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Alternatives to Fundraise Up
22 nonprofits tools sit alongside Fundraise Up in this directory. Below is what separates each from Fundraise Up on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Fundraise Up starts at
- On request
Why people look past Fundraise Up
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Fundraise Up entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Fundraise Up carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 6 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Fundraise Up publishes a single plan, Fundraise Up at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Platform for modern nonprofit fundraising
- Publishes an entry price of $300/month, where Fundraise Up does not.
Online fundraising platform for nonprofits
- Can be used without paying; Fundraise Up cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $150/month, where Fundraise Up does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Percentage of each donation.
- 2 tiers to Fundraise Up's 1.
Free nonprofit fundraising with donor management and campaign tools
- Can be used without paying; Fundraise Up cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Fundraise Up does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Percentage of each donation.
- 2 tiers to Fundraise Up's 1.
Fundraising software given free to nonprofits, funded by its founders rather than by fees
- Can be used without paying; Fundraise Up cannot.
- Sold on a Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor model rather than Percentage of each donation.
Low-cost grant search across federal, state and private funders, with a paid consultant marketplace alongside
- Can be used without paying; Fundraise Up cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $9/month, where Fundraise Up does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Percentage of each donation.
- 2 tiers to Fundraise Up's 1.
Open-source association management system for nonprofits
- Can be used without paying; Fundraise Up cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, with paid hosting available model rather than Percentage of each donation.
- 2 tiers to Fundraise Up's 1.
Every Fundraise Up alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraise Up (this page) | On request | Percentage of each donation | 1 | |
| ClassyBetter when you want campaign pages, peer to peer and events in one platform rather than a checkout layer | $300/month | - | - | vs Fundraise Up |
| DonorboxCheaper and simpler for small organisations that do not need conversion tooling at this depth | Free, then $150/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Fundraise Up |
| GivebutterFree to the organisation with a tip based model, if you can accept the tip prompt in the donor flow | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Give Lively | Free | Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor | 1 | vs Fundraise Up |
| OpenGrants | Free, then $9/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Tendenci | Free | Open source, with paid hosting available | 2 | vs Fundraise Up |
| CiviCRM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Fundraise Up |
| CommCare | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | 4 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Foundant Technologies | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Fundraise Up |
| CharityEngine | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Instrumentl | $299/month | Per organisation per month by seat band | 4 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Fluxx | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Sumac | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Bonterra | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Blackbaud Grantmaking | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fundraise Up |
| SmartSimple Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Submittable | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fundraise Up |
| GrantStation | $199/year | Per organisation per year | 2 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Keela | On request | Per month by contact count | 1 | vs Fundraise Up |
| MemberClicks | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Candid | $219/month | Per user per month by tier | 3 | vs Fundraise Up |
| Glue Up | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Fundraise Up |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Fundraise Up badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (6)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Donorbox , Free, then $150/month
- Givebutter , Free
- Give Lively , Free
- OpenGrants , Free, then $9/month
- Tendenci , Free
- CiviCRM , Free
What you would be giving up
Fundraise Up is most often brought in for a charity with a working crm and website that wants to raise online conversion without replatforming, an international organisation needing donors to give in local currency and language, a campaign pushing one time givers into monthly recurring support at the point of donation, a digital team that can measure conversion before and after and justify a percentage fee with data. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Fundraise Up is broadly right and the question is cost, the Fundraise Up pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Nonprofits category lists everything the directory holds, and best nonprofits tools ranks them.
Fundraise Up runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Fundraise Up alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Fundraise Up?
- 22 other nonprofits tools are listed in this directory, led by Classy, Donorbox, Givebutter, Give Lively. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Fundraise Up?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Donorbox, Givebutter, Give Lively, OpenGrants, Tendenci.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Fundraise Up?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Fundraise Up?
- Fundraise Up is most often brought in for a charity with a working crm and website that wants to raise online conversion without replatforming, an international organisation needing donors to give in local currency and language, a campaign pushing one time givers into monthly recurring support at the point of donation, a digital team that can measure conversion before and after and justify a percentage fee with data. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Fundraise Up?
- None of the nonprofits tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Fundraise Up alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Nonprofits, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Fundraise Up against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Fundraise Up covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every nonprofits tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Nonprofits category, 22 tools beside Fundraise Up. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.