A GiveSmart alternative for organizations that want to own their auction platform.
GiveSmart is a capable fundraising and mobile-bidding tool. If you’ve outgrown renting an event experience and want to own your brand, your bidder data, and the buyer relationship, Unovance Global is built for that.
GiveSmart earned its reputation for a reason — clean mobile bidding, text-to-give, and donor engagement that make a gala night run smoothly. For a once-a-year event, that polish is genuinely valuable, and plenty of organizations are well served by it.
The question Unovance answers is what happens the rest of the year. On a hosted fundraising platform, your supporters interact with the vendor's brand, and the bidder data lives in someone else's system. With Unovance Global — built from Auction Techs and AuctionEXT, with roots in online auctions since 2000 — you get a white-label or private-label platform you own outright: your name, your domain, your data, and your audience.
That ownership comes with depth. Instead of one bidding style, you get 22 auction formats, full auction management from cataloging through settlements, and AI tools like a fraud dashboard and bidder agent — the difference between renting a marketplace audience and building one of your own.
What you gain by owning the platform.
Own your brand, not a rented one
Your event runs on a platform that carries your name, logo, and domain end to end — not a shared fundraising marketplace your supporters recognize as someone else’s.
Your bidder data stays yours
Every registration, bid, and contact belongs to you. Export it, segment it, and market to your audience directly instead of accessing it through a vendor portal.
22 formats beyond mobile bidding
Run timed, webcast, sealed-bid, Dutch, and live-clerked auctions from one platform — useful when you outgrow gala-night mobile bidding and need real auction mechanics.
AI tools built in
A fraud dashboard, bidder agent, and auctioneer agent help you screen registrants, answer bidder questions, and keep events moving without adding headcount.
Frequently asked questions
What does GiveSmart do well?+
GiveSmart is a strong, polished fundraising and mobile-bidding tool built for nonprofit galas and events. It handles silent auctions, text-to-give, ticketing, and donor engagement smoothly, and many organizations are happy running their annual event on it. Unovance is aimed at a different need: owning the platform, brand, and bidder relationship long term.
How is Unovance Global different from GiveSmart?+
The core difference is ownership. GiveSmart provides a hosted fundraising experience under its own platform. Unovance gives you a white-label or private-label auction platform you control — your brand, your domain, your bidder data, and 22 auction formats — so the relationship with your buyers is yours, not the vendor’s.
Is Unovance only for nonprofits?+
No. Unovance serves auctioneers, equipment and vehicle sellers, and organizations running commercial or charity auctions alike. Roots in online equipment auctions since 2000 mean the platform handles cataloging, clerking, invoicing, and settlements — not just one-night fundraising events.
Can I migrate from GiveSmart without losing my supporters?+
Yes. Because you own your data on Unovance, you can bring your existing contacts and bidder history into a platform that grows with you. Our team can walk through your current setup and map a path that keeps your audience intact. Reach out at info@unovance.com.
See what owning your auction platform looks like.
Bring your supporters, your brand, and your data onto a platform that’s yours. We’ll map a path from your current setup — reach us at info@unovance.com.