Donately vs Txt2Give

Donately is an online fundraising platform for accepting donations and managing donor activity. It provides branded donation pages with custom messaging, branding, drag-and-drop editing, mobile optimization, and recurring giving. Campaign pages can include rich media, live fundraising thermometers, peer-to-peer and team fundraising, custom branding, and social sharing. Donation forms and widgets embed on websites, landing pages, or blogs without redirects or coding. Donor tools include profiles, donation tracking, segmentation, automated receipts, reporting, exports, and retention insights. Native integrations include HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Slack, and Constant Contact, while Zapier connects to thousands of tools. An API supports sending or updating donation information in external systems. Payments can use Stripe or PayPal, Google and Apple wallets, multiple currencies, and one-time or recurring gifts. Donately lists PCI compliance, HTTPS on forms, fraud-prevention tools, and GDPR and CCPA support. It runs on the web and through an API. A free plan is available; paid plans start at $99/mo.

Txt2Give lets churches and nonprofits accept donations by text. A donor sends a keyword and amount from a phone’s messaging app; no separate app download or account is required. The platform processes the payment and sends receipts by email. Donors can set gifts to recur weekly, every two weeks, monthly, or on the 1st and 15th. Plans include unlimited causes and keywords, a branded giving page, a real-time dashboard, and reporting. The service lists English, French, and Spanish support, with Android, iOS, and web access. Named integrations are Planning Center, FellowshipOne, and Community Church Builder; other connections can be made through export. Txt2Give says Stripe handles payments and tokenizes card data rather than storing it on its own servers. The Donor-Supported Plan is free; the Flat Rate Plan costs $25 /month + 1%. Both also incur Stripe processing fees of 2.3% + $0.30/transaction. Push messaging is a separately priced add-on requiring regulatory approval.