Fundraise Up vs FundRazr Comparison 2026
Fundraise Up replaces an organisation's donation form with a checkout tuned to raise more per gift, for a flat 4 percent of what comes in with no subscription. FundRazr runs a campaign page for a specific cause, for nothing at all, then either takes only the processor's 2.9 percent plus 30 cents or asks donors to cover its platform fee outright, which the page says 85 to 95 percent do. The choice is shape as much as cost: Fundraise Up is an ongoing checkout embedded on your own site, FundRazr is a campaign page for a memorial, medical bill or community cause.
A donation checkout tuned to raise more
Crowdfunding that charges the donor, not you
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Fundraise Up | FundRazr | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | Free |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Usage-based | Usage-based |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Yes | Not stated |
Fundraise Up
A donation checkout tuned to raise more
Fundraise Up replaces a donation form with a checkout tuned to raise the amount given: suggested upgrades, a monthly nudge, wallets and a currency the donor recognises. It charges four percent of what comes in and sells no plans at all. The company's own figure is that most donors elect to cover that cost, which is the argument for a percentage over a subscription.
Our note
Four percent on top of processing is more than a plain Stripe form costs, and the case for it is that the checkout raises more than it takes. Ask for the figures on comparable organisations before assuming that holds for your audience.
FundRazr
Crowdfunding that charges the donor, not you
FundRazr runs a campaign page with no monthly cost, and pays for itself either by asking your donors for an optional tip or by asking them to cover the platform fee. Both choices are yours and you can switch mid-campaign. It leans toward memorials, medical costs and community causes rather than product launches.
Our note
Why people weigh these two
- FundRazr instead of Fundraise Up
- FundRazr moves the model to campaign crowdfunding and charges the donor rather than you.
- Fundraise Up instead of FundRazr
- Fundraise Up swaps the campaign page for a donation checkout tuned to raise more, also free to start.
Which one should you pick
Pick Fundraise Up if you run an ongoing donation page and want it engineered to raise more per gift: suggested upgrade amounts, a monthly giving nudge and wallets, all for a flat 4 percent with nothing held back for a paid tier. The company states most donors choose to cover that fee themselves, though the listing gives no figure for how often that holds.
Pick FundRazr if you are running a single campaign, a memorial, a medical bill, a community cause, rather than an ongoing donation page. There is no subscription at all, and under Fee Recovery the page reports the average campaign keeps 98.5 percent of what was raised because most donors agree to cover the fee. A product launch wanting pre-orders should look elsewhere; this is built for causes, not commerce.
Common questions
- Does Fundraise Up or FundRazr cost the organisation more?
- Fundraise Up is a flat 4 percent of donations plus processing, always. FundRazr is free beyond payment processing (2.9 percent plus 30 cents) under Optional Tips, or free beyond what donors decline to cover under Fee Recovery, where the page states the average campaign keeps 98.5 percent. Which is cheaper in practice depends on how many of your donors opt to cover the fee on each.
- Is FundRazr built for the same kind of donation page as Fundraise Up?
- Not quite. FundRazr runs single campaign pages for causes such as memorials, medical costs and community fundraising. Fundraise Up is built as an ongoing checkout for an organisation's own donation page, tuned with suggested amounts and a monthly giving nudge.
- Can donors be asked to cover the fee on both platforms?
- Yes on both. Fundraise Up offers the option at checkout and states most donors take it. FundRazr's Fee Recovery model does the same and states 85 to 95 percent of donors cover it, leaving the average campaign with 98.5 percent of what was raised.
- Does either charge a monthly subscription?
- No. Both are entirely fee-based with no plans to choose between: Fundraise Up at a flat 4 percent, FundRazr at whatever the chosen fee model produces. Neither prints a contract or a premium tier.
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