Donately
Donately is an online fundraising platform for organizations that accept donations and manage donor activity.
What Donately is
Donately is an online fundraising platform for organizations that accept donations and manage donor activity. It lets teams create branded donation pages and campaign pages, build embeddable forms, and track contributions. Pages support custom messaging, drag-and-drop editing, mobile optimization, and recurring giving. Campaigns can include rich media, live fundraising thermometers, peer-to-peer and team fundraising, and social sharing. Donor management tools cover profiles, segmentation, automated receipts, reporting, exports, and retention insights. Donately connects with services such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Slack, and Constant Contact, with additional links through Zapier and an API. It supports Stripe and PayPal, Google and Apple payment wallets, multiple currencies, and one-time or recurring gifts. Donately states that it uses HTTPS encryption on forms and offers fraud-prevention tools, with PCI, GDPR, and CCPA compliance support. It is available on the web and through an API. The free plan has a 4% platform fee; the $99/mo plan has a 2% fee, and a $5,000 one-time plan has no platform fees up to $1M raised.
Good
- Custom donation pages and embeddable forms
- Supports recurring, peer-to-peer, and team giving
- Donor profiles, segmentation, and reporting
- Integrations include HubSpot and Salesforce
- Tracks offline cash and check donations without charge
Watch out
- Free plan has a 4% platform fee
- $99/mo plan has a 2% platform fee
- Payment processing is separate
Who it suits
Donately suits nonprofits, churches, schools, businesses, agencies, and influencers that need donation pages, campaign tools, or donor records. It may also fit teams connecting fundraising data with other systems through integrations or an API.
Verdict
Donately brings donation pages, campaigns, and donor management together, with web, API, and integration options. Review the platform fees and separate payment processing when choosing a plan.
Plans and prices
From Donately's own pricing page, checked 1 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Standard fees | Free | 4% platform fee · no commitment · pay-as-you-go |
| Lower fees | $99 a month | 2% platform fee · cancel anytime · monthly |
| No fees | $5,000, paid once | 0% platform fees · up to $1M raised · prepaying |
The facts
Each one read from Donately's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Donately provides API access for connecting applications and sending or updating donation information in external systems.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Donately lists nonprofits, churches, schools, agencies, businesses, and influencers as audiences it serves.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Campaigns
- Campaign pages support rich media, live fundraising thermometers, peer-to-peer fundraising, team fundraising, custom branding, and social sharing.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Donation pages
- Users can create branded donation pages with custom messaging, branding, drag-and-drop editing, mobile optimization, and recurring giving options.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Donor management
- Built-in donor tools provide profiles, donation tracking, segmentation, automated receipts, reporting, exports, and donor-retention insights.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Embeddable forms
- Donation forms and widgets can be embedded on websites, landing pages, or blogs without redirects or coding.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Native integrations include HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Slack, Constant Contact, and others; Zapier connects to thousands of tools.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Offline donations
- Donately does not charge for tracking offline cash or check donations.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Payments
- Donately supports Stripe and PayPal processing, Google and Apple payment wallets, one-time and recurring giving, and multiple currencies.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Payment security
- Donately says it is fully PCI compliant and partners with Stripe, which it describes as holding the highest level of PCI compliance available.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Product
- Donately is an online fundraising platform for accepting donations, creating customizable donation forms, and tracking donor activity in real time.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Security
- Donately states that it is PCI compliant, uses HTTPS encryption on forms, provides fraud-prevention tools, and supports GDPR and CCPA data privacy compliance.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Plans include in-house fundraising experts, email, video and live chat assistance, onboarding sessions, webinars, and personalized campaign advice.checked 1 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2013checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Encinitas, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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