Funraise vs Little Green Light (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Funraise if

• Fits if you are a nonprofit raising under $1 million a year and want to start at no monthly fee
• Works for teams that mostly need donation forms and recurring gifts

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you add it up: a 5% platform fee plus 2.9% and 60 cents on every gift
• Not for you if you raise over $1 million a year, as the free plan stops there
• Tight if you want peer-to-peer, SMS, email, the API or integrations, which are all premium
• Watch out: premium prices are not published

Pick Little Green Light if

• Fits if you run a small nonprofit and want every feature at one price per record count
• Works for teams of any size, since users are unlimited

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if your organization is in the EU, UK or Switzerland, as the vendor does not sell there
• Pricey if your list is large: $135 a month at 50,000 records and $15 more per extra 10,000
• Watch out: online gifts also pay processor fees of 2.2% plus $0.30 and up
• Skip it if you want phone apps, as none are listed

Funraise

• The free plan is paid for through fees: the pricing page shows a 5% platform fee plus card processing of 2.9% + 60¢, and says about 90% of donors cover fees.
• Premium plan prices are not published; the vendor builds a custom quote.
• Peer-to-peer fundraising, wealth screening, SMS, auctions, email campaigns, the API and all integrations are premium features.
• The free plan is limited to organizations raising under $1 million annually.

Little Green Light

• The vendor says it does not offer Little Green Light to organizations in the EU, UK or Switzerland.
• Online donations carry processor fees of 2.2% plus $0.30 per transaction and up, paid to the processor.
• Cost rises with record count: $135 a month at 50,000 constituents and $15 more per further 10,000.
• Platform is web only; the pages list no desktop or mobile apps.

Funraise

Donation forms and pages

Builds donation forms, donation pages and fundraising websites, with recurring giving and donor fee coverage.

Donor management

Keeps donor records, donation history, households, pledges and recurring subscriptions, and creates automated follow-up tasks.

Events and ticketing

Sells event tickets and runs auctions on the same platform as donations.

Peer-to-peer fundraising

Lets supporters raise money through their own pages. This is a premium-plan feature.

Messaging

Email campaigns and SMS or text-to-give are listed on the premium plans.

Reports and dashboards

Reports and fundraising dashboards over donations and donors, with wealth screening on premium plans.

Little Green Light

Constituent and gift records

Keeps donors, volunteers and members in one database with every gift, tags, documents and a log of mailings, emails, meetings and tasks.

Acknowledgments and receipts

Produces thank-you letters and receipts by mail or email from inside the system, plus mail-merge letters, labels and envelopes.

Email and appeals

Builds, schedules and sends emails for acknowledgments, appeals and event invitations, with segmented lists for solicitations.

LGL Forms for online donations

Donation forms that sync gifts into constituent records; payments are processed through Stripe or PayPal.

Reports and major gifts

Built-in and custom reports, scheduled reports, a dashboard of fundraising totals, and task series for managing major gift prospects.

Funraise

• Free$0

  per month, plus fees on each donation

  For orgs raising under $1 million a year. Shows a 5% platform fee plus 2.9% + 60¢ card processing (Stripe).

• Premium PlansCustom

  Adds peer-to-peer, wealth screening, SMS, auctions, email, the API and a success manager. Quoted by sales; fee shown 0-3%.

Little Green Light

• Up to 2,500 constituents$45

  per month for up to 2,500 constituents, billed monthly

  Every feature and unlimited users on every tier; the price follows the record count.

• Up to 5,000 constituents$60

  per month for up to 5,000 constituents, billed monthly

  Same features. The price rises with the record count: $75 at 10,000 and $90 at 20,000.

• Up to 50,000 constituents$135

  per month for up to 50,000 constituents, billed monthly

  Above 50,000 records it adds $15 a month per 10,000; accounts top out at 200,000 records.

Funraise

No public discounts listed.

Little Green Light

• Annual discount

  10% off for prepaying 12 months

  Prepaying 12 months takes 10% off the monthly price; 6 months gets 5% and 3 months gets 2.5%.