BirdEase
Feature-rich fundraising event software with deep charity golf roots, flat per-event pricing, built-in auctions, live scoring, texting, marketing, invoicing, and event-day tools.
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EventEase vs BirdEase
EventEase and BirdEase both offer serious tools for charity golf tournaments and fundraising events. BirdEase combines a large feature set with flat per-event pricing. EventEase connects event operations, payments, fundraising, supporter history, and year-over-year continuity while keeping the supporter experience simple.
At a glance
A quick answer before the details
BirdEase may be the better fit if you want a large all-in-one feature set for a flat per-event software price — particularly if built-in auctions are important to your event.
EventEase may be the better fit if you value connected event operations, organization-level customer/supporter history, flexible payment workflows, participant fundraising, an intentionally simple supporter experience, and live scoring included with EventEase golf tournaments.
EventEase
Fundraising event management that keeps registrations, sponsorships, people, payments, fundraising, supporter history, and year-over-year operations connected.
Two approaches
A lot of overlap. A different philosophy.
A broad set of event tools bundled into one per-event package.
BirdEase includes a substantial collection of functionality in its Standard package — registration, golf management, live scoring, auctions, invoicing, email marketing, text messaging, check-in, reporting, and sponsor management among them.
- Registration
- Golf management
- Live scoring
- Auctions
- Invoicing
- Email marketing
- Text messaging
- Check-in
- Reporting
- Sponsor management
That breadth can be compelling for organizers who want many tools included with a single flat software fee.
Connected event operations built around your organization.
EventEase focuses on keeping people, registrations, sponsorships, orders, payments, invoices, fundraising, customer/supporter history, communications, and event history connected to the organization — rather than treating each event as an isolated transaction.
- People
- Registrations
- Sponsorships
- Orders
- Payments
- Invoices
- Fundraising
- Customer/supporter history
- Communications
- Event history
Two capable platforms. Two different philosophies.
Pricing
Don't compare the headline. Compare the event.
BirdEase and EventEase use different pricing models, so the headline price doesn't tell the whole story. The useful comparison is what the software and payment processing actually cost for your event.
BirdEase
$299 per event
BirdEase charges a fixed software fee per event. When BirdEase Payments is used, its currently published processing rate is 3.9%.
- Software
- $299/event
- BirdEase Payments
- 3.9%
- Site Building Service
- $498/event
The $299 software fee has a bigger percentage impact on smaller events and becomes less significant as event volume grows.
EventEase
No monthly subscription
EventEase primarily uses transaction-based pricing rather than charging a flat software fee for every event.
EventEase Payments
Cards: 5.5% + $0.30 all-in
ACH: 1% all-in
Connect Stripe
Cards: 2.5% EventEase + Stripe processing
ACH: 1% EventEase + Stripe processing
Checks / cash
$0 EventEase service fee
What does $299 + 3.9% actually look like?
Because BirdEase combines a fixed event fee with payment processing when BirdEase Payments is used, its effective cost changes with the size of the event.
| Event volume | Software | BirdEase Payments | Combined | Effective cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | $299 | $390 | $689 | 6.89% |
| $25,000 | $299 | $975 | $1,274 | 5.10% |
| $50,000 | $299 | $1,950 | $2,249 | 4.50% |
| $100,000 | $299 | $3,900 | $4,199 | 4.20% |
Illustrative examples assume all shown event revenue is processed through BirdEase Payments at the published 3.9% rate. They do not represent BirdEase's profit or revenue from payment processing.
As event volume grows, BirdEase's fixed $299 software fee represents a smaller percentage of the total. For smaller events, it represents a larger percentage.
A simple $10,000 example
Assume $10,000 processed across 50 card transactions — all payments made by card.
BirdEase
- $299 software
- + $390 BirdEase Payments processing
$689
Effective cost: 6.89%
EventEase Payments
- 5.5% of $10,000 = $550
- 50 × $0.30 = $15
$565
Effective cost: 5.65%
Difference in this example: EventEase $565 vs BirdEase$689 — a $124 difference.
This is one example, not a universal result. Because BirdEase's $299 software fee is fixed, its effective percentage declines as event volume increases. Transaction count, payment method, processing setup, and event size can change the comparison.
Compare the total cost for your event — not just the advertised software fee.
Payments
Flexible payment workflows matter when sponsors and large orders are involved.
EventEase supports cards, ACH, invoices, checks, cash, and paid-outside transactions alongside the event. ACH can materially change EventEase economics for larger sponsorships and invoices — EventEase ACH is 1%.
BirdEase supports check workflows and manual paid/unpaid management, and documents card processing through BirdEase Payments or supported merchant integrations.
CardsACHInvoicesChecksCashPaid outside
The supporter side
Your supporters came for your event — not your event software.
The organizer uses EventEase. The supporter experiences the event.
No account required
Register, sponsor, donate, or pay without becoming an EventEase user.
No software tip
EventEase never asks your supporters to tip us. If you let supporters help cover transaction costs, that contribution benefits your organization.
Your relationship stays yours
We're there to power the event — not insert ourselves between your organization and the people supporting it.
Beyond one event
The event ends. The relationship shouldn't.
EventEase maintains account-level customer/supporter records and history — including orders, event history, previous golfers and sponsors, reusable audiences, account-level email campaigns, unpaid follow-up, notes, import, and deduplication.
BirdEase supports current/past registrant marketing and year-over-year event history. The EventEase distinction is the organization-level relationship model and history across event types.
Corporate golf sponsor
Gala sponsor
Golfer
Donor
Event attendee
Future fundraiser
Past customer
Next year's participant
Sponsor
Supporter at another event
Your supporters belong to your organization — not to a single event.
On the course
Both platforms take live scoring seriously.
BirdEase
BirdEase includes live scoring in its Standard package. Current documented capabilities include mobile scoring, a live leaderboard, course configuration, scoring links, sponsor visibility, contest-hole highlighting, and text delivery of scoring links.
Source:BirdEase features
EventEase
Free when your tournament runs through EventEase
Charity Golf Live Scoring is an EventEase-owned product. It is included free for tournaments run through EventEase, with live scoring, live leaderboards, messaging, SMS, photos, participant/event broadcasting, and other tournament-day engagement features.
Charity Golf Live ScoringAuctions
BirdEase has a clear advantage if auctions matter.
BirdEase includes a built-in online auction system. Current documented capabilities include unlimited auction items, virtual bidding, advance bidding, outbid notifications, Buy It Now, winner payment, check-payment options, auction images, and sponsor images.
EventEase does not currently have auctions as a core Experience capability. If auctions are central to your fundraiser, that is a meaningful BirdEase strength.
Source:BirdEase auction software
Side by side
How they compare
Both platforms are capable fundraising event systems with deep charity golf roots. The bigger differences are in pricing model, auctions, supporter experience, and how relationships carry across events.
| Topic | BirdEase | EventEase |
|---|---|---|
| What it is built for | Fundraising event management with particularly deep roots in charity golf tournaments. | Fundraising event management for golf tournaments and a broad range of fundraising and community events. |
| Software pricing | $299 per event for Standard; $498 per event with BirdEase’s site-building service. | No monthly subscription. Primarily transaction-based pricing. |
| Card processing | BirdEase Payments currently charges 3.9%. Existing supported merchant accounts may also be connected with no additional BirdEase transaction fee. | EventEase Payments is 5.5% + $0.30 all-in for cards, or connect Stripe with a 2.5% EventEase application fee plus Stripe processing. |
| ACH | BirdEase publicly documents credit/debit card processing and check/invoice workflows. ACH bank transfers are not highlighted in the materials we verified. | 1% ACH through EventEase Payments or 1% EventEase application fee when using connected Stripe ACH. |
| Check / offline payments | Supports check workflows, invoicing, and manual paid/unpaid management. | Checks, cash, invoices, and paid-outside transactions can be tracked alongside online payments; no EventEase service fee on check/cash. |
| Registration | Flexible full-cart registration with registration items, custom questions, quantities, promo codes, golfer information, sponsor uploads, and add-ons. | Named registrations integrated with products, people, sponsorships, guests, payments, invoices, and event operations. |
| Golfers & pairings | Golfer/team information, pairing builder, group management, assignments, and incomplete-foursome follow-up. | Named golfers, foursomes, groups, sponsor golfer allocations, and starting-hole assignments. |
| Sponsorships | Sponsor packages, logo uploads, recognition, registration items, and sponsor communications. | Sponsor packages connected to golfer allocations, sponsor records, logos, invoices/payments, and event website recognition. |
| Live scoring | Included live scoring with scoring links, live leaderboard, course configuration, sponsor visibility, and contest-hole highlighting. | EventEase-owned Charity Golf Live Scoring is included free for EventEase tournaments, with scoring, live leaderboards, messaging, SMS, photos, and participant broadcasting. |
| Auctions | Built-in online auction system with unlimited items, outbid notifications, Buy It Now, and winner payment workflows. | Auctions are not currently a core EventEase Experience capability. |
| Invoicing | Automated configurable PDF invoices included. | Invoice workflows connected to orders, sponsors, registrations, payment status, and paid-outside transactions. |
| Email / text | Graphic email marketing and unlimited text messaging, including current and past registrant communication. | Account-level email campaigns and reusable audiences; SMS is also available within EventEase Live Scoring for golf-event communication. |
| Participant fundraising | Year-round donations are listed among BirdEase features. Dedicated peer-to-peer participant fundraising pages are not highlighted in the materials we verified. | Participant fundraising pages can be enabled when they fit the event. |
| Customer / supporter history | Maintains registrant data, past-event information, email lists, and year-over-year event history. | Account-level customer/supporter records, order history, previous event activity, notes, reusable audiences, and relationships across event types. |
| Event types | Supports golf plus galas, dinners, auctions, walks/runs, casino nights, fishing, clay shoots, pickleball, and other fundraising events. | Supports golf, galas, walks/runs, school fundraisers, dinners, community events, participant fundraising, and other fundraising events. |
| Year over year | Supports annual event copying and use of prior registrant/event information. | Event cloning plus account-level customer/supporter history, orders, past golfers, sponsors, audiences, and cross-event continuity. |
| Support | Dedicated customer support and optional paid site-building service. | Personal support from people close to the product, with organizer feedback helping shape ongoing product improvements. |
What it is built for
- BirdEase
- Fundraising event management with particularly deep roots in charity golf tournaments.
- EventEase
- Fundraising event management for golf tournaments and a broad range of fundraising and community events.
Software pricing
- BirdEase
- $299 per event for Standard; $498 per event with BirdEase’s site-building service.
- EventEase
- No monthly subscription. Primarily transaction-based pricing.
Card processing
- BirdEase
- BirdEase Payments currently charges 3.9%. Existing supported merchant accounts may also be connected with no additional BirdEase transaction fee.
- EventEase
- EventEase Payments is 5.5% + $0.30 all-in for cards, or connect Stripe with a 2.5% EventEase application fee plus Stripe processing.
ACH
- BirdEase
- BirdEase publicly documents credit/debit card processing and check/invoice workflows. ACH bank transfers are not highlighted in the materials we verified.
- EventEase
- 1% ACH through EventEase Payments or 1% EventEase application fee when using connected Stripe ACH.
Check / offline payments
- BirdEase
- Supports check workflows, invoicing, and manual paid/unpaid management.
- EventEase
- Checks, cash, invoices, and paid-outside transactions can be tracked alongside online payments; no EventEase service fee on check/cash.
Registration
- BirdEase
- Flexible full-cart registration with registration items, custom questions, quantities, promo codes, golfer information, sponsor uploads, and add-ons.
- EventEase
- Named registrations integrated with products, people, sponsorships, guests, payments, invoices, and event operations.
Golfers & pairings
- BirdEase
- Golfer/team information, pairing builder, group management, assignments, and incomplete-foursome follow-up.
- EventEase
- Named golfers, foursomes, groups, sponsor golfer allocations, and starting-hole assignments.
Sponsorships
- BirdEase
- Sponsor packages, logo uploads, recognition, registration items, and sponsor communications.
- EventEase
- Sponsor packages connected to golfer allocations, sponsor records, logos, invoices/payments, and event website recognition.
Live scoring
- BirdEase
- Included live scoring with scoring links, live leaderboard, course configuration, sponsor visibility, and contest-hole highlighting.
- EventEase
- EventEase-owned Charity Golf Live Scoring is included free for EventEase tournaments, with scoring, live leaderboards, messaging, SMS, photos, and participant broadcasting.
Auctions
- BirdEase
- Built-in online auction system with unlimited items, outbid notifications, Buy It Now, and winner payment workflows.
- EventEase
- Auctions are not currently a core EventEase Experience capability.
Invoicing
- BirdEase
- Automated configurable PDF invoices included.
- EventEase
- Invoice workflows connected to orders, sponsors, registrations, payment status, and paid-outside transactions.
Email / text
- BirdEase
- Graphic email marketing and unlimited text messaging, including current and past registrant communication.
- EventEase
- Account-level email campaigns and reusable audiences; SMS is also available within EventEase Live Scoring for golf-event communication.
Participant fundraising
- BirdEase
- Year-round donations are listed among BirdEase features. Dedicated peer-to-peer participant fundraising pages are not highlighted in the materials we verified.
- EventEase
- Participant fundraising pages can be enabled when they fit the event.
Customer / supporter history
- BirdEase
- Maintains registrant data, past-event information, email lists, and year-over-year event history.
- EventEase
- Account-level customer/supporter records, order history, previous event activity, notes, reusable audiences, and relationships across event types.
Event types
- BirdEase
- Supports golf plus galas, dinners, auctions, walks/runs, casino nights, fishing, clay shoots, pickleball, and other fundraising events.
- EventEase
- Supports golf, galas, walks/runs, school fundraisers, dinners, community events, participant fundraising, and other fundraising events.
Year over year
- BirdEase
- Supports annual event copying and use of prior registrant/event information.
- EventEase
- Event cloning plus account-level customer/supporter history, orders, past golfers, sponsors, audiences, and cross-event continuity.
Support
- BirdEase
- Dedicated customer support and optional paid site-building service.
- EventEase
- Personal support from people close to the product, with organizer feedback helping shape ongoing product improvements.
Best fit
Where BirdEase may be the better fit
BirdEase is a mature, feature-rich competitor. Depending on what you need, these are areas where it may be the better fit.
Built-in auctions
BirdEase includes a substantial online auction system. If auctions are central to your fundraiser, that is a meaningful advantage.
Flat per-event software price
Organizations that prefer paying a known software fee instead of transaction-based platform pricing may prefer BirdEase’s $299-per-event model.
Site-building service
For $498 per event, BirdEase offers a service where its staff configures and designs the event site based on the organizer’s materials.
Unlimited text messaging
BirdEase includes unlimited text messaging as part of its event software.
Mature golf toolset
Pairings, live scoring, sponsor promotion, check-in, and other golf workflows have been central to BirdEase for years.
Payment processor options
Organizations already using one of BirdEase’s supported merchant processors may value connecting that existing account without an additional BirdEase transaction fee.
Why EventEase
Where EventEase may be the better fit
If you want connected event operations, organization-level relationships, and a simple supporter experience, these strengths are worth weighing.
Organization-level relationships
Customer and supporter records can remain useful across events, orders, sponsors, golfers, donors, and future fundraisers.
Supporters don't become software users
Your supporters can register, sponsor, donate, and pay without needing an EventEase account just to support your organization.
No software tipping
EventEase never asks supporters to tip EventEase. If you let supporters help cover transaction costs, that contribution benefits your organization.
Participant fundraising
Participant fundraising pages can extend an event beyond registration and sponsorships when peer-to-peer fundraising fits the event.
Free EventEase live scoring
Charity Golf Live Scoring is an EventEase product and is included free for tournaments run through EventEase, with scoring, leaderboards, messaging, SMS, photos, and participant broadcasting.
Flexible payment workflows
Cards, ACH, sponsor invoices, checks, cash, and paid-outside transactions can all be managed alongside the event.
Cross-event marketing & history
Previous golfers, sponsors, customers, orders, and reusable audiences remain useful when the organization moves from one fundraiser to the next.
Real people close to the product
EventEase support stays close to the people building the software. Customer feedback regularly influences what gets improved next.
Need more than software?
EventEase can work alongside specialized golf-event partners, giving organizers access to additional tournament services without making those services the center of the software platform. On-course extras such as golf cannons, stations, and tournament-day staff are available through our partnerGolf Tournament Solutions (GTS), priced by them.
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FAQ
Questions about EventEase vs BirdEase
Straight answers about how these platforms compare for charity golf tournaments and fundraising events.
Yes for many organizations. Both platforms offer serious tools for charity golf tournaments and fundraising events. BirdEase combines a large feature set with flat per-event pricing and built-in auctions. EventEase focuses on connected event operations, organization-level supporter history, flexible payments, participant fundraising, and a simple supporter experience — with Charity Golf Live Scoring included free for EventEase-run golf tournaments.
BirdEase Standard is currently $299 per event. BirdEase + Site Building Service is $498 per event. When BirdEase Payments is used, BirdEase’s published processing rate is 3.9%.
BirdEase currently says Standard includes the software and website for an entire year, its full feature suite, unlimited users, unlimited registrants, and dedicated customer support — including capabilities such as registration, live scoring, auctions, invoicing, email marketing, and unlimited text messaging.
BirdEase Payments currently charges a flat 3.9% of the total transaction. BirdEase describes this as its payment partner’s processing rate and says it does not add another BirdEase registration or payment fee. Organizations can absorb the fee, require registrants to cover it, or make coverage optional.
Yes for supported integrations. BirdEase documents integrations with several merchant processors and says it does not add a BirdEase transaction fee when one of those supported merchant accounts is used.
Yes. Live scoring is included in BirdEase’s Standard package, with capabilities such as scoring links, a live leaderboard, course configuration, sponsor visibility, and contest-hole highlighting.
Yes. Charity Golf Live Scoring is an EventEase product and is included free for tournaments run through EventEase. It includes live scoring and leaderboards along with tournament-day engagement features such as messaging, SMS, photos, and participant broadcasting.
Yes. BirdEase includes a built-in online auction system with unlimited items, advance bidding, outbid notifications, Buy It Now, and winner payment workflows.
No. Auctions are not currently a core EventEase Experience capability. If auctions are central to your fundraiser, BirdEase has a meaningful advantage here.
Yes. Both platforms support fundraising events beyond golf. BirdEase publicly positions itself for golf tournaments and other fundraising events such as galas. EventEase supports golf, galas, walks/runs, school fundraisers, dinners, community events, and other fundraisers within the same account.
It depends on what you value. BirdEase’s flat per-event software fee and broad feature set can work well across multiple events. EventEase may be the stronger fit when you want organization-level customer/supporter history, cross-event audiences, participant fundraising, and relationships that carry across different event types.
Compare total expected cost for your event — not just BirdEase’s $299 software fee against EventEase’s transaction percentage. Factor in event volume, transaction count, payment methods (cards vs ACH vs checks), processing setup, and whether you need auctions or site-building services. BirdEase’s fixed software fee represents a larger percentage on smaller events and a smaller percentage as volume grows.
Talk to us
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Tell us what you're planning — auctions, golf scoring, multiple event types, or a specific payment setup. We'll show you how EventEase would handle it and help you decide if it's the right fit.
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- We don’t ask supporters to tip EventEase
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