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ClickBid pricing comes as two annual plans. Essentials costs $895 a year and Full Suite $1,495 a year, with unlimited events, and ClickBid adds a 3.5% fee to every card payment. If you want to sell tickets online or manage tables, you'll need a Full Suite plan.
GalaBid works differently: there's no annual license, and you choose how you want to fund the platform. The US Free plan has no platform fee and is funded by supporter tips, with 10% shared with your cause; the Pro plan is 4.9% with no tip prompt; and the $1,250 flat fee covers a whole campaign with no tip prompt. Every plan includes 100+ features, including ticketing, auctions and raffles, and card processing runs through your own Stripe account at Stripe's rates.
This guide explains what ClickBid costs, what each plan includes, how the fees add up, and when GalaBid is the better fit.
Our verdict: for a fundraiser that sells tickets, run once or twice a year, GalaBid costs less than ClickBid and includes ticketing and a raffle draw on every plan. ClickBid's annual license makes more sense if you run many events a year.
Note: Details about ClickBid come from its own website and were last checked November 2026. GalaBid pricing shown is US pricing.
ClickBid details checked November 2026.
Essentials ($895 a year) covers unlimited events and campaigns, mobile bidding and online auctions, online donations and peer-to-peer fundraising, custom event pages, event QR codes, event displays, volunteer tools, reporting and integrations, plus support by Zoom, email and chat and day-of-event phone support.
Full Suite ($1,495 a year) adds online ticket sales, guest and table management, custom email and text messaging, and EventStream video streaming for hybrid live auctions and paddle raises.
So for a gala or ticketed fundraiser, the realistic ClickBid price is Full Suite at $1,495 a year, plus card fees. On GalaBid, event ticketing with tables, guest lists and QR code check-in is included on every plan, including the Free plan.
ClickBid charges a flat 3.5% on every card payment. On GalaBid, card processing runs through your own Stripe account at Stripe's rates, with no GalaBid markup. On a $1,000 card payment, ClickBid's 3.5% comes to $35.00, while Stripe's standard US rate of 2.9% + $0.30 comes to $29.30.
Registered nonprofits may pay even less on GalaBid. In the US, 501(c)(3) organizations can apply to Stripe directly for a discounted nonprofit rate, which then applies to their GalaBid payments, since they run through their own Stripe account. On ClickBid, card payments are charged at ClickBid's own 3.5%, so a discount from Stripe wouldn't lower it. Stripe's discount is for organizations whose payments are mostly tax-deductible donations, so ticket and auction sales don't count towards it.
Here's the total for a single ticketed fundraiser, raising money by card, in the US:
Based on Stripe’s standard US card rate of 2.9%, excluding its $0.30 per-payment fee. GalaBid’s Free plan is funded by supporter tips, which are paid by supporters rather than your organization, and GalaBid shares 10% of those tips with your cause. ClickBid’s license covers unlimited events for the year, so organizations running several events would spread that cost. GalaBid pricing varies by region.
For a fundraiser that sells tickets, GalaBid's Free plan costs less still, while giving 10% of supporter tips back to your cause. ClickBid’s Essentials plan costs slightly less than GalaBid’s flat fee for smaller fundraisers, but it doesn’t include online ticketing or table management, and at $100,000, GalaBid’s flat fee costs less than Essentials too.
Running one or two fundraisers a year? GalaBid's $1,250 flat fee covers a whole campaign, with ticketing included and no annual license. See GalaBid pricing
ClickBid doesn't ask donors for tips. GalaBid gives you the choice: if you'd rather not show a tip prompt, its Pro plan and $1,250 flat fee have none. If you'd like to avoid a platform fee altogether, the Free plan is funded by supporter tips, and GalaBid shares 10% of tips with your cause.
If supporters leave $1,000 in tips, your cause receives $100. That’s money ClickBid’s pricing doesn’t offer.
ClickBid processes payments and pays out weekly by ACH on Wednesdays, with other schedules available on request through your Account Manager. Instant payouts cost 1% and are only available for eligible bank accounts. On GalaBid, payments go straight into your own Stripe account, and you set your own payout schedule in Stripe.
Want your funds in your own account from the start? Start your campaign on the Free plan
The St. Louis gala is the foundation's biggest night of the year, with silent and live auctions, a paddle raise the foundation calls Bid for a Cure, and a local band. Its guests span a wide range of ages.
GalaBid was the third platform the foundation had used for the gala. Many older guests had found the previous two very difficult to use, and on the last one, guests had to create an account just to browse the auction items. So the team went looking for something more user-friendly.
Meredith Bankston, who works with the foundation, says three things stood out on GalaBid:
As she put it, GalaBid has the things the other platforms didn't.
ClickBid displays a 4.7 out of 5 rating from 67 Capterra reviews on its own website. The testimonials it highlights praise easy setup and onboarding, and describe it as a good fit for small nonprofits on a limited budget.
GalaBid is rated 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 163 reviews.
ClickBid's pricing works best if:
GalaBid may be the better fit if:
ClickBid's Essentials plan costs $895 a year and Full Suite costs $1,495 a year in the US, both with unlimited events. ClickBid also charges 3.5% on every card payment. A Dedicated Customer Advisor is an optional add-on at $100 an hour.
Yes. ClickBid charges a flat 3.5% on credit card transactions in the US, and 3.59% in Canada, on top of the annual license. On GalaBid, card processing runs through your own Stripe account at Stripe's rates, with no markup.
Only on Full Suite. Online ticket sales and guest and table management aren't included in the $895 Essentials plan. GalaBid includes ticketing on every plan.
No. ClickBid's annual license covers unlimited events and campaigns. GalaBid has no annual license: its Free plan has no platform fee and shares 10% of supporter tips with your cause, Pro is 4.9%, and the flat fee is $1,250 per campaign.
ClickBid sells raffle tickets as Buy Now quantity items. To choose a winner, its guide says to download the purchases and use a random number generator. GalaBid includes a certified random number generator and a live drawing display.
Weekly by ACH on Wednesdays, with other schedules available on request. Instant payouts cost 1% and need an eligible bank account. On GalaBid, payments go straight into your own Stripe account.
It depends on how often you fundraise and whether you sell tickets. For one ticketed fundraiser a year, GalaBid's $1,250 flat fee plus Stripe processing costs less than ClickBid's $1,495 Full Suite plus 3.5% card fees. ClickBid's license can work out cheaper if you run many events a year.
On GalaBid, possibly. Card processing runs through your own Stripe account, and US 501(c)(3) organizations can apply to Stripe for a discounted nonprofit rate. Stripe's discount requires most payments to be tax-deductible donations, so ticket and auction sales don't count.
GalaBid offers a US Free plan with no platform fee, a $1,250 flat fee per campaign with no annual license, ticketing on every plan, a built-in raffle draw, and card processing at Stripe's rates through your own account.
Choose GalaBid if you need:
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