Making the work
Growing an audience
Running the business
Both cover crowdfunding. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Nonprofit fundraising with no monthly bill
Pledge manager for a funded campaign
Mightycause | PledgeBox | |
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| 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 | Not stated | 3% of what you earn |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Crowdfunding, Tips & Donations | Crowdfunding |
| 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.
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.
Only on this side
Pledge manager for a funded campaign
PledgeBox handles what happens after a campaign funds: surveying backers for addresses and choices, selling add-ons, and producing the shipping list. It costs nothing unless the survey earns something, because the fee is a percentage of add-on sales rather than a subscription. Campaigns with no upsell pay nothing at all.
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| Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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Our note
Free until there are add-ons to sell is the right shape for a first campaign, because the cost only arrives with the revenue. The 3 percent applies to add-on sales and not to what the campaign already raised, which is the distinction that makes it cheap.