Givebutter vs. Donorbox vs. RallyUp: 2026 Comparison

The 60-second verdict

Donorbox is a donation-form and recurring-giving specialist — and honest about it.

Fast embeddable forms, strong monthly-giving tools, a dedicated Memberships product, QuickDonate™ one-click repeat gifts, a self-service kiosk, and the broadest international reach of the three (96+ countries, anywhere Stripe or PayPal operates).

If your program is a donate button and a monthly-giving base, it’s a genuinely good tool. What it is not is an event platform: no auctions, no native raffles, no galas suite, no storefront — and there is no configuration where its platform fee reaches zero.

Givebutter is a back office wearing a fundraising badge.

Its real strength is the suite around the donation — a free CRM, built-in email, free text-to-donate — and that’s worth stating plainly. But the fundraising itself is thin: three campaign types (Form, Page, Event), a web/silent auction with no live-auction format, a raffle with no in-platform draw, no Sweepstakes, no A-Thons, no Storefront, and no way to combine formats into a single checkout.

The parts that turn an event into money — a live auction, a real raffle draw, non-winner capture, a consolidated guest tab — are exactly the parts that aren’t there. And the muscle Givebutter is actually known for (marketing SMS, automations, live phone support) sits behind a paid tier that’s priced by your contact count, so it gets more expensive as you grow. A CRM is a fine thing to own. It doesn’t run your gala.

RallyUp is the fundraising platform the other two only gesture at.

It’s just as easy as either for a simple campaign — and faster to launch (an Instant Fundraiser Template goes live in 15–20 minutes, or RallyUp’s team builds your first campaign for free). It has the widest set of campaign types, and it’s the only one you can stack into one Campaign with one checkout via RallyUp’s Full Stack Fundraising model.

It’s the clear pick for galas and live auctions, the only one with Sweepstakes and A-Thons, and the only one that draws your raffle winner for you. Its Donation Pages are truly free: 0% platform fee, no tipping. Everything below is the evidence.

The master scorecard

Here’s the at-a-glance version. Note where the checks cluster.

What you’re choosing on	Givebutter	Donorbox	RallyUp	Best fit
Range of campaign types	3 types, run one at a time	Donation-centric toolkit	12+ stackable in one checkout	RallyUp
Combine several formats in one checkout	—	—	✓	RallyUp
Add a new format to a live campaign	—	—	✓	RallyUp
Auctioneer-led Live Auction	— (not offered)	—	✓, today	RallyUp
Online & silent auctions	✓ (web/silent; winners-only)	— (third-party tools)	✓ (Online + Silent, distinct formats)	RallyUp
Capture gifts from non-winning bidders	— (winners pay only)	n/a	✓ Auction Gifts (+20–35%)	RallyUp
Auction platform fee	3% of the bid, uncapped, when you auto-charge winners	n/a	Capped at $100 per item	RallyUp
Automated randomized raffle draw in-platform	— (export + external tool, by hand)	— (no raffle tool)	✓ (auto or manual, auto-notify)	RallyUp
Sweepstakes	—	—	✓	RallyUp
A-Thons (walk/run/read)	—	—	✓	RallyUp
Online Storefront / merchandise	—	—	✓	RallyUp
Fund-a-Need + multi-type Paddle Raise+	Donations-only paddle raise	—	✓	RallyUp
One consolidated tab per guest at a gala	—	—	✓ Event Balances + Automated Checkout	RallyUp
Donation pages at 0% with no tipping	Free only while tip prompt is on; 3% if off	2.95% platform fee on every plan	✓ — remove the prompt, still pay $0	RallyUp
Free expert team builds your campaign	—	— (coaching is paid)	✓ Done-for-You (~1 business day)	RallyUp
Run real test transactions before publishing	— (non-transacting preview only)	—	✓ Power Preview	RallyUp
Embedded, no-prompt AI copy across the builder	Prompt assistant (beta)	Jay·AI (paid tiers)	✓ Generate/Enhance with AI	RallyUp
Recurring giving & donation-form depth	Solid	Leading — upsell, QuickDonate™, Memberships	Solid	Donorbox
Dedicated memberships product	Via recurring forms (no dedicated product)	✓	—	Donorbox
International footprint	—	96+ countries	Multiple currencies (Stripe/PayPal)	Donorbox
On-site giving hardware (kiosk / Tap to Pay)	✓	✓	QR & Text-to-Give	Givebutter / Donorbox
Built-in CRM, email & texting	Broad; marketing SMS + phone support on paid Plus	Donor management (CRM via sales)	Donor Profiles + CRM integrations	Givebutter
G2 rating	4.7	~4.6	4.8	RallyUp

Donorbox earns its rows — recurring giving, memberships, international reach — and those are real. Givebutter’s honest wins are a back-office trio (CRM, email, hardware) sitting next to a long column of dashes on everything that actually runs an event. RallyUp’s checks are precisely the rows where effort turns into dollars.

Pricing: the fine print on “free” in 2026

This is the most-searched question about all three, so let’s be precise — and precise is not flattering to “free.”

Givebutter — “free,” with an asterisk, and an uncapped auction fee.

Givebutter is free only while the optional donor-tip prompt is switched on; under the Givebutter Guarantee your nonprofit keeps 100% while that prompt does the funding. Turn the prompt off — which grant-funded and corporately-backed orgs routinely want, because a tip prompt reads awkwardly there — and a flat 3% platform fee applies across every campaign type, plus processing (2.9% + $0.30 cards, 1.9% + $0.30 ACH).

Auctions carry their own trapdoor: the auction is free only when tips are on and the winner pays via Givebutter’s emailed invoice; the moment you use auto-charge or manually charge winners — the normal, convenient gala method — a 3% platform fee applies regardless of tips, and it is uncapped. A $20,000 winning bid costs $600.

And the tools Givebutter is actually marketed for — automations, outbound marketing SMS, custom reports, live phone support — live in Givebutter Plus, a paid subscription priced by contact count (from $29/month under 250 contacts and rising as your list grows).

The free CRM is real; the marketing engine costs money, and costs more the bigger you get.

Donorbox — no monthly fee to start, but a platform fee on every donation, always.

Donorbox’s Standard plan has no subscription cost, and its pricing is admirably transparent. Every transaction carries a platform fee: 2.95% on donation forms, pages, crowdfunding, QuickDonate, and organization-run peer-to-peer, and 3.95% on event ticketing, memberships, and supporter-run peer-to-peer — plus processing (Stripe 2.2% + $0.30 for registered nonprofits, ACH 0.8% capped at $5, PayPal 1.99% + $0.49).

Donors can opt to cover fees, which softens the math. Lowering the fee means paying: Pro at $150/month cuts it to 1.75%–2% and unlocks tracking, Zapier/API, and Jay·AI; custom-priced Premium reaches 1.6%. Some staples are paid add-ons at any tier — Text-to-Give is $19–$50/month, migrating recurring donors is a $195 flat fee, and the Live Kiosk is $80/month for the first device (plus its own 1.75% fee and separate hardware).

There is no configuration where the platform fee hits zero — but at least the number is honest and stable. For a side-by-side on the exact numbers, see how RallyUp and Donorbox compare.

RallyUp — a Free plan, or per-Component Flex with no subscription.

RallyUp’s Free plan runs on optional donor tipping with no platform fee, and its Donation Pages are free with no platform fee and no donor tipping required — the organization can remove the tip prompt entirely and still pay zero.

That combination is unique here: Givebutter’s pages are free only with the tip prompt on (3% if off), and Donorbox charges 2.95% on every plan. RallyUp’s Flex plan charges per Component instead of a subscription: 0% on Donation Pages, 2.9% on Ticketing and Storefront, 4.9% on Auctions, Crowdfunding, Fund-a-Need, Paddle Raise+, and A-Thons, and 6.9% on Raffles and Sweepstakes — plus processing (1.9–2.9% + $0.30, which RallyUp takes no cut of and which can be passed to donors on Flex).

And RallyUp caps auction platform fees at $100 per item regardless of the winning bid. See RallyUp’s full pricing by campaign type for the complete breakdown. No contracts, no subscriptions, no setup fees.

Pricing dimension	Givebutter	Donorbox	RallyUp
Monthly subscription required	None to start (Plus from $29/mo, priced by contacts)	None (Pro $150/mo, Premium custom)	None (Enterprise is custom)
Platform fee — donation pages/forms	$0 only with tip prompt on; flat 3% if off	2.95% (Standard); 1.75% (Pro); 1.6% (Premium)	$0 — with no tipping
Platform fee — events / other formats	$0 with tips on; 3% with tips off	3.95% events, memberships, supporter peer-to-peer (Standard)	Flex: 2.9% tickets/store; 4.9% auctions/crowdfunding/A-Thons; 6.9% raffles/sweepstakes
Auction platform fee	3% of winning bid, uncapped, whenever tips are off or winners are auto-charged	n/a — no auctions	Capped at $100 per item
Marketing SMS / automations / phone support	Paid Plus tier only	Add-ons / higher tiers	Included; phone & chat support on every plan
Payment processing	2.9% + $0.30 (1.9% ACH)	2.2% + $0.30 Stripe (nonprofit); 0.8% ACH capped $5; 1.99% + $0.49 PayPal	1.9–2.9% + $0.30 (Stripe/PayPal)
Donors can cover fees	✓	✓	✓
Custom domain for fundraising pages	— (its custom-domain feature covers email sending)	Premium plan	✓ ($99 one-time)

The honest takeaway on cost.

“Free” is doing a lot of work in Givebutter’s marketing. It’s free while a tip prompt nudges your donors, and it quietly becomes 3% — uncapped on auctions — the moment you run the event the normal way.

Donorbox never claims free, and there’s integrity in that.

RallyUp is the only one of the three where an organization can strip the tip prompt off a donation page and still pay nothing, and the only one that caps what a big auction night can cost you. And the fee is the smaller half of the equation anyway: what lands in your account is what you raise minus what you pay, and RallyUp reports campaigns that stack multiple Components raise about 38% more on average.

A platform that can’t run the raffle or the live auction can’t raise that money in the first place.

How many ways can each platform actually raise?

RallyUp offers the widest range — 12+ Components you can run alone or stack together — while Givebutter documents three campaign types and Donorbox is built around the donation form. Here’s the structural difference that decides everything downstream.

Givebutter documents three campaign types — Form, Page, and Event

With auctions, raffles, and a 2026 paddle-raise feature attached as tabs. That’s the whole range. No Sweepstakes, no A-Thons, no Storefront, no way to combine formats into a single stacked checkout, and no way to add a new format to a campaign that’s already live.

When your raffle takes off and you want to add an auction, you start over in a separate campaign. The “all-in-one” label refers to Givebutter bundling a CRM and email with fundraising — not to the range of ways it can raise, which is among the narrowest here.

Donorbox is deliberately donation-centric:

Unlimited donation forms and pages, crowdfunding, event ticketing, peer-to-peer, a dedicated Memberships product, recurring giving, and Text-to-Give as an add-on, plus its in-person kiosk. The form is excellent and embeddable anywhere.

The event-fundraising layer is simply absent — no auctions, no native raffles, no sweepstakes, no A-Thons, no storefront — and each campaign runs as its own separate form or page. Donorbox doesn’t pretend otherwise, which is to its credit.

RallyUp is built around the thing the other two can’t do — Full Stack Fundraising:

12+ Components you can run alone or stack together in one Campaign with one URL and one checkout. A supporter can buy Raffle entries, bid on the Auction, grab a shirt from the Storefront, and add a donation in a single transaction. Peer-to-Peer works across campaign types, not donations only.

And you can add new Components to a Campaign after it’s already live — bolt an Auction onto a hot Raffle without taking the page down.

Neither Givebutter nor Donorbox works that way; on both, a new format means a new, separate campaign.

Fundraising capability	Givebutter	Donorbox	RallyUp
Donation pages	✓	✓	✓ (no tipping, $0 platform fee)
Recurring / monthly giving	✓	✓ (leading — upsell, QuickDonate™)	✓
Crowdfunding	✓	✓	✓
Event ticketing & registration	✓	✓	✓
Memberships (tiers, renewals)	Via recurring forms	✓ (dedicated product)	—
Online store / merchandise	—	—	✓ (Storefront)
Peer-to-peer	✓ (pages & events)	✓ (org & supporter)	✓ (across all campaign types)
Raffles	Tickets only — no in-platform draw	— (no raffle tool)	✓ (4 types incl. 50/50; automated draw)
Online & silent auctions	✓ (single auction tool)	—	✓ (distinct Online + Silent)
Auctioneer-led Live Auction	—	—	✓
Sweepstakes	—	—	✓
A-Thons	—	—	✓
Fund-a-Need (self-serve, live thermometer)	—	—	✓
Paddle Raise+	Donations-only paddle raise	—	✓ (gifts, entries, items, pledges)
Native interactive livestreaming	✓ (embed-based)	—	✓ (0% fee, built-in studio)
Combine several formats in one checkout	—	—	✓
Add a new format to a live campaign	—	—	✓

Two honest credits before the pile of dashes speaks for itself: Donorbox’s dedicated Memberships product is real and well-built, and Givebutter can run a silent auction and peer-to-peer. Everywhere else Givebutter shows a gap, the format simply isn’t there — and the missing formats (auctions at scale, real raffles, sweepstakes, A-Thons, storefront, stacking) are exactly where the biggest fundraising nights come from.

Which platform is best for a gala or live event?

For a ballroom gala, RallyUp is the clear choice — it’s the only one of the three that runs the whole room, from the live auction to the single-swipe guest checkout. This isn’t a three-way race. It’s RallyUp, a distant middle, and a donation form.

Donorbox can sell your gala tickets and take gifts on-site via its kiosk. Everything that actually happens in the room — the auction, the paddle raise, the live ask — happens in some other tool. Its own blog, covering silent auctions, points readers to third-party platforms. A gala “on Donorbox” is a gala on Donorbox plus at least one more product.

Givebutter gets into the room further — mobile bidding, a Live Display, event seating, livestreaming, staff-side card readers, and a 2026 paddle-raise feature — but the ceiling is low where it counts. There is no auctioneer-led Live Auction. The paddle raise logs donation commitments only. There’s no Fund-a-Need, no Auction Gifts to catch the majority of bidders who go home outbid and uncharged, and no consolidated per-guest tab — so closing out the night means chasing separate payments. It’s a capable web tool doing a passable impression of an event platform.

RallyUp runs the whole room, today. Its full galas and events toolkit covers every moment of the night:

• An auctioneer-led Live Auction with paddle numbers, spotter shortcuts, and real-time tracking.
• Fund-a-Need — self-serve giving at set levels, in person, virtual, or hybrid, with a live thermometer.
• Paddle Raise+ — one paddle commits to gifts, Raffle entries, Storefront items, and A-Thon pledges, all rolling into a single per-guest tab.
• Event Balances + Automated Checkout — one tab all night, one charge, line-free checkout that’s instant or automatic. Neither Givebutter nor Donorbox has anything like it.
• Live Display and native, interactive Livestreaming at a 0% platform fee — useful whether your gala is fully in-person or a hybrid fundraising event.
• Auction Gifts — capture optional donations from non-winning bidders (RallyUp reports +20–35% from a single auction). Givebutter collects from winners only; Donorbox has no auction to collect from.

Live-event capability	Givebutter	Donorbox	RallyUp
Event ticketing & seating	✓	✓ (ticketing)	✓
Silent auction + mobile bidding	✓	—	✓
Auctioneer-led Live Auction	—	—	✓
Fund-a-Need (self-serve, live thermometer)	— (staff-logged paddle only)	—	✓
Paddle raise scope	Donation gifts only	—	Gifts, entries, items & pledges
Capture gifts from non-winning bidders	— (winners only)	n/a	✓ Auction Gifts
One consolidated tab per guest	—	—	✓ Event Balances
Automated, line-free end-of-night checkout	—	—	✓
Live Display + interactive livestreaming	✓ (embed)	—	✓ (0% fee)
On-site giving hardware	✓	✓	—

Give Givebutter and Donorbox the hardware row honestly — both offer on-site card/kiosk devices and RallyUp leans on QR and Text-to-Give instead. Everything else in the room, from the live auction to the single-swipe checkout, is RallyUp.

Raffles and auctions: who actually runs them?

Both a raffle and an auction come down to one moment: choosing the winner and closing the money. RallyUp is the only one of the three that runs that moment for you in-platform. This is where Givebutter’s “we do that too” quietly falls apart.

Does Givebutter or Donorbox draw the raffle winner for you?

No — only RallyUp does. All three can take money for raffle tickets, but only one runs the actual draw.

• RallyUp treats the Raffle as a first-class Component: an automatic or manual randomized draw inside the platform, automatic winner notification, and the record kept for you. Four Raffle types (including 50/50 and Enhanced 50/50), Peer-to-Peer selling, and bonus Sharing Rewards entries. (For a wider look at dedicated raffle tools, see RallyUp’s roundup of the best online raffle websites.)
• Givebutter sells numbered tickets and then, per its own help documentation, has you export the ticket list, run an external random-number generator yourself, and match the number back to a buyer by hand. (Its standalone number-spinner web tool isn’t tied to your sold entries and isn’t certified for raffle or gaming use.) For a fundraiser literally called a raffle, the platform doesn’t do the one thing a raffle requires.
• Donorbox has no raffle tool at all — organizations improvise ticket “sales” through a form or event and run the entire draw, records, and notification outside the platform.

Raffle workflow	Givebutter	Donorbox	RallyUp
Purpose-built raffle tool	✓ (numbered tickets)	—	✓
50/50 raffle support	✓	—	✓ (50/50 + Enhanced 50/50)
Bonus entries for social sharing	—	—	✓ (Sharing Rewards)
Draws the winner inside the platform	—	—	✓ (auto or manual)
Auto-notifies the winner + keeps the record	—	—	✓
Requires an external random-number tool	✓	✓ (entire draw is external)	Not required

(Where and how you can run a raffle varies by location; for the legal side, RallyUp keeps a plain-English, state-by-state guide at raffle laws by state.)

Does Givebutter have a live auction?

Not an auctioneer-led one — Givebutter offers a web/silent auction only, while RallyUp runs Online, Silent, and Live formats. Donorbox doesn’t compete here at all; if you want an auction beside your Donorbox forms, you’re buying a second platform.

Givebutter has a genuine web/silent auction — mobile bidding, QR codes, auto-bid, buy-it-now. Credit where due.

But three things separate a web auction from an event auction, and Givebutter misses all three: there is no auctioneer-led Live Auction format; it collects from winners only, with no Auction Gifts to capture the majority of bidders who leave having paid nothing; and its auction fee is 3% of the winning bid, uncapped, the moment you auto-charge or manually charge winners — the standard gala method. On a $30,000 auction night that’s $900 to Givebutter; on RallyUp the same night is capped at $100 per item.

RallyUp runs distinct Online and Silent Auction formats plus the auctioneer-led Live Auction, adds Auction Gifts for systematized non-winner revenue, and caps the fee. If your auction is a few items on a web page, Givebutter can handle it. If it’s the centerpiece of a gala, only one of these platforms is built for the room.

Two formats only one platform even has

Sweepstakes and A-Thons are full RallyUp Components; neither Givebutter nor Donorbox offers either. RallyUp’s Sweepstakes are open to any organization — not just 501(c)(3) nonprofits — and can be structured for nationwide participation (sponsors remain responsible for a free method of entry and applicable federal/state rules).

A national prize sweepstakes or a school read-a-thon simply can’t run on the other two. If you’re still weighing which format fits your goal, RallyUp’s guide to sweepstakes vs. raffles vs. auctions breaks down the differences.

CRM, recurring giving, and donor data

This is the one section where Givebutter’s strength is real — so let’s state it once, accurately, and in proportion.

Givebutter has a broad, mostly-free back office: a free CRM with unlimited contacts, profiles, segments, tags, and giving histories; a DonorSearch integration; built-in email; free text-to-donate; and a financial layer (wallet, cards, QuickBooks sync). It’s a legitimately good donor database.

Two things to keep in view: the marketing muscle people actually switch for — outbound SMS, automations, custom reports, live phone support — sits behind the paid Plus tier, priced by contact count, so it costs more as you grow; and a CRM, however good, doesn’t run a raffle draw, a live auction, or a gala checkout. It’s the back office, not the fundraising.

Donorbox wins a different race — the donor’s giving itself: among the most-praised recurring-donation tools in the category, a recurring upsell, QuickDonate™, a dedicated Memberships product, and the widest international reach of the three. Caveats from its own materials: several workhorse features sit behind the $150/month Pro tier or paid add-ons, and support is chat and email only — no phone line.

RallyUp takes a connect-to-your-stack approach: Donor Profiles plus native integrations to Salesforce, HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, and Virtuous, email integrations, QuickBooks sync, Zapier to 5,000+ apps, and a REST API — with free live phone and chat support on every plan. (If a CRM-first platform is what you’re really weighing, see how RallyUp compares to DonorPerfect.)

If a deep built-in CRM is your single top priority, Givebutter leads; if monthly giving and memberships are your engine, Donorbox is strong; if you want to actually raise money across formats and sync it into the CRM you already run, RallyUp fits — and answers the phone for free.

Donor data & giving tools	Givebutter	Donorbox	RallyUp
Built-in CRM	✓ (broad, free; unlimited contacts)	Donor management (CRM via sales)	Donor Profiles
Recurring giving depth	✓	✓ (leading)	✓
Memberships	Via recurring forms	✓ (dedicated product)	—
Built-in email	✓	Receipts & comms	Via integrations
Outbound marketing SMS	Paid Plus tier	Add-on ($19–$50/mo)	Text-to-Give included
International reach	—	96+ countries	Multiple currencies
CRM / email integrations	1,000+	30+ (Zapier/API on Pro)	Native + Zapier (5,000+)
Live phone support	Plus tier only	— (chat & email)	Free on every plan

AI: three different bets

All three offer AI writing help, but only RallyUp embeds it directly in every field of the builder with no prompting required. Givebutter has a prompt-based AI text assistant in Early Access Beta — you prompt it for copy in select editors.

Donorbox ships Jay·AI on Pro and Premium — a prompt-driven writing assistant on paid plans, working alongside the platform.

RallyUp embeds Generate with AI and Enhance with AI directly in every supported field of the campaign builder — item descriptions, campaign copy, donor emails — with tone and length controls, on every plan, no prompting required.

Two of the three make you go to an assistant; RallyUp puts it in the field where you’re already working.

Ease of launch, done-for-you, and testing

RallyUp is just as easy as the other two for a simple campaign, and it’s the only one that scales up without switching tools. Part of why a tool feels “easy” is that it does less — fewer formats, fewer decisions. Donorbox is easy because it’s a donation form done well; Givebutter is easy partly because there’s less fundraising to configure. The good news for you is that you don’t have to trade ease for capability. Start from a one-click template today, add an Auction or a Sweepstakes to the same Campaign next year. Ease of use is, in fact, RallyUp’s most-cited review strength (G2 ease-of-use 4.5/5).

• Donorbox is genuinely fast for its core job — a donation form in ~15 minutes. Templates here mean form themes; event-style fundraising means adding other tools.
• Givebutter is praised for a clean interface and offers a non-transacting preview and “send yourself a test” receipts — but it can’t run real transactions through checkout on a draft.
• RallyUp offers three on-ramps — an Instant Fundraiser Template live in 15–20 minutes (40% of new campaigns start this way), the embedded AI, or free Done-for-You Services that build your entire campaign, typically within a business day (no other platform here builds it for you). And Power Preview is a fully interactive draft mode — the only one where you can run real test card transactions through actual checkout before publishing, then clear the test data at launch.

Before you launch	Givebutter	Donorbox	RallyUp
Launch a simple campaign fast	✓	✓ (forms ~15 min)	✓ (templates 15–20 min)
Complete, launchable multi-component templates	Themes/docs/emails	Form themes	✓ (full campaigns)
Free expert team builds it for you	—	— (paid coaching)	✓ Done-for-You
Real test transactions through checkout before publishing	—	—	✓ Power Preview
Support included on the free plan	Chat & email (phone on Plus)	Chat & email	Phone & chat, all plans

Ratings and proof

Review scores are close — RallyUp leads at 4.8/5 — but what each platform is for is not close at all.

Proof point	Givebutter	Donorbox	RallyUp
G2 rating	4.7 / 5	~4.6 / 5	4.8 / 5
Scale signal	Widely used	100,000+ orgs; $4B+ raised	$1B+ raised, 55,000+ orgs
Most-cited strength	CRM & marketing suite	Ease of setup; recurring giving	Ease of use (4.5/5); event results

All three are well-regarded, and Donorbox’s global base and monthly-giving reputation are genuine. Givebutter’s most common review gripes cluster on fees when the tip prompt is off and features gated behind Plus.

RallyUp carries the highest score of the three (4.8), a 97% event-satisfaction rate, and outcomes like New York Road Runners growing through RallyUp from $36,000 to over $500,000 over two years, and USA Field Hockey raising $120,000 — a 300% increase over their previous record with a Raffle plus Peer-to-Peer — the kinds of events that can only run on a platform built for them.

RallyUp is also used by the American Red Cross, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, Make-A-Wish, Habitat for Humanity, and World Central Kitchen.

The bottom line

There’s a right fit for each — but the fits are very different sizes.

The bottom line	Givebutter	Donorbox	RallyUp
Best for	Built-in CRM & marketing with core fundraising	Donation forms, recurring giving, memberships & international reach	Diverse, event-rich, multi-format fundraising and galas
Campaign breadth	3 campaign types	Donation-centric toolkit	Widest; stackable in one checkout
Auctions	Web/silent only; no live format; 3% uncapped	Not offered	All three formats; fee capped $100/item
Raffle winner draw	External, by hand	No raffle tool	In-platform, automated
Galas & live events	Middle tier, no live auction	Ticketing + kiosk only	Full live-event engine
Cost	Free only w/ tip prompt on; 3% if off	Platform fee on every plan	Free plan; $0 removable-tip pages; capped auction fee
Free expert campaign build	—	—	✓

If your fundraising is a donation form, a monthly-giving program, or a membership base — especially across borders — Donorbox is a genuinely good answer (see the full Donorbox comparison).

If a built-in donor CRM and marketing matter more to you than the range of ways you raise, Givebutter is a strong pick (see the full Givebutter comparison).

But the moment you want to run a Raffle with a real randomized draw, hold an Auction at all — let alone an auctioneer-led one — combine an Auction with a merch table in one checkout, throw a gala with a live paddle raise and a single-swipe guest checkout, host an A-Thon with teams, or launch a national Sweepstakes, the field collapses to one option: RallyUp does all of it in one place, often for free, caps what your biggest night can cost, and will even build your first campaign for you.

The fastest way to see the difference is to build something.

On RallyUp you can pick a template, customize it in minutes, and run a fully functional preview — real test transactions included — before a single donor sees it.

Or tell RallyUp’s team about your next event and let them build it for you. The question isn’t whether you can start for nothing; it’s which platform can actually run the thing you’re planning.

Frequently asked questions

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Platform features and pricing referenced here are current as of July 2026 and may change. Competitor capabilities and figures are drawn from each platform’s own website, pricing page, and help documentation and from named third-party sources; verify against live sources before relying on them. Fundraising results vary by organization.

Raffle note: This article compares platform features, not raffle legality. Raffle laws vary by location and change over time; for a plain-English, state-by-state overview, see RallyUp’s guide: raffle laws by state. This information is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before running a fundraising event. Last reviewed: July 2026.

Sweepstakes note: Platform support for sweepstakes does not make any particular sweepstakes lawful. Sponsors are responsible for offering a free method of entry and for meeting applicable federal and state requirements (which can include registration, bonding, disclosures, and official rules). This article is general information, not legal advice. Last reviewed: July 2026.