Is Kindest cheaper than Anedot?

Only in a first year, and only on the first $50,000 raised, which Kindest waives entirely. Past that, its rate is 5 percent on the free plan or 3.75 percent on the $1,800-a-year paid plan, both higher than Anedot's charity rate of 3.3 percent plus 30 cents, which never carries an annual fee at all.

Does Anedot work for a nonprofit that is not a registered charity yet?

Yes. Anedot publishes two rates: 3.3 percent plus 30 cents for a 501(c)(3), and 4.0 percent plus 30 cents for everyone else, so an organisation mid-registration is not shut out. Kindest is built around a registered charity throughout, with no equivalent rate for anyone else.

What does Kindest's $1,800 paid plan actually add?

A lower platform fee, down to 3.75 percent from the free plan's 5 percent, plus text campaigns, an hour of scheduled support a month and a private support channel. No monthly price is published, only the $1,800 annual figure.

Who is the first $50,000 waiver actually for?

A nonprofit starting from nothing in its first year, which is exactly who Kindest names as the target buyer. Beyond that opening $50,000, or in a second year, Anedot's flat 3.3 percent charity rate is cheaper than either of Kindest's tiers.

Anedot vs Kindest Comparison 2026

Anedot charges no monthly fee at all: 3.3 percent plus 30 cents for a registered charity, 4.0 percent for anyone else, forever. Kindest is free with a 5 percent platform fee, waived entirely on the first $50,000 raised in a first year, or $1,800 a year for a paid tier that drops the fee to 3.75 percent. Anedot serves charities and individual campaigns alike. Kindest is built only for a registered nonprofit, down to forms that default to asking the donor to cover the fee.

Anedot

Donation pages with no monthly fee at all

Kindest

Donation pages that start without a subscription

At a glance

Both have a genuinely free tier.

Side by side

	Anedot	Kindest
Starting price	Free	Not listed
Pricing model (they differ)	Free	Free plan, paid tiers
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Billing	Usage-based	Not stated
Free trial	Not stated	Not stated
API	Not stated	Not stated
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Anedot

Donation pages with no monthly fee at all

Anedot charges nothing to run donation pages, event pages and lead forms, and takes its cut from the processing rate instead, which makes it one of the few options where a quiet month costs nothing. Team members, pages and transactions are all uncapped. Registered charities pay a lower rate than everybody else, and both rates are published rather than quoted. Nothing here is a donor database, so an organisation wanting segmentation and reporting will end up paying for that separately.

Our note

Push donors towards ACH if your average gift is large, because 0.3 percent against 3.3 percent is the biggest saving available here and most platforms do not offer the choice. Compare the standard 4.0 percent rate carefully if you are not a registered charity, since that is above what several subscription platforms charge once their monthly fee is spread over real volume.

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Kindest

Donation pages that start without a subscription

Kindest gives a nonprofit donation forms, recurring giving and donor records on a free plan that takes a percentage instead of a monthly fee, and waives even that on the first fifty thousand dollars of a first year. The paid tier lowers the percentage and adds text campaigns and scheduled time with a person. Forms default to asking the donor to cover fees. Everything here assumes a registered charity rather than an individual.

Why people weigh these two

Kindest instead of Anedot: Kindest also starts donation pages without a subscription, keeping a quiet month free the way Anedot does.
Anedot instead of Kindest: Anedot never charges a monthly fee, where Kindest's paid tier trades a subscription for a lower percentage once a charity is raising steadily.

Which one should you pick

Choose Anedot for a registered charity that expects to raise past its first $50,000. Its 3.3 percent plus 30 cents beats both of Kindest's tiers on rate alone. Even Kindest's discounted paid rate of 3.75 percent sits above Anedot's charity rate, and that is before Kindest's $1,800 annual fee and separate 2.9 percent card processing are counted.

Choose Kindest only for the reason it actually gives one: a small United States nonprofit starting from zero, where the platform fee is waived entirely on the first $50,000 raised in year one. That waiver is worth more than Anedot's low rate for a brand-new organisation with nothing banked yet. Once that opening $50,000 is spent, or a second year begins, Anedot's 3.3 percent is the cheaper rate at any volume.

Common questions

Is Kindest cheaper than Anedot?: Only in a first year, and only on the first $50,000 raised, which Kindest waives entirely. Past that, its rate is 5 percent on the free plan or 3.75 percent on the $1,800-a-year paid plan, both higher than Anedot's charity rate of 3.3 percent plus 30 cents, which never carries an annual fee at all.
Does Anedot work for a nonprofit that is not a registered charity yet?: Yes. Anedot publishes two rates: 3.3 percent plus 30 cents for a 501(c)(3), and 4.0 percent plus 30 cents for everyone else, so an organisation mid-registration is not shut out. Kindest is built around a registered charity throughout, with no equivalent rate for anyone else.
What does Kindest's $1,800 paid plan actually add?: A lower platform fee, down to 3.75 percent from the free plan's 5 percent, plus text campaigns, an hour of scheduled support a month and a private support channel. No monthly price is published, only the $1,800 annual figure.
Who is the first $50,000 waiver actually for?: A nonprofit starting from nothing in its first year, which is exactly who Kindest names as the target buyer. Beyond that opening $50,000, or in a second year, Anedot's flat 3.3 percent charity rate is cheaper than either of Kindest's tiers.

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