10 Best Fundraising Software of 2026

Givebutter ranks first because a nonprofit can run online donations, peer-to-peer campaigns, ticketed events and silent auctions from one free account, with a donor CRM attached. The free plan has unlimited users, contacts, email blasts and campaigns. Donors are asked for an optional tip; with tips on, the nonprofit pays 0% platform fees and no processing fees, and Givebutter says 92% of donors cover them. If you switch tips off, a flat 3% platform fee and standard 2.9% plus 30 cents processing apply. Payment options are wide, including PayPal, Venmo, donor-advised funds and Tap to Pay, and a mobile app handles event check-in. Givebutter Plus adds automated workflows, task management, texting, video messages, QuickBooks Online and priority phone support from $29 a month billed annually for 250 contacts. The main trade-off is that some donors dislike tip prompts, and Plus costs climb as your contact list grows.

Zeffy is the cheapest option on this list because it charges nonprofits nothing at all. There is one plan, every feature is in it, and Zeffy covers credit card and transaction fees, so the organization keeps 100% of each payment. The company funds itself by asking donors for an optional contribution at checkout, and it says about two in three donors leave one. The feature set covers what most small organizations need for campaigns and events: donation forms, ticketing, raffles, auctions, memberships, peer-to-peer campaigns, online stores and a Tap to Pay app for in-person sales. A basic donor CRM, free newsletters and printed donor mail round it out. Zeffy scores lower on features than Givebutter or Bloomerang because its CRM, reporting and automation are lighter, and there is no premium tier with a dedicated success manager. Some organizations also prefer not to show donors a platform contribution prompt.

Donorbox ranks third for nonprofits whose main channel is their own website. The free Standard plan includes unlimited donation forms, donation pages, crowdfunding pages, event ticketing, memberships and peer-to-peer campaigns, plus QuickDonate, which lets returning donors give again with saved payment details. The cost is in fees: Standard charges a 2.95% to 3.95% platform fee before payment processing. The Pro plan at $150 a month drops that to 1.75% to 2% and adds advanced form design, crypto and stock gifts, DAFpay, a recurring upsell prompt, tracking pixels for Google and Meta, and Zapier and API access. Premium is quoted and adds a customer success manager and the lowest fees. Every plan works with Donorbox CRM, and Live Kiosk handles in-person gifts from $80 a month. Smaller groups should compare Standard fees with tip-funded tools, while organizations raising steady online revenue can work out where Pro pays for itself.

Bloomerang brings fundraising pages and a donor retention CRM under one roof, which suits nonprofits that care as much about keeping donors as about collecting the first gift. Bloomerang Fundraising covers customizable donation forms with recurring upgrade prompts, abandoned gift reminders and matching gift options, event registration with QR code check-in and table seating, an auction app with outbid alerts, peer-to-peer pages with team registration, and text fundraising with pledge reminders. The CRM adds predictive giving insights, marketing tools and reporting. Users are unlimited on every product. The catch is cost: the CRM starts at $125 a month billed annually, and the $40 a month Fundraising product must be bought as a bundle with it, so the realistic entry price is $165 a month before any auction or peer-to-peer upgrades. That places Bloomerang below the free tools on value, but above them for teams that run major gift and retention programs alongside online campaigns.

Fundraise Up focuses on the donation checkout itself, and it is the strongest pick on this list for organizations whose website brings in most of their gifts. There is no subscription: the company takes a share of donations processed, and donor fee coverage brings its effective cost to about 1% on average by its own figures, though it says that rate is not guaranteed. Onboarding, migration of recurring donors and ongoing guidance are included at no charge. Features include the checkout, campaign pages, a Gift Cart, on-page Elements such as reminders and upsell prompts, peer-to-peer fundraising, a donor portal, and in-person giving through Tap to Donate, Giving Station and a virtual terminal for phone gifts. A REST API and Salesforce integration serve larger teams. It ranks sixth because the fee share is not published in plain numbers, the cost scales with revenue, and it lacks the events, auctions and CRM tools that Givebutter and Bloomerang include.

Funraise is free for nonprofits raising under $1 million a year, and the free plan is broader than most: donation forms and pages, recurring donations, events and ticketing, fundraising websites, donor fee coverage, donor and donation management, and automated tasks. The cost sits in fees. The free plan charges a 5% platform fee, and card processing through Funraise Payments is 2.9% plus 60 cents. Funraise says about 90% of donors cover fees and estimates the average total payment cost at 2.5% on the free plan and 0.8% on premium. Premium plans are quoted and add peer-to-peer fundraising, auctions, email campaigns, SMS, text-to-give, wealth screening, fundraising intelligence, the API and a dedicated success manager. Payment options include ACH, PayPal, Venmo, DAFpay, stock and crypto. It ranks below Donorbox mainly because peer-to-peer and auctions sit behind a sales conversation.

GoFundMe Pro is the former Classy platform, now tied to GoFundMe's consumer fundraising network. Every plan includes unlimited donation forms and pages, campaign templates, recurring giving, a donor dashboard where supporters manage their own gifts, campaign reporting and marketing analytics, and GoFundMe Pay for processing. The Nonprofit Giving Cart lets donors give in several ways in one checkout, and GoFundMe Intelligence suggests ask amounts. Peer-to-peer campaigns and event ticketing cover runs, walks and community events. A distinctive feature is the editable Nonprofit Page on GoFundMe, which helps supporters find and fundraise for your cause from GoFundMe itself. The drawbacks are clear: pricing is custom and only shared after a request, organizations must be headquartered in the United States, and the Salesforce integration costs extra. That makes it harder to compare and lowers its value score against the platforms that publish prices.

OneCause is built for the fundraising event, and it covers the full night of a gala better than general-purpose tools. The Professional package includes integrated ticketing, table management, online sponsorship sales, volunteer tools, express check-in, silent and live auctions with paddles and a spotter tool, fund-a-need appeals, raffles, scoreboards and slideshows, plus donation forms and personal fundraising pages. Auction AI helps with item procurement and display sheets. Pricing is unusually flexible for this category: Pay-As-You-Go starts at $200 with a 5% fee on funds raised that OneCause caps, or a flat Professional Auction and Event package costs $2,995 for a year. Enterprise adds event ambassador fundraising and sponsorship invoicing, and Nationals adds multi-affiliate reporting and API access. OneCause has joined Bonterra. It ranks eighth because its strength is events, while day-to-day online giving and donor management are better served elsewhere.

DonorPerfect is a long-standing fundraising CRM that now bundles online giving tools, which makes it a fit for nonprofits that want one system for donors and campaigns. Every tier includes integrated donation, volunteer, membership and event forms, donor portals, payment processing, digital wallet donations and Constant Contact email marketing. Reporting is a strength: a sortable donor list, a 0 to 100 Donor Score, more than 70 standard reports and unlimited custom reports. The Plus tier adds QuickBooks integration, ReadySetAuction, crowdfunding, moves management, batch gift entry and automated alerts, and Pro adds enterprise segmentation, reports and API access. A mobile app supports fundraising on the go. The downsides for an online-campaign buyer are price transparency and focus: the pricing page asks you to request a quote for each tier, auctions and crowdfunding require Plus, and the interface is built around data management more than campaign pages.

Bonterra is a portfolio rather than a single product, and that is both its strength and its weakness. For fundraising it offers EveryAction for CRM and outreach at larger organizations, Network for Good for small nonprofits, DonorDrive for peer-to-peer events, GiveGab for giving days, and event and auction tools, with OneCause now part of the group. Bonterra Que, its AI assistant, pulls donor data together, recommends next steps and helps build segments, draft emails and create giving pages. The company says it serves more than 216,000 nonprofits and supports $22 billion in annual giving. For a large organization that wants campaigns, peer-to-peer, CRM and volunteer management from one vendor, that breadth is useful. For most buyers it is harder to evaluate: pricing requires a demo, you have to work out which branded product fits, and setup is heavier than the self-serve tools higher on this list.