Keela
Keela: A connected donor CRM with campaigns, pipelines, recurring gifts, and advanced reporting. Ranked #17 of 33 in Donor Management Software by our editors (7.6/10); pricing: Free plan; best for teams needing strong integrations and pipelines.
At a glance
- Editor score7.6 / 10
- PricingFree plan
- Best forTeams needing strong integrations and pipelines
- Free planYes
- Paid from$164/mo
- Recurring donationsYes
- Founded2013
- Facts checked21 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Campaigns, pipelines, recurring gifts, and donor profiles in one CRM
- Hosted or embeddable forms with automated receipts and acknowledgments
- Integrations span payments, accounting, email, events, and fundraising tools
Where it doesn't
- Starts at $164/month when billed annually
- No free plan is available
- Access is limited to the web platform
Our verdict on Keela
Keela is a donor management and fundraising CRM for nonprofit organizations. It brings donor profiles, giving history, interactions, campaigns, donation forms, communications, receipts, and reporting into one system. Its core workflow covers fundraising campaign creation, goal tracking, recurring donation management, donor segmentation, cultivation pipelines, and online and offline donation tracking. Teams can also create custom and exportable reports with calculations, while automated receipts, tax receipts, and thank-you letters support donor follow-up.
Keela’s strongest fit is for organizations that need their donor system to connect with other operational tools. Integrations include Stripe and PayPal for payments, QuickBooks for accounting, Mailchimp and SendGrid for email, Eventbrite for events, Zapier for workflow connections, and Raisely, Aplos, BitPay, DonorSearch, Google Calendar, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Double the Donation. This ecosystem supports teams that want fundraising, finance, communications, analytics, and donor research to work alongside the CRM rather than remain separate.
Pricing is a significant consideration. The published starting price is $164 per month when billed annually for up to 1,000 contacts, and pricing varies by billing period and contact count. There is no free plan. Keela suits nonprofits prepared to pay for a broad donor workflow with campaign tools, online forms, recurring gifts, segmentation, pipelines, reporting, and integrations. Organizations seeking a free starting tier, a non-web platform, or a narrower and lower-cost tool should look elsewhere.
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Keela fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $164/mo |
| Campaign management | Yes |
| Online donation forms | Yes |
| Recurring donations | Yes |
| Automated receipts | Yes |
| Donor segmentation | Yes |
| Reporting level | Advanced |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Compliance & security | 2FA |
| Support | Email, Live chat, Phone, Community, Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 17 integrations: Raisely, Aplos, Stripe, QuickBooks Online, PayPal, Eventbrite … See all → |
| Pricing | Free plan (source) |
| Website | keela.co |
| Facts checked | 21 Sep 2026 |
Keela integrations
Keela lists 17 integrations on its own site.
- Raisely
- Aplos
- Stripe
- QuickBooks Online
- PayPal
- Eventbrite
- Mailchimp
- SendGrid
- Double the Donation
- Xero
- Zapier
- BitPay
- DonorSearch
- Google Calendar
- Gmail
- Google Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
Alternatives to Keela
- CiviCRMA flexible donor system with broad fundraising tools and open-source deployment options.9.3
- Salesforce Nonprofit CloudA broad nonprofit CRM for organizations that need extensible donor and program management.9.2
- Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXTA mature fundraising CRM for large nonprofits with complex relationship-based programs.9.1
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