers, as well as guest view - I liked the amount of features e.g. raffles, fundraising scale, etc. Despite not using them this time round. > > **Cons**: - The training could of been more focused to what we wanted as an organization/event. We spent a lot of time covering 'set up', but we would have preferred to duplicate our previous set up and spend more time learning about notifications and alerts. A lot of the training was not applicable to what we wanted to do at the event. However, was good to learn about functionality, we had too short of a time frame\! - At the end of the night, every total for how much raised was different, with no clear reason to why. This made it very confusing to tell the guests how much we raised and consequently we gave the wrong information about $ raised at the end of the night. In the end we had to manually work this out - For some reason, this time round, everyone who signed up were required to enter bank details. This put off a lot of guests as they deemed it too much information or too much hard work when they didn't 'plan' on buying anything. If this was easier (bank details on checkout), we are certain we could of raised more money/sold more 'buy it now' items. - Could of had clearer information on having a silent auction and live auction integrated. This was quite difficult to understand and was not set up until the event start time. > > Overall, we had a good experience. We managed to raise a lot of money through the silent auction, enjoyed working with \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\], and found the platform was aesthetically pleasing and worked well\! We also found it exceptionally helpful to be able to copy and paste from previous years\! However, our experience could of been improved if training was more specific to our needs and the platform did not require payment details on set up. Overall, however, it was good and helped us raise more than we expected\! Hooray\! ----- ### "Casino Night Success" — 5.0/5 > **Thesha** | *1 April 2026* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: \*Very easy to set up and customize auction items and raffles \*Helpful resource documents that make onboarding quick and smooth \*Responsive chat support available to answer questions in real time \*Unified platform for auctions, raffles, sales, and donations \*Pre‑registration option helped streamline some of the check‑in process Professional-looking platform that was user-friendly for guests > > **Cons**: \*In‑person registration took longer than expected \*Verifying emails at check‑in slowed down lines \*Guests who didn’t pre-register caused bottlenecks > > GalaBid made running our silent auction and raffle incredibly smooth. The platform was easy to set up and customize, and their support resources and live chat were very helpful. We loved having all our sales and donations flow through one place. Our only challenge was slower on-site registration for guests who hadn’t pre-registered, but overall GalaBid was an excellent tool that helped our event run successfully. ----- ### "Galabid" — 5.0/5 > **Kiri** | *6 November 2020* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very easy to use Great video tutorials when you need help Easy to set up Great functionality and ability to incorporate Live and Silent Auction items > > **Cons**: It is expensive. Our event is a Gala Dinner to raise funds for the young people we support, and the Galabid bill is always the biggest bill for us. I am able to get discounts and free donations for everything else. > > \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] is amazing and always really helpful. We love using Galabid each year for our Gala Dinner. 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