# Funraise review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Online fundraising and donor management for nonprofits Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Funraise combines online donation forms and pages with a donor CRM for nonprofits. It handles recurring gifts, events and ticketing, peer-to-peer campaigns and donor tasks. A free plan covers organizations raising under $1 million a year, and premium plans are quoted by sales. - **Category:** CRM Software - **Made by:** Funraise - **Website:** https://www.funraise.org - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you add it up: a 5% platform fee plus 2.9% and 60 cents on every gift. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Funraise has a free plan. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free plan for organizations raising under $1 million a year: donation forms and pages, recurring donations, events and tickets, donor and donation management, and automated tasks. Funded by a 5% platform fee plus card processing. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 Plans | Custom | Adds peer-to-peer, wealth screening, SMS, auctions, email, the API and a success manager. Quoted by sales; fee shown 0-3%. | Read from https://www.funraise.org/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Funraise before buying. ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Small nonprofits raising under $1 million a year that want to start for $0 a month - Organizations that want donation pages and a donor database in one tool - Groups that run recurring giving, events or peer-to-peer campaigns ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Funraise is a free fundraising platform for nonprofits raising under $1 million a year, with donation forms, recurring gifts, events and donor records. The free plan is paid for through a 5% platform fee plus card processing, and peer-to-peer, SMS, the API and all integrations are premium. - **Value for money: C.** The free plan is paid for by a 5% platform fee plus 2.9% and 60 cents a gift. Premium plans have no published price, so it cannot be compared with the category's $29 middle. - **Free plan and trial: B.** A free plan with forms, pages, recurring gifts, events, donor records and automated tasks, for orgs raising under $1 million. The cost shows up as fees on each gift. - **Features: C.** Forms, donor management, events, peer-to-peer, messaging and reports. Peer-to-peer, wealth screening, SMS, auctions, email, the API and integrations are premium. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A web app where you build forms and pages. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Klaviyo, Salesforce, HubSpot, Raiser's Edge and QuickBooks Online, though integrations are premium. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Funraise's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among CRM tools - Funraise's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 76 of the 116 other CRM tools we grade, and level with 22. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 98 of 116) and worst on features (C, above 1). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/crm ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Funraise you could make: sales pipeline, forms and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. - You could make: Sales pipeline, forms and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Mailchimp, Constant Contact and Klaviyo among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Klaviyo, Salesforce, HubSpot, Raiser's Edge, Virtuous, QuickBooks Online **Tags:** Sales pipeline, Forms, Reports, Ticketing, Public API ## Alternatives - [Givebutter](https://toolgpa.com/tools/givebutter): Free fundraising platform with a built-in nonprofit CRM. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/funraise-vs-givebutter) - [Bloomerang](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bloomerang): Donor management and fundraising platform for nonprofits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bloomerang-vs-funraise) - [Neon CRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/neon-crm): Nonprofit CRM priced by revenue raised, with unlimited records. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/funraise-vs-neon-crm) - [Virtuous](https://toolgpa.com/tools/virtuous): Nonprofit CRM with fundraising, volunteer and analytics products. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/funraise-vs-virtuous) - [DonorPerfect](https://toolgpa.com/tools/donorperfect): Donor management and fundraising software for nonprofits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/donorperfect-vs-funraise) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.funraise.org - https://www.funraise.org/pricing - https://www.funraise.org/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/funraise Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).