Better Giving vs Zeffy

Better Giving is a fundraising and financial platform for nonprofits built around an embeddable donation form. The form accepts card and bank or ACH gifts, PayPal and Venmo, Apple Pay and Google Pay, stock, donor-advised funds, IRA or QCD gifts, and cryptocurrency. Fundraising tools include recurring donations, peer-to-peer campaigns, dedication gifts, program-specific giving, goal progress bars, automated receipts, and reporting. Organizations can export donor-level records and giving history through CSV or API at no charge. The platform and donation form are public code and can be self-hosted with an organization’s own payment gateway. The free Fundraising & fund management plan is free, with all features included and donor contributions optional. Self-hosted software is free, but organizations pay gateway processing costs and manage receipts, compliance, and operations. Fiscal sponsorship costs $2.90 gift. Better Giving says donations are handled by Stripe; its security policy describes TLS 1.2+ in transit and AES-256 at rest, and says raw card data is not stored or processed by Better Giving.

Zeffy is a fundraising and donor-management platform for nonprofits, available on Android, iOS, and the web. It brings donation forms and recurring gifts together with event ticketing, peer-to-peer campaigns, memberships, auctions, raffles, eCommerce, donor management, and in-person payments. Nonprofits pay no platform, transaction, or credit-card fees; optional donor tips fund the service. Ticketing includes multiple ticket types, capacity limits, attendee questions, QR-code check-in, free registration, and pay-what-you-can tickets. The mobile app accepts cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay on iPhone and Android without a physical reader. Zeffy connects to more than 1,000 tools through native integrations, Zapier, viaSocket, QuickBooks, a public API, and webhooks. Stripe manages payments, and Zeffy says it does not store or process card information. Access is limited to eligible nonprofits and registered charities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, or Germany that have an organization bank account; personal fundraising is not supported. The Free plan is free.