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Charity Navigator pricing
Charity Navigator publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the nonprofits tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Charity Navigator pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Charity Navigator plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Profile | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Charity Navigator stops being free
Free Profile, Free
- Nonprofit profile
- Ratings
- Financial data
No paid tier on record
Charity Navigator lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Charity Navigator feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Nonprofit ratings
- Financial analysis
- Donor reviews
- Impact metrics
- Fundraising data
Integrations
- GiveWell
- BBB Wise Giving Alliance
Platform
- Web support
- Mobile-responsive support
People bring Charity Navigator in for nonprofit evaluation and research, charitable giving decisions, donor due diligence. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Charity Navigator are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Nonprofits
Too few nonprofits tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charity Navigator (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| CommCare | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | - | vs Charity Navigator |
| Foundant Technologies | On request | quote | - | vs Charity Navigator |
| SmartSimple Cloud | On request | quote | - | vs Charity Navigator |
| CharityEngine | On request | quote | - | vs Charity Navigator |
| Sumac | On request | quote | - | vs Charity Navigator |
| Keela | On request | Per month by contact count | - | vs Charity Navigator |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Charity Navigator badges page.
Before you pay for Charity Navigator
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Charity Navigator runs on web, mobile-responsive, and is published by Charity Navigator of New York, USA. The full record is on the Charity Navigator review, and the rest of the category is under best nonprofits tools.
Charity Navigator pricing questions
- How much does Charity Navigator cost?
- Charity Navigator publishes a single tier, Free Profile, at Free.
- Does Charity Navigator have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free Profile tier costs nothing and covers nonprofit profile, ratings, financial data.
- Which nonprofits tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 nonprofits tools listed alongside Charity Navigator have a free tier: Give Lively, OpenGrants.
- What am I actually paying for with Charity Navigator?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for nonprofit evaluation and research, charitable giving decisions, donor due diligence.
- Does Charity Navigator charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Charity Navigator prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Charity Navigator against before paying?
- The closest nonprofits tools in this directory are CommCare, Foundant Technologies, SmartSimple Cloud, CharityEngine. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Charity Navigator covering price, platforms and features.