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Head-to-head · Nonprofit Online Donation Software

Give Lively vs Donately

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 2 checks side by side
Higher score Give Lively #5 in Nonprofit Online Donation Software 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Give Lively
Donately #8 in Nonprofit Online Donation Software 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Donately

Give Lively leads on 0 checks, Donately on 0, and 2 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 2 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreGive Lively · 8.9/10
  • Free planboth

Give Lively scores higher on our rubric for nonprofit online donation software: 8.9 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #8.

Give Lively is the better fit for free fundraising with flexible payment methods. Donately is the better fit for organizations wanting free forms and many integrations.

  • Give Lively fits best

    Free fundraising with flexible payment methods

  • Donately fits best

    Organizations wanting free forms and many integrations

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Side by side

Feature Give Lively 8.9/10 Visit ↗ Donately 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.9 8.6
Ranking #5 in Nonprofit Online Donation Software #8 in Nonprofit Online Donation Software
Best for Free fundraising with flexible payment methods Organizations wanting free forms and many integrations
Pricing model Free Free plan + paid
Starting price Free —
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Integrations 7 integrations 16 integrations
Features Give Lively 1/4 · Donately 1/4
Recurring gifts ✓ ✓
Embedded donation forms Not checked yet Not checked yet
Automated receipts Not checked yet Not checked yet
Campaign pages Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
Donation pages Not checked yet Not checked yet
Payment methods Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • No platform, subscription, setup, membership, annual, or monthly fees
  • Supports recurring, offline, peer-to-peer, team, event, and text-to-donate fundraising
  • Accepts cards, ACH, digital wallets, PayPal, Venmo, and DAFpay
  • Free plan includes full fundraising feature access
  • Supports recurring, peer-to-peer, team, event, and campaign fundraising
  • Integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Zapier, and major website platforms
Cons
  • Membership is limited to eligible U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations
  • Payment processor transaction fees apply separately
  • Platform access is web-only
  • Free plan charges a 4% platform fee per donation
  • Payment-processing fees apply separately to every plan
  • The no-fees option requires a $5,000 one-time payment
Our verdict

Give Lively is a free nonprofit fundraising platform for eligible U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations. It brings campaign donation pages, embeddable widgets, text-to-donate campaigns, event ticketing, live donation displays, peer-to-peer pages,…

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Donately is an online fundraising platform for nonprofits, schools, churches, teams, agencies, and other mission-driven organizations. Its toolkit includes customizable donation forms, embeddable buttons and widgets, campaign pages,…

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  1. Give LivelyNonprofit Online Donation Software 8.9Free plan
  2. DonatelyNonprofit Online Donation Software 8.6Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Give Lively — where it wins

    • No platform, subscription, setup, membership, annual, or monthly fees
    • Supports recurring, offline, peer-to-peer, team, event, and text-to-donate fundraising
    • Accepts cards, ACH, digital wallets, PayPal, Venmo, and DAFpay

    Where it doesn't

    • Membership is limited to eligible U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations
    • Payment processor transaction fees apply separately
    • Platform access is web-only

  • Donately — where it wins

    • Free plan includes full fundraising feature access
    • Supports recurring, peer-to-peer, team, event, and campaign fundraising
    • Integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Zapier, and major website platforms

    Where it doesn't

    • Free plan charges a 4% platform fee per donation
    • Payment-processing fees apply separately to every plan
    • The no-fees option requires a $5,000 one-time payment

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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