Kickstarter vs Mightycause Comparison 2026
Both cover crowdfunding. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
All or nothing funding with a real audience
Nonprofit fundraising with no monthly bill
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Kickstarter | Mightycause | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | Free |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Usage-based | Usage-based |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | 5% of what you earn | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Crowdfunding, Monetization & Payments | Crowdfunding, Tips & Donations |
| Works with | Nothing in particular |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Kickstarter
All or nothing funding with a real audience
Kickstarter is still where a project with no list of its own has the best chance of finding backers, because people browse it the way they browse a shop. All or nothing is the rule: miss the goal and nobody is charged, which protects a creator from half-funding something they cannot deliver. Nothing about the platform helps after the campaign ends.
Only on this side
- Covers monetization & payments
Mightycause
Nonprofit fundraising with no monthly bill
Mightycause gives a nonprofit donation pages, peer-to-peer fundraising and event tools without a subscription, and it operates as a donor advised fund, which is what lets it handle receipting and the 501(c)(3) paperwork on the organisation's behalf. The company states an overall ceiling on what a donation costs rather than splitting platform and processing. There are no donor tip prompts. Anybody outside the United States is in the wrong place.
Our note
Work out your annual donation total and multiply, because a percentage-only model beats a subscription at low volume and loses at high volume, and this one is priced to win the first case. The donor advised fund arrangement is worth understanding before switching, since it changes who is technically receiving the gift.
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