Zeffy
Zeffy is a 100% free, all-in-one fundraising platform and donor CRM built specifically for nonprofits.
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Our verdict
Who it's for
All-in-one free fundraising and CRM for nonprofits
Who should look elsewhere
Nonprofits only. An individual, an informal group or a business cannot open an account, and eligibility needs an EIN or local equivalent plus a bank account in the organization's name
Pros
- +Genuinely free with no paid tier: no platform fee, no processing fee, no contact limit and nothing gated behind an upgrade
- +Zeffy absorbs the card processing costs, so the organization receives the full amount a donor gives, whether or not that donor adds a contribution
- +Fundraising and the donor CRM are one system, so a ticket buyer, an auction bidder and a member all land on the same contact record
- +Automated tax receipts, payment confirmations and thank-you emails out of the box
- +In-person card payments and cash logging from a phone, with no hardware to buy
Cons
- −Nonprofits only. An individual, an informal group or a business cannot open an account, and eligibility needs an EIN or local equivalent plus a bank account in the organization's name
- −No auctioneer-led live bidding, paddle raise or fund-a-need, and no live streaming for a hybrid gala, so a large seated event run from a stage is better served elsewhere
- −No SMS or text-to-give marketing, and no volunteer management
Key features
- ✓Donation forms with one-time, monthly and yearly recurring giving
- ✓Event ticketing: unlimited ticket types, group and table tickets, Pay What You Can, discount codes, capacity limits per type
- ✓Raffles and lotteries
- ✓Online store with item variants, inventory tracking and a flat shipping fee
- ✓Peer-to-peer and team fundraising with sub-campaigns and leaderboards
- ✓Online and silent auctions with auto-bid ceilings, built-in anti-sniping and automatic card charge at close
- ✓Memberships with member-only ticket pricing and renewal reminders
- ✓Donor CRM: unlimited contacts, custom properties, company and household records, self-updating lists, duplicate detection and merge
- ✓Guest check-in from the mobile app or the web manager, syncing in real time, including multi-date events
- ✓In-person payments: tap a card on the phone with no extra hardware, plus cash logged as a real transaction
Pricing
No public pricing plans recorded.