JustGiving vs LFX Crowdfunding

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.

LFX Crowdfunding is a web service connecting open source projects with donors and sponsors for development, events, infrastructure, security audits, and other needs. Project owners can create initiatives for an open source project, a third-party security audit, an event, or a general-purpose fund. Each initiative has a dedicated page with progress tracking, public donation and expense information, sponsor tiers, and a shareable link. Owners can define custom benefits for Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum tiers. Supporters can make one-time or recurring monthly donations and cancel recurring gifts at any time. Stripe processes donations, and the service says it never stores full card details. Donors need an LF ID account and must sign in before payment. The Linux Foundation operates LFX Crowdfunding as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit and says funds are disbursed within five business days. The service costs nothing, with 0% platform fees; the Linux Foundation underwrites platform and payment processing fees until $10M in funding. Contributions are not deductible as U.S. federal charitable donations.