FreeFunder vs Fundiful

FreeFunder is a web service for creating personal crowdfunding campaigns for medical bills, funeral costs, personal projects and other personal causes. Campaign owners start with a short form describing the amount sought and the reason for fundraising. They can customize pages with color schemes, formatted text, pictures and tables, then share campaigns or embed them on another website. Team members can receive read-only or read-write access. Owners can post updates and email them to followers, and keyword-based text-to-donate supports offline events and promotions. FreeFunder says it charges no platform fee and relies on voluntary donations. Card donations through Stripe incur a 2.9% + $0.30 processing fee deducted from each donation. Venmo, PayPal and Cash App gifts can be recorded on the page and can avoid processing fees. Donations go to a separate Stripe account for the owner or beneficiary and then to a bank account. Campaigns cannot offer rewards or investment opportunities.

Fundiful provides branded online crowdfunding campaigns for organizations raising money for causes and projects. Each organization can have a dedicated site that displays its branding and only its own campaigns. Campaign pages can include a title, description, picture, fundraising target, video, special formatting, and a custom URL; organizations can edit, deactivate, or reactivate campaigns through platform forms. Donations can be processed by Fundiful or through an organization's own merchant account. When Fundiful processes card donations, the processor's fee, described as approximately 2%, is deducted from the donation, and Fundiful says it adds no transaction fee. Payouts reach the organization's bank account in daily or weekly batches, at its option. Organizations processing at least $10,000 in monthly donations can use their own merchant account through Stripe or Authorize.net. The responsive platform is designed for mobile devices, tablets, laptops, and desktops. Organizations can provide translations for selected content. Fundiful serves faith based organizations and businesses running charitable projects, but is not designed for personal fundraising. Its free plan has no startup costs or monthly fees; direct services such as setup or campaign management may incur charges.