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Why Donatefy
How to choose the best fundraising software: the patchwork vs. the platform.
Most giving stacks grew one vendor at a time. Here is what changes when the whole program runs on one system, and the tests to hold any fundraising software to before you choose.
Why organizations switch
The three reasons we hear most often come first: pooled funds, separate systems, and rented kiosks.
| What you live with | Before | With Donatefy |
|---|---|---|
| Where donations go | Settle directly into your organization's own Stripe account, on your payout schedule | |
| Online + in-person | One platform, one login: giving site, kiosks, handhelds, Mobile App, forms, QR codes | |
| Kiosk hardware | You own your kiosks and readers, with remote support and device visibility included | |
| The ledger | One ledger with channel, device, campaign, and fee detail on every gift, cash and checks included, so month-end is a review, not a reconciliation project | |
| Donor records | One record per donor: totals, history, recurring plans, every channel | |
| Recurring in person | A walk-up donor starts a monthly plan at the kiosk with one card tap | |
| Fees | Visible line items in your own account; donors can opt to cover them | |
| Accounting | Donations post pre-coded per campaign to account, class, and fund mappings | |
| Receipts | Automatic branded receipts everywhere, plus donor self-service and year-end summaries | |
| Leaving | Your Stripe account, donor relationships, and plans remain yours |
Category-level comparison based on common vendor models in nonprofit giving. For a comparison against your current stack, bring your vendor list to a demo.
What to look for in fundraising software
Start with where your donors actually give, then hold every option to the same eight tests.
One platform for every channel
The same campaign runs on your giving site, campaign pages, QR codes, kiosks, handhelds, and phones without re-entry.
One ledger, one donor record
Every gift, cash and checks included, lands in one place, tagged with its channel, device, and campaign.
Automatic, tax-ready receipts
Every channel sends a branded receipt with your EIN and tax language, plus year-end summaries.
Money that settles to you
Donations settle into an account your organization controls, not a vendor account that remits later.
Published pricing, visible fees
You know the plan price and platform fee before a sales call, and you see every fee as a line item.
Hardware you own
If you collect in person, a kiosk you buy outright cannot leave with a contract.
Recurring giving everywhere
Donors can start a monthly gift online or at a kiosk, then manage it themselves.
Sync without re-keying
Gifts reach your accounting and donor systems with the coding you set once.
Questions to ask any fundraising software vendor
Take these to every sales call, ours included. The answers sort a platform from a patchwork quickly.
Buying kiosks or handhelds too? Read how to choose a donation kiosk.
Money and ownership
- Where do donations settle, and on whose payout schedule?
- Is the platform fee the same on every channel, and is it published?
- Do we own the kiosk hardware, or rent it for as long as we use it?
- If your company shut down, what would we still own?
Donors and records
- Do online and in-person gifts share one ledger and one donor record?
- Can a donor start a recurring gift at a kiosk and manage it without calling us?
- Do receipts carry our name, EIN, and tax language on every channel?
- Which accounting and donor systems do you sync with, and can we see sync status for each gift?
Three moments that start a switch
The kiosk vendor disappeared
Hardware you own and funds that never touch us mean no vendor's fate can strand your giving program again.
Kiosk software, rented forever
Owned hardware plus flat platform pricing replaces the rental treadmill with a capital line your budget understands.
The price floor moved
Predictable pricing that does not scale against your generosity, published before you ever talk to us, visible after.
Organizations collecting with Donatefy
When Donatefy fits, and when to start smaller
Built for organizations that raise money in more than one place. Collecting online only? Start free and add in-person giving later.
Online and in person
$49 or $149/mo
Starter or Growth
1 device on Starter, up to 5 on Growth
Multi-site
Custom pricing
Enterprise
Built for chapters and dioceses
Switching is a project. We treat it like ours.
Campaign setup, receipt branding, integration mapping, and device rollout, walked through with the Donatefy team so your donors never notice the seam.
Fundraising software comparison questions
Why no named competitor tables?
Because those change monthly and age badly. Bring your current vendor list to a demo and we will compare against the stack you actually run, feature by feature.
What is genuinely different, in one sentence?
Online and in-person giving on one ledger, with money that settles to your own account and hardware you own.
Can we run Donatefy alongside our current tools first?
Yes. Many organizations start with one channel, a kiosk or a campaign, and migrate the rest when the ledger proves itself.