Ketto vs LFX Crowdfunding

Ketto is an online intermediary for crowdfunding medical, social, and charitable causes, connecting campaigners with contributors. It lists fundraising options for individuals, NGOs, corporates, and education causes, and supports recurring donations. Campaign features depend on the plan: Bronze includes automated story creation, while Silver and Gold provide personalised stories. Gold also lists campaign visibility from Ketto. Plus & Amplify adds promotions and advertising, social media marketing, a crowdfunding coach, and a whitelabel microsite. Videographers can help campaigners with fundraiser videos from ideation and scripting through production and post-production. The service is available on Android, iOS, and web. Ketto lists a 3% fee for local and foreign payment gateways, with 18% GST charged on the success fee and gateway fee. Campaigners must submit required documents and complete identity verification before withdrawing funds. After a withdrawal request, INR payouts can take 1–2 working days and USD payouts 5–7 working days. Ketto is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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.