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GivingFuel
Raise more
While GivingFuel is a powerful donation platform, Givebutter is a true all-in-one fundraising solution. Givebutter goes above and beyond GivingFuel features by offering auction software, marketing and engagement tools, and peer-to-peer gamification gadgets—all in one place.
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Pay less
Many fundraising platforms, including GivingFuel, charge nonprofits based on the organization’s annual income—which can get expensive quickly. Givebutter, however, offers all the features nonprofits need for fundraising and donor management completely free of charge.
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Give better
Givebutter offers more resources than GivingFuel to help make fundraising as smooth as butter, including weekly product training sessions, monthly webinars hosted by fundraising experts, and free support via live chat and email.
Raise more
GivingFuel provides customers with donation forms, fundraising pages, and basic donor management features. However, it lacks a wide range of payment options and dynamic marketing tools.
In comparison, Givebutter offers built-in email and SMS marketing tools, advanced customization, and several modern payment methods—including Venmo, Google Pay, PayPal, and more. Additionally, Givebutter has built-in fundraising event management, unlike GivingFuel, which relies on third-party platforms RegFox and TicketSpice for event management.
GivingFuel
Ease of use
Ease of setup
Quality of support
Donation forms
Embeddable forms & donate buttons
Custom branding
Custom donation amounts & labels
Custom fields
Donation dedications
Fund designations
Matching gifts
Giving hub
Fundraising pages
Personalized pages
Public donor messages
Peer-to-peer fundraising
Team fundraising
Leaderboards
Goal bar
Countdown
Fundraising events
Virtual, in-person, & hybrid events
Unlimited ticket types & quantities
Ticket scanning & check-in
In-person payments
Livestream
Live display
Automatic event reminders
Auctions
Mobile bidding
Automated bidding
Bid notifications
QR codes for auction items
Self-service registration & checkout
Auto-charge winners
Payment requests & reminders
Donor management & CRM
Unlimited contacts
Detailed contact profiles
Donor activity tracking & history
Custom donor segments & filters
Self-service importing & migration
Reports & analytics
End-of-year reports
Nonprofit marketing & engagement
Automatic receipts
Outbound email blasts
Outbound text blasts
Merge fields
Custom domains for emails
Peer-to-peer texting
Text-to-donate
Scan-to-donate
Message analytics & ROI
Social sharing
Payment processing
Major debit/credit card donations
Venmo donations
PayPal donations
Apple Pay & Google Pay donations
Donor-advised fund donations
ACH donations
Optional mail a check
Recurring donations
Record offline donations
Import transactions
Automated payouts
Payout reconciliation reports
Support
Live chat support
Email support
Help center
Live workshops & product training
Live fundraising webinars
Price
Platform fee
Payment processor fee
Can donors cover fees?
Users
9.4
9.4
9.5
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Card reader
Tap to Pay
Tap to Pay
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
$0
Always transparent
Free forever thanks to optional donor tips
Free forever thanks to optional donor tips
0%
2.9% + 30¢
Unlimited
Offered for paid plans only
Offered partially in free plan
Not offered at all
Offered completely in free plan
Offered for paid plans only
Offered partially in free plan
Not offered at all
Offered completely in free plan
For enterprise plus plans only
For paid plans only
Offered for paid plans only
Offered partially in free plan
Not offered at all
Offered completely in free plan
Offered for paid plans only
Offered partially in free plan
Not offered at all
Offered completely in free plan
Offered for paid plans only
Offered partially in free plan
Not offered at all
Offered completely in free plan
$59–$500 setup fee;
10¢–$1 per contact
Offered for paid plans only
Offered partially in free plan
Not offered at all
Offered completely in free plan
2¢ per recipient
Up to 10¢ per text
Offered for paid plans only
Offered partially in free plan
Not offered at all
Offered completely in free plan
Pay less
While GivingFuel pricing offers a free Starter plan for smaller nonprofits, the plan is limited to basic fundraising and reporting features—and it comes at a high cost to donors, as GivingFuel charges up to 4.99% to process credit card payments. Nonprofits that want access to GivingFuel's more advanced fundraising features—like peer-to-peer fundraising tools, text-to-give, ability to accept ACH and offline payments—will have to pay more substantial monthly fees.
Givebutter users, on the other hand, pay $0/month to enjoy full access to Givebutter's robust suite of fundraising features.
GivingFuel
Ease of use
Ease of setup
Quality of support
Donation forms
Embeddable forms & donate buttons
Custom branding
Custom donation amounts & labels
Custom fields
Donation dedications
Fund designations
Matching gifts
Giving hub
Fundraising pages
Personalized pages
Public donor messages
Peer-to-peer fundraising
Team fundraising
Leaderboards
Goal bar
Countdown
Fundraising events
Virtual, in-person, & hybrid events
Unlimited ticket types & quantities
Ticket scanning & check-in
Card reader for in-person payments
Livestream
Live display
Automatic event reminders
Auctions
Mobile bidding
Automated bidding
Bid notifications
QR codes for auction items
Self-service registration & checkout
Auto-charge winners
Payment requests & reminders
Donor management & CRM
Unlimited contacts
Detailed contact profiles
Donor activity tracking & history
Custom donor segments & filters
Self-service importing & migration
Reports & analytics
End-of-year reports
Nonprofit marketing & engagement
Automatic receipts
Outbound email blasts
Outbound text blasts
Merge fields
Custom domains for emails
Peer-to-peer texting
Text-to-donate
Scan-to-donate
Message analytics & ROI
Social sharing
Payment processing
Major debit/credit card donations
Venmo donations
PayPal donations
Apple Pay & Google Pay donations
Donor-advised fund donations
ACH donations
Optional mail a check
Recurring donations
Record offline donations
Import transactions
Automated payouts
Payout reconciliation reports
Support
Live chat support
Email support
Help center
Live workshops & product training
Live fundraising webinars
Price
Platform fee
Payment processor fee
Can donors cover fees?
Users
9.4
9.4
9.5
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
$0
Always transparent
Free forever thanks to optional donor tips
Free forever thanks to optional donor tips
0%
2.9% + 30¢
Unlimited
Offered for paid plans only
Offered partially in free plan
Not offered at all
Offered completely in free plan
$0–$349 /month
Plus additional fees for addon features/integrations
0%
Up to
4.99%
Not listed publicly
Optional Tips
On
Off
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9588% of donors
9588% of donors
covered by
9588% of donors
9588% of donors
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None
Processing Fees
Processing fees are charged by our secure payment processors and apply to all transactions on Givebutter.
2.9% + 30¢
1% Donation Form
3% Fundraising Page
5% Event or Auction
3% Fundraising Page
5% Event or Auction
Processing Fees
Processing fees are charged by our secure payment processors and apply to all transactions on Givebutter.
2.9% + 30¢
How is Givebutter free?
All features are free thanks to optional tips we receive from donors. If you prefer to disable tips, a small platform fee applies instead.
Give better
GivingFuel customers note how amazing the customer service is in a pinch. Givebutter is also highly rated for its stellar customer support. That said, Givebutter is overall easier to use and more intuitive, which empowers anyone to set up a successful fundraiser in minutes—no matter how much experience they have.
GivingFuel
Ease of use
Ease of setup
Quality of support
Donation forms
Embeddable forms & donate buttons
Custom branding
Custom donation amounts & labels
Custom fields
Donation dedications
Fund designations
Matching gifts
Giving hub
Fundraising pages
Personalized pages
Public donor messages
Peer-to-peer fundraising
Team fundraising
Leaderboards
Goal bar
Countdown
Fundraising events
Virtual, in-person, & hybrid events
Unlimited ticket types & quantities
Ticket scanning & check-in
Card reader for in-person payments
Livestream
Live display
Automatic event reminders
Auctions
Mobile bidding
Automated bidding
Bid notifications
QR codes for auction items
Self-service registration & checkout
Auto-charge winners
Payment requests & reminders
Donor management & CRM
Unlimited contacts
Detailed contact profiles
Donor activity tracking & history
Custom donor segments & filters
Self-service importing & migration
Reports & analytics
End-of-year reports
Nonprofit marketing & engagement
Automatic receipts
Outbound email blasts
Outbound text blasts
Merge fields
Custom domains for emails
Peer-to-peer texting
Text-to-donate
Scan-to-donate
Message analytics & ROI
Social sharing
Payment processing
Major debit/credit card donations
Venmo donations
PayPal donations
Apple Pay & Google Pay donations
Donor-advised fund donations
ACH donations
Optional mail a check
Recurring donations
Record offline donations
Import transactions
Automated payouts
Payout reconciliation reports
Support
Live chat support
Email support
Help center
Live workshops & product training
Live fundraising webinars
Price
Platform fee
Payment processor fee
Can donors cover fees?
Users
9.4
9.4
9.5
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
Offered completely in free plan
$0
Always transparent
Free forever thanks to optional donor tips
Free forever thanks to optional donor tips
0%
2.9% + 30¢
Unlimited
8.9
9.5
9.5
Hear from real nonprofits what makes Givebutter better
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Givebutter is so easy to use, very intuitive. The tech support staff are also very responsive and helpful if there's anything I don't understand. Plus, the help documentation is really clear. Easy to integrate with our other software and easy to get onto our website. There are so many features—I can't believe it's all available at this price (free!).
Heather Denkmire
Consultant, Recovery is Happening
Methodology
Givebutter’s editorial staff aims to bring you the most transparent and objective comparisons possible. We sourced these comparison metrics directly from fundraising platform websites and third-party review sites like G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, and more. Score data gathered on September 2023.
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GivingFuel
Switch to Givebutter in minutes, and bring everything with you
Easily import your historical data to Givebutter when you switch—hassle-free and completely self-service. Keep building on your success immediately rather than starting from scratch or waiting for a data transfer.
Transactions
Contacts
Recurring donations
No limits, no costs
Don’t settle for less
Givebutter is the most-loved nonprofit fundraising platform
We’re proud to say that that we’re the most-reviewed and highest-rated nonprofit software company on G2, the largest independent software review site. Givebutter is ranked as the #1 software for fundraising, donor management, and auctions based on user satisfaction ratings.
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G2 Momentum Grid® Report for Fundraising | Winter 2024
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