iWave vs. ResearchPoint
Outdated donor lists are holding you back. Discover how iWave’s dynamic insights outshines ResearchPoint, giving you the modern edge to maximize your fundraising impact.
iWave is chosen by these organizations (and thousands more!)
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
ResearchPoint
A Wealth of Data
44+ premium datasets that provide robust and superior quality data including: Cotality (Real Estate), Candid (Foundations), Dun and Bradstreet, and Thomson Reuters.
Provides fewer publicly listed data sources, with limited visibility into their origin or update frequency.
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.
Access to underlying data sources appears more limited, based on publicly available information.
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.
Charitable giving dataset is smaller in scale than VeriGift, based on publicly available descriptions.
Real Estate Data
US real estate data powered by Cotality with over 152M household records, Canadian postal codes, and fully searchable interface.
Uses static property values, which may not reflect current market conditions.
Individual Dataset Searches
Perform deep-dive lookups and build lists across all 40+ datasets — even with name-only inputs.
Individual dataset search options are not publicly documented.
News & Obituaries Data
Track mentions in news articles and obituaries and get alerted when new articles are added.
Does not promote built-in news or obituary tracking in product materials.
iWave
ResearchPoint
A Wealth of Data
44+ premium datasets that provide robust and superior quality data including: Cotality (Real Estate), Candid (Foundations), Dun and Bradstreet, and Thomson Reuters.
Provides fewer publicly listed data sources, with limited visibility into their origin or update frequency.
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.
Access to underlying data sources appears more limited, based on publicly available information.
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.
Charitable giving dataset is smaller in scale than VeriGift, based on publicly available descriptions.
Real Estate Data
US real estate data powered by Cotality with over 152M household records, Canadian postal codes, and fully searchable interface.
Uses static property values, which may not reflect current market conditions.
Individual Dataset Searches
Perform deep-dive lookups and build lists across all 40+ datasets — even with name-only inputs.
Individual dataset search options are not publicly documented.
News & Obituaries Data
Track mentions in news articles and obituaries and get alerted when new articles are added.
Does not promote built-in news or obituary tracking in product materials.
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
ResearchPoint
Affinity Data & Modeling
External charitable giving data is used to evaluate prospective donors across over 30 affinity categories; affinity scores evaluate the strength of their linkage to your cause.
Affinity modeling based on external charitable giving data is not publicly documented.
Multi-Lens Modeling
Evaluate donors against multiple goals to develop highly-personalized campaigns, identify opportunities for increased membership, and more.
Multi-lens scoring features are not publicly documented.
iWave
ResearchPoint
Affinity Data & Modeling
External charitable giving data is used to evaluate prospective donors across over 30 affinity categories; affinity scores evaluate the strength of their linkage to your cause.
Affinity modeling based on external charitable giving data is not publicly documented.
Multi-Lens Modeling
Evaluate donors against multiple goals to develop highly-personalized campaigns, identify opportunities for increased membership, and more.
Multi-lens scoring features are not publicly documented.
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
ResearchPoint
Screening & Scoring Customization
Adjustable parameters: define capacity settings, select affinity interests, and set weights for capacity, affinity, and propensity.
Supports capacity and confidence ratings, but affinity scoring is not publicly documented.
Profile Customization
Create complete profiles, refresh scores when new data is added, and add/delete records as needed.
Profile customization appears more limited, based on publicly available descriptions.
iWave
ResearchPoint
Screening & Scoring Customization
Adjustable parameters: define capacity settings, select affinity interests, and set weights for capacity, affinity, and propensity.
Supports capacity and confidence ratings, but affinity scoring is not publicly documented.
Profile Customization
Create complete profiles, refresh scores when new data is added, and add/delete records as needed.
Profile customization appears more limited, based on publicly available descriptions.
Customer Experience
Trust the platform rated highly by industry clients for ease of use and customer satisfaction, backed by award-winning service and hundreds of verified reviews.
iWave
ResearchPoint
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
ResearchPoint
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.*
*As of Jan 2026. Scores are out of 5.
G2 Winter 2026 Fastest Implementation
G2 Winter 2026 High Performer
2025 Stevie Award for Sales & Customer Service
