Goteo vs ImpactGuru

Goteo is a crowdfunding platform for projects with social, cultural, educational, or environmental impact. Individuals and organizations can seek funding or practical collaboration for work made, produced, or distributed under free and open terms. Projects must use free or open licenses and contribute to shared knowledge or the commons. A standard campaign has two 40-day rounds, with an all-or-nothing minimum goal in the first. Campaigns describe collective returns alongside individual rewards. Contributors may offer skills, materials, infrastructure, or help with tasks instead of money. Goteo and a community of experts review registered projects and may advise on promotion, licensing, and collective returns. Backers can pay by card, PayPal when enabled by the promoter, or Goteo Virtual Purse. Its API is currently read-only, supports GET, OPTIONS, and HEAD, and offers Basic and OAuth authentication with documented rate limits. The free campaign plan is free when the minimum goal is not reached; successful projects retain 10% of funds raised.

ImpactGuru is an online technology platform that connects donors with people or organizations seeking funds. It supports medical, personal, social, creative and charitable campaigns. A fundraiser can be prepared by adding details, images, a story and supporting documents. The Campaigner app offers a personalized dashboard, donation updates, chat support, document uploads and withdrawals on Android and iOS; the platform also runs on the web. ImpactGuru says there is no set fundraising ceiling and reports campaigns reaching Rs. 14 crores. Contributions are treated as donations or gifts, not amounts that must be repaid to donors. Campaigns must first pass the platform’s approval criteria. Due diligence includes identity checks, hospital or NGO and beneficiary-account verification, document review and content moderation. The company also describes algorithmic fraud monitoring and review by an in-house trust team. It says support agents respond within 24 hours. A free plan is available, while payments carry a 3% processing and donor support fee; international card and cross-border fees may also apply. Recurring donations and card and wallet payments are supported.