Feature Matrix · Updated Q1 2026
We obsessed over the night-of-event workflow, priced it transparently at 2% that YOU pay (not your donors — unlike Zeffy’s “free” ~17% tip prompt, and less than Givebutter’s 3% flat or up-to-20% tip), and added a moat nobody else has: an AI donor-intelligence CRM with capacity scoring and moves management, automated year-end tax statements, campaign copy, smart pricing, direct-mail postcards, and a 3-touch donor re-engagement workflow.
Built for 2026, priced at 2%. A modern React + Python platform with real-time auctions and an installable app — not a legacy WordPress/PHP plugin.
The honest summary
Bottom line
Beautiful donation pages, but their pricing is either a donor-tip nag screen or a 3% flat fee — and our flat 2% beats both.
Where Givebutter wins
Where Givebutter falls short
More head-to-heads
Full side-by-side pages for every platform we're compared against.
The full matrix
Green = included · Amber = partial / add-on · Red = not offered. Verified against each vendor’s public site as of Q1 2026.
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| Feature | CharityFundraiser Flat 2% — no tips, no surprises | Givebutter Up to 3% flat or 20% tip |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & platform fees | ||
| Platform fee on donations | Flat 2% | Up to 3% |
| Predictable, transparent pricing | ||
| No guilt-tip prompt forced on your donors | ||
| Cover-the-fee toggle for donors | ||
| Live Stripe Connect direct settlement | ||
| Crypto, ACH, Apple/Google Pay | ||
| Auctions & event night | ||
| Mobile bidding silent auction | ||
| Live auction with big-screen scoreboard | ||
| Wireless-mic audio capture w/ timestamped paddle bookmarks (settle bid disputes in one click) | ||
| Bid sheets (print + scan back) | ||
| QR badge label print (Avery 5163) | ||
| Anti-snipe auto-extend | ||
| Fund-a-Need paddle raise w/ pacing | ||
| Parallel paddle-raise capture (one volunteer per increment, no merge conflicts) | ||
| Volunteer POS / mobile checkout | ||
| Kiosk + sponsor signage | ||
| Per-table live guest↔staff chat (scan QR to message staff / quick requests) | ||
| Custom registration form (per-guest meal choice, dietary, names) | ||
| Min / max ticket quantity per order | ||
| Auction Package Partners — risk-free consignment travel/experiences | ||
| Volunteers & event staff | ||
| Volunteer accounts with email or 4-digit PIN | ||
| Granular permissions (POS / door / scanner) | ||
| PIN-only kiosk login for shared tablets | ||
| Auto-expire on event day | ||
| Audit trail stamped on every scan & sale | ||
| Volunteer efficiency report (per-person scans, sales, $) | ||
| Public recruitment sign-up pages + hours | ||
| Giving & campaigns | ||
| Donation pages / forms | ||
| Peer-to-peer fundraising | ||
| Recurring giving | ||
| Text-to-Give shortcode SMS | ||
| Embeddable donation widget | ||
| Custom domain per organization | ||
| Bilingual / Spanish-first donation experience | ||
| CRM, donor & data | ||
| Built-in donor CRM | ||
| Pledges, segments, tiers | ||
| Bulk CSV/XLSX import (contacts, items) | ||
| Matching gifts lookup | ||
| QuickBooks Online auto-sync | ||
| Universal CSV import (QuickBooks Nonprofit, Sage Intacct, Blackbaud Financial Edge, Xero) | ||
| Enterprise CRM & donor intelligence | ||
| AI prospect research / wealth & affinity screening | ||
| Donor capacity & affinity scoring | ||
| AI cultivation brief per donor | ||
| Event guest-list screening (one pass) | ||
| Moves management (cultivation stages) | ||
| Gift-officer portfolios + 'My Portfolio' dashboard | ||
| Task / follow-up board with due dates | ||
| Householding & soft-credits | ||
| Offline / legacy gift logging (check, wire, stock, DAF) | ||
| Bulk portfolio reassignment | ||
| Tax receipts & IRS compliance | ||
| Automated tax receipts (every gift) | ||
| Printed OR emailed receipt — attendee's choice at checkout | ||
| On-the-spot itemized tax invoice w/ IRS Pub 1771 FMV split | ||
| IRS quid-pro-quo / fair-market-value split on tickets & auction wins | ||
| Automated year-end consolidated tax statements (w/ soft-credits) | ||
| Auto-emailed January tax-statement campaign | ||
| Auctioneer network (we're the only one) | ||
| Free public directory of 23,500+ auctioneers nationwide | ||
| Search by state, city, specialty | ||
| Direct-to-auctioneer match suggestions on event create | ||
| Side-by-side auctioneer comparison (fees, reviews, experience) | ||
| In-platform booking inquiries (threaded responses) | ||
| AI & growth (the moat) | ||
| AI campaign copy generator | ||
| AI smart-pricing for auction items | ||
| AI thank-you note generator | ||
| AI segment-suggest from donor history | ||
| AI Coordinator Playbook + auto Run of Show | ||
| Multi-event year-over-year trends + auto-prefill next plan | ||
| Renewal Calendar — 3-touch anniversary cadence per donor | ||
| AI auctioneer talking points per lot | ||
| 3-touch donor re-engagement workflow | ||
| Native direct-mail postcards | ||
| Social Amplifier — AI-written posts supporters share (organic reach, no ad spend) | ||
| Personalized video thank-yous with view-tracking funnel | ||
| Event-night theatre (only us) | ||
| Multi-package live-auction bulk sell (3 buyers, one click) | ||
| Hidden inventory (count never revealed to bidders) | ||
| Match Challenge banner across program, giving page, big-screen | ||
| Match milestone confetti ($10K / $25K / $50K / $100K) | ||
| Goal-hit confetti (×1 GOAL HIT · ×2 DOUBLED · ×3 TRIPLED) | ||
| Tiered big-donor shoutouts ($5K+ = full-stage Trophy banner) | ||
| Walk-up arrivals (only us) | ||
| QR-poster self-register for walk-ups | ||
| Volunteer-side manual walk-in registration | ||
| Auto paddle + table seat assigned at check-in | ||
| At-door Stripe payment for ticketed walk-ups | ||
| Branded phone app (PWA) — only us | ||
| Installable web app (PWA), no App Store | ||
| White-labeled install — YOUR name & logo on the home screen | ||
| Per-event app that opens to that event | ||
| Per-org microsite app | ||
| Scan-to-install QR poster for programs/signage | ||
| Works offline at the venue | ||
| Free website included | ||
| Free auto-generated Public Profile (hero, mission, board, events, donate) | ||
| Lives at /site/{your-slug} — zero CMS to manage | ||
| Full custom CMS website + SEO + LLM + geo via sister team | ||
| Steep nonprofit discounts on additional sister-team services | ||
| Communications & inbox | ||
| Email campaigns + templates | ||
| Two-way SMS inbox | ||
| Unified inbox (SMS + Callback + Web) | ||
| Shared inbox across sibling sites | ||
| Contact-us / callback widgets | ||
| Reports & finance | ||
| Real-time event reports | ||
| Reconciliation + payout reports | ||
| Tax-time exports | ||
| Multi-event roll-up | ||
| Public transparency page | ||
CharityFundraiser: flat 2% on successful gifts. No setup, no monthly, no contract — and we never guilt-trip your donors with a tip prompt.
Zeffy: charges the nonprofit $0, but funds itself by showing every one of your donors a pre-selected “tip to Zeffy” at checkout (often ~17%). By Zeffy’s own figure only 2 of 3 donors leave one. Our flat 2% is paid by you, so your donors never see a tip prompt.
Givebutter: default prompts donors to "tip the platform" up to 20% on top of every gift. Orgs that turn the tip prompt off pay a flat 3%.
OneCause: annual enterprise contract, publicly reported in the $5K–$25K+ range depending on org size and modules.
BiddingForGood (FrontStream): ~4% per-auction transaction fee plus a setup/event fee.
DonorPerfect: SaaS subscription starting around $99/mo plus payment processor fees. Not a transactional fundraising platform — no native auctions or P2P.
WildApricot (Personify): membership-management SaaS billed by contact count (roughly $60–$900+/mo). Great for dues and a simple member website, but not an auction or event-night platform.
GoFundMe Pro (formerly Classy): annual subscription plus ~2.9% processing. Strong crowdfunding / P2P, but no native auctions, scoreboard, or live event-night tools.
All payment processors (Stripe, PayPal, etc.) charge their own ~2.9% + $0.30 transaction fee on top — that's industry-standard and not unique to any platform.
Switching is painless
Worried about losing your monthly donors when you switch? Don't be. Upload one CSV and we bring your existing recurring gifts across so they keep processing without a break. Cards already on Stripe move over silently with zero donor action; donors coming from another processor simply re-confirm their card once via a secure, branded link. And once they're here, Stripe's Auto Card Updater refreshes expiring cards automatically — so your recurring revenue stops leaking.
Start your switchStart free, import your donor list in 2 minutes, and run your next event on the only platform that ships AI growth tools out of the box.