TidyHQ vs RallyUp
Last reviewed August 2026
RallyUp is a campaign platform and TidyHQ is a club management platform, and for once that isn't a polite way of saying one is worse. RallyUp runs silent auctions, raffles, sweepstakes, a-thons and paddle raises properly, in 47+ countries and 15 primary currencies — including Australia, where several platforms on this list can't operate at all. It just doesn't know who your members are, when their subs are due, or what was resolved at the last committee meeting. The honest recommendation here is often to run both.
Where TidyHQ wins
The organisation, not the campaign. Membership records with tiers, renewal dates, payment history and automated reminders. Subs collection and invoicing. Financial reporting across every income source — subs, gate, bar, events, grants, sponsorship and the fundraiser result — with Xero sync coming soon. Governance: agendas, minutes with action items, committee tasks by role, 25 GB of document storage. Email and SMS to your member list. Event ticketing where financial members see member pricing automatically. Unlimited admin seats on every plan.
Where RallyUp wins
RallyUp is better at fundraising campaigns than TidyHQ is, and that gap is real rather than diplomatic. Silent and live auctions with automated checkout, raffles and sweepstakes with the compliance handling those need, a-thons with individual participant pages, fund-a-need and paddle raise for gala nights, crowdfunding, and livestreaming — all of it purpose-built. The free plan carries no platform fee at all, funded by optional donor tips, and it works internationally with 15 primary currencies and 135+ accepted.
Best for
Clubs and associations that need a system of record for members, subs, finances and governance — with a fundraising platform alongside it for the gala auction or the annual raffle, rather than instead of it.
Feature comparison
Membership management & renewals
TidyHQ
Tiers, auto-renewals, familyRallyUp
Auctions, raffles & a-thons
TidyHQ
RallyUp
(excellent)Subscription cost
TidyHQ
$890 AUD/year flat (free plan available)RallyUp
Free plan; Flex has no subscription; Enterprise customPlatform fee
TidyHQ
1% + 20cRallyUp
0% on Free (donor tips); 2.9–6.9% by component on FlexProcessing fee
TidyHQ
Stripe (1.75% + 30c AU)RallyUp
1.9–2.9% + 30c via Stripe or PayPalAvailable to AU / NZ / UK organisations
TidyHQ
RallyUp
47+ countries, 15 primary currenciesFinancial reporting by income category
TidyHQ
Subs, events, shop, gate, grantsRallyUp
Per-campaign reportingAccounting integration (Xero)
TidyHQ
Coming soonRallyUp
Meeting minutes & governance
TidyHQ
Agendas, minutes, action itemsRallyUp
Task management
TidyHQ
Assigned to committee rolesRallyUp
Document storage
TidyHQ
25 GBRallyUp
Event ticketing with member pricing
TidyHQ
Members see their priceRallyUp
Ticketing at 2.9%; no member pricingPeer-to-peer fundraising
TidyHQ
RallyUp
Email & SMS communications
TidyHQ
email; SMS available AU/NZ/UK (credit packs)RallyUp
Campaign emails onlyFree tier
TidyHQ
Free forever, unlimited contactsRallyUp
Free plan, no platform fee*Approximate conversion: 1 AUD ≈ 0.65 USD ≈ 0.50 GBP. Actual rates may vary.
Key differences
The fundraiser is one night. The club is all year
RallyUp is built around a campaign with a start and an end. TidyHQ is built around the record that persists — members, renewal dates, payment history, committee decisions, financial accounts. Both are real jobs. Only one of them is still running in the off-season.
Your treasurer needs one set of books
A club's income comes from subs, gate takings, the bar, the canteen, events, grants, sponsorship and fundraisers. RallyUp reports on the fundraiser. TidyHQ categorises all of it by source with Xero sync coming soon, so the auction result is a line in the accounts rather than a separate export.
Governance RallyUp doesn't attempt
Agendas, minutes with action items carried between meetings, committee tasks by role, and 25 GB of document storage. RallyUp is a fundraising platform and makes no claim on the committee's work — which means it has to happen in a shared drive unless something else covers it.
Member pricing needs a membership database
RallyUp sells event tickets at a 2.9% platform fee, but it has no concept of a financial member — so member-only pricing means manual discount codes. TidyHQ connects ticketing to the membership record, so members see their price at checkout without anyone managing a code list.
What RallyUp does well
RallyUp is better at fundraising campaigns than TidyHQ is, and that gap is real rather than diplomatic. Silent and live auctions with automated checkout, raffles and sweepstakes with the compliance handling those need, a-thons with individual participant pages, fund-a-need and paddle raise for gala nights, crowdfunding, and livestreaming — all of it purpose-built. The free plan carries no platform fee at all, funded by optional donor tips, and it works internationally with 15 primary currencies and 135+ accepted.
We think honest comparisons build more trust than pretending competitors don’t exist. Try both and see which one your committee actually uses.
Ongoing development
We have shipped every month since 2008.
The software you pick now is a bet on where it will be in three years, and no feature table tells you that. We have been building TidyHQ for eighteen years, across more than 30,000 commits. The public record is dated and checkable: 15 new features and 52 updates since November 2025 alone, the most recent on 24 July 2026.
Some of what landed
We have not tried to summarise RallyUp’s release history here, because we do not have reliable data on it and would rather not guess. Go and look for their changelog too. If a vendor cannot show you what they shipped last quarter, that is worth knowing before you sign anything.
Is TidyHQ right for you?
TidyHQ is the better choice if…
- You need membership records, subs collection and renewal tracking
- You need governance — meeting minutes, committee tasks, document storage
- You want one set of financial reports across every income source
- You want member-only event pricing without managing discount codes
- You need a system of record that persists between campaigns
RallyUp might be better if…
- •You run auctions, raffles, sweepstakes or a-thons and want them done properly
- •Your fundraising is campaign-shaped rather than subscription-shaped
- •You need peer-to-peer campaigns with individual participant pages
- •You want a fundraising platform with no platform fee on the free plan
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about using RallyUp vs TidyHQ for membership organisations.
No. RallyUp is a fundraising campaign platform — auctions, raffles, sweepstakes, a-thons, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer and ticketing. It has no membership tiers, renewal dates, financial-member status or subs collection. TidyHQ handles all of that, plus finances, governance and member communications.
RallyUp's Free plan charges no platform fee and is funded by optional donor tips. The Flex plan has no subscription but charges a platform fee by component: 2.9% on ticketing, registration and storefront, 4.9% on auctions, crowdfunding, fund-a-need, paddle raise and a-thons, and 6.9% on raffles and sweepstakes, with auction item fees capped at $100. Payment processing of 1.9–2.9% + 30c applies on every plan. TidyHQ Pro is $890 AUD/year flat with a 1% + 20c service fee.
Yes. RallyUp supports registered charities and NGOs in 47+ countries including Australia, the UK, Canada and Ireland, with 15 primary currencies and 135+ currencies accepted. That makes it one of the few fundraising platforms on this list that Australian and UK clubs can actually use.
For a lot of clubs, yes. TidyHQ as the system of record for members, subs, events, finances and governance; RallyUp for the gala auction or the annual raffle, where its campaign tooling is genuinely stronger. There is no direct integration, so the fundraiser result comes into TidyHQ as a categorised income entry.
No. RallyUp has no agendas, minutes, action items, committee tasks or document storage. TidyHQ includes all of them on every paid plan, with 25 GB of storage for constitutions, policies and AGM records.
For donation-led fundraising rather than campaign formats, Zeffy is free and Donorbox is the more established donation product; Givebutter is strong but US-only. For pledge-based a-thons specifically, 99Pledges is purpose-built and charges no platform fee. But if you are looking because RallyUp does not track members, subs or committee decisions, then no other fundraising platform will either — that is what TidyHQ does, and plenty of clubs run both.
Sources
Claims in this comparison are based on publicly available information. Verify current pricing and features directly with each provider.
- 1RallyUp pricing— Free, Flex and Enterprise plans with per-component platform fee rates and the auction fee cap
- 2RallyUp international fundraising— Supported countries, primary currencies and international charity eligibility
- 3RallyUp eligibility criteria— Which organisation types can fundraise on the platform
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