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How We Compare

iWave vs. DonorSearch

Looking for reliable data, real-time insights, and award-winning customer support? You need iWave. See why top fundraising teams choose the most advanced wealth screening tool on the market—and the industry's most accurate and comprehensive wealth and philanthropic data.

iWave is chosen by these organizations (and thousands more!)

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Innovation

Innovation

As the industry-leading data engine within the Kindsight platform, iWave empowers you to engage prospects at the perfect moment with exclusive, real-time Live Profiles and interactive dashboards.
iWave
DonorSearch
Fundraising Intelligence Platform

iWave is a key component of Kindsight’s Fundraising platform powering modern fundraising. The complete platform combines donor data and insights, AI, and automation so you can manage all aspects of fundraising effortlessly from one place.

DonorSearch is a standalone tool, lacking the capabilities of an end-to-end fundraising solution.

Live Profiles

Keep donor data current and actionable with real-time updates, enabling timely outreach and personalized engagement.

Not available.

Interactive Dashboards

Offers dashboards with drill-down capabilities for more detailed analysis. iWave includes five key dashboards: Major Giving, Geographic Maps, Planned Giving, Executive Summary, and Operations.

Not available. Provides static visuals with no drill-down or export options for donor lists

Institution Screening & Profiles

Screens and segments foundations and companies into prioritized lists.

Not available.

iWave
DonorSearch
Fundraising Intelligence Platform

iWave is a key component of Kindsight’s Fundraising platform powering modern fundraising. The complete platform combines donor data and insights, AI, and automation so you can manage all aspects of fundraising effortlessly from one place.

DonorSearch is a standalone tool, lacking the capabilities of an end-to-end fundraising solution.

Live Profiles

Keep donor data current and actionable with real-time updates, enabling timely outreach and personalized engagement.

Not available.

Interactive Dashboards

Offers dashboards with drill-down capabilities for more detailed analysis. iWave includes five key dashboards: Major Giving, Geographic Maps, Planned Giving, Executive Summary, and Operations.

Not available. Provides static visuals with no drill-down or export options for donor lists

Institution Screening & Profiles

Screens and segments foundations and companies into prioritized lists.

Not available.

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Depth & Quality of Data

Fuel your fundraising with the industry's most robust and accurate intelligence, featuring the largest verified charitable giving database and comprehensive wealth indicators.
iWave
DonorSearch
Overall Accuracy & Quality

Partners with a wide range of premium third-party vendors to deliver the most robust data, offering richer details, more frequent updates, and broader coverage across a wide range of data points.

Leverages free data which is less comprehensive, and less accurate.

Charitable Giving Data

Features the largest and most up-to-date charitable gift database, VeriGift, with over 228 million verified donation records. Each record is linked to a source for easy verification, ensuring transparency and accuracy.

Smaller, less robust charitable giving database.

Wealth Data

Includes robust wealth data from many third-party data sources to enhance insights, including unique data points.

Incomplete wealth data missing key indicators of wealth (e.g. aircraft ownership), and real estate values do not account for geographic variations, leading to biased outcomes.

Scores & Analytics

Offers over 15 intuitive scores, featuring predictive analytics to pinpoint ideal donors for any campaign, and actionable next steps. Uncover major gift prospects within your database with powerful insights like Hidden Gems, and bring your data to life through interactive dashboards that transform complex information into clear, compelling narratives.

Uses a less intuitive scoring scale that can lead to misrepresentation of data, lacks capacity and affinity scores, as well as actionable next steps.

iWave
DonorSearch
Overall Accuracy & Quality

Partners with a wide range of premium third-party vendors to deliver the most robust data, offering richer details, more frequent updates, and broader coverage across a wide range of data points.

Leverages free data which is less comprehensive, and less accurate.

Charitable Giving Data

Features the largest and most up-to-date charitable gift database, VeriGift, with over 228 million verified donation records. Each record is linked to a source for easy verification, ensuring transparency and accuracy.

Smaller, less robust charitable giving database.

Wealth Data

Includes robust wealth data from many third-party data sources to enhance insights, including unique data points.

Incomplete wealth data missing key indicators of wealth (e.g. aircraft ownership), and real estate values do not account for geographic variations, leading to biased outcomes.

Scores & Analytics

Offers over 15 intuitive scores, featuring predictive analytics to pinpoint ideal donors for any campaign, and actionable next steps. Uncover major gift prospects within your database with powerful insights like Hidden Gems, and bring your data to life through interactive dashboards that transform complex information into clear, compelling narratives.

Uses a less intuitive scoring scale that can lead to misrepresentation of data, lacks capacity and affinity scores, as well as actionable next steps.

Customization & Flexibility

Customization & Flexibility

Pinpoint your perfect prospects with unparalleled flexibility, using the only Affinity Scores in the industry and deep-dive searches across unlimited lists.
iWave
DonorSearch
Affinity Scoring

The only platform offering Affinity Scores that use external charitable giving data to measure a prospect’s connection to your cause, across more than 30 affinity categories.

Not available.

Individual Dataset Searches

Allows deep-dive searches within each of the 40+ datasets.

Limited access to individual datasets.

Prospect Lists

Unlimited prospect lists with contact information, including individuals, corporations, and foundations.

Limited number of marketing contacts per month.

iWave
DonorSearch
Affinity Scoring

The only platform offering Affinity Scores that use external charitable giving data to measure a prospect’s connection to your cause, across more than 30 affinity categories.

Not available.

Individual Dataset Searches

Allows deep-dive searches within each of the 40+ datasets.

Limited access to individual datasets.

Prospect Lists

Unlimited prospect lists with contact information, including individuals, corporations, and foundations.

Limited number of marketing contacts per month.

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Customer Experience

Trust the platform rated #1 by industry clients for ease of use and customer satisfaction, backed by award-winning service and hundreds of verified reviews.
iWave
DonorSearch
Customer Satisfaction

4.6-star average rating on G2* across 400+ reviews and a seven-time recipient of the Stevie Award for Sales and Customer Service.

Relatively fewer G2 reviews to date compared to iWave.*

Ease of Use

‘Fastest Implementation Mid-Market’ category leader on G2, as ranked by industry clients.*

Relatively fewer G2 reviews to date compared to iWave.*

iWave
DonorSearch
Customer Satisfaction

4.6-star average rating on G2* across 400+ reviews and a seven-time recipient of the Stevie Award for Sales and Customer Service.

Relatively fewer G2 reviews to date compared to iWave.*

Ease of Use

‘Fastest Implementation Mid-Market’ category leader on G2, as ranked by industry clients.*

Relatively fewer G2 reviews to date compared to iWave.*

Winter 2026 Fastest Implementation

G2 Winter 2026 Fastest Implementation

G2 high performer badge

G2 Winter 2026 High Performer

Bronze Stevie award 2025

2025 Stevie Award for Sales & Customer Service

Stevie 2026 Bronze Winner

2026 Stevie Award for Sales & Customer Service

*As of Jan 2026. Scores are out of 5.