FreeFunder vs JustGiving

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.

JustGiving helps people raise money for charities and causes they care about. Supporters can create personalised fundraising pages, shape their stories and share pages using built-in tools. Charities can build branded campaign hubs that bring donations and connected fundraising pages together for events, appeals or projects. Giving Checkout provides customisable direct-donation forms with 0% processing and platform fees on direct donations; UK Gift Aid processing carries a 5% fee. Other donations have a stated processing fee of 1.9% + £0.30, or 2.90% + £0.30 for donations in another currency, except fee-free Giving Checkout donations. Reporting supports up to eight saved report templates, selected-data exports and donor opt-in collection. Listed integrations include Strava, Eventbrite, ACTIVE Works, Blackbaud products, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Salesforce-related options. Start has no monthly subscription fee, though standard processing fees and a 5% Gift Aid reclaim fee apply. Grow is listed at £15 a month under stated VAT and annual fundraising thresholds. Eligible registered charities and nonprofits can join from the UK, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.