Fundraising software, without the fee surprises.

Every donation platform says it’s affordable. Some say they’re free. The truth lives in the platform fees, processing rates, and tip prompts — and that’s exactly what we capture, straight from each vendor’s own pages, before we recommend anything.

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We do the fee math

“Free” fundraising software usually isn’t — it’s tip-supported, fee-supported, or subscription-plus-processing. A platform that costs $0/month with a higher platform fee can cost a growing nonprofit more than a $150/month plan with a lower one. We pull the real numbers from each vendor’s published pricing and lay the trade-off out plainly, so you can pick based on your donation volume — not on a headline.

What we cover

Donation platformsThe tools that power your give button, forms, and campaigns.

Donor management & CRMsWhere your donor relationships, histories, and receipts live.

All-in-ones & edge casesWhen one tool can genuinely do it all — and when it can’t.

Every price we publish traces to a capture from the vendor’s own site — if a vendor doesn’t publish pricing, we say so instead of guessing. We don’t print star ratings; we read recurring complaint themes and tell you honestly what users push back on. Where a link is an affiliate link, the page says so. The Giving Stack is published by SaaS Talon.