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A Zeffy alternative: donations on your own website
Zeffy is free for not-for-profits: it covers card and transaction fees and earns from optional contributions donors leave at checkout. OneCraft writes the charity's own website with donations through its own Stripe account, for a monthly plan, Stripe's fees and a 0.5% to 2% platform fee.
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Nuwan Madhusanka · Co-founder
2 min read · Published
The short verdict
Zeffy is the better pick for nearly any not-for-profit whose main need is taking donations, selling event tickets and running memberships at no cost, with donor management and newsletters included. OneCraft suits a charity that wants a full website written around its work, with donations as one part of it, and accepts paying a plan and fees for a site it owns as code.
| Feature | Zeffy | OneCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Our price is $0: every feature is 100% free checked 2026-10-21 | Free $0 with 100 credits a month (about 3 AI projects), Starter $8 with 500, Pro $25 with 1,500, Pro+ $125 with 7,500 |
| Card fees | Zeffy covers all transaction and credit card fees checked 2026-10-21 | Stripe Checkout as a direct charge on your own connected Stripe account; platform fee Starter 2%, Pro 1%, Pro+ 0.5%, Stripe fees on top; the free plan cannot take payments |
| How it earns | Optional contributions from donors at the payment confirmation step; 2 in 3 donors leave one checked 2026-10-21 | Stripe Checkout as a direct charge on your own connected Stripe account; platform fee Starter 2%, Pro 1%, Pro+ 0.5%, Stripe fees on top; the free plan cannot take payments |
| Fundraising tools | Donation forms, ticketing, auctions, memberships, peer-to-peer campaigns, online stores checked 2026-10-21 | 65 capability guides the agent builds from scratch into the site's own database, nothing pre-made |
| Donor database | CRM and donor management; free newsletters and emails to donors checked 2026-10-21 | An admin can send a newsletter to confirmed subscribers, at most 500 per send and 5 sends an hour, from OneCraft's address with the site's name |
| Receipts | Tax receipts among the free tools checked 2026-10-21 | A site_admins table and an /admin area, or Admin tab in an app, shown only to admins |
| Who uses it | 100,000 not-for-profits already made the switch checked 2026-10-21 | Free has no cap on sites (build and preview with its credits); Starter 3, Pro 10, Pro+ no cap |
| Website | Customisable forms to make giving easy checked 2026-10-21 | An agent plans the pages, builds them in steps with a green build each time, then a fresh agent reviews screenshots at 375, 768 and 1280 and sends up to 12 fixes |
| Memberships | Sell and manage memberships checked 2026-10-21 | One-off orders, subscriptions from a plans table and the Stripe billing portal, with prices read from the site's own database |
Where Zeffy is better
Truly free
Zeffy charges no fees and covers card processing, funded by optional donor contributions. OneCraft costs a monthly plan plus Stripe's fees and a platform fee.
Fundraising suite included
Ticketing, auctions, memberships, peer-to-peer campaigns, a store, a donor CRM and newsletters are all part of Zeffy. On OneCraft the agent builds each feature from the brief.
Tax receipts
Zeffy lists tax receipts among its tools. Receipts are not listed among OneCraft's features.
Where OneCraft is different
A website, not only forms
The charity's stories, programmes, volunteer application and donation pages are one website written for it, published at its own domain on a paid plan.
Money straight to your Stripe account
Donations are direct charges on the charity's own connected Stripe account, so payouts and refunds are handled in its own Stripe dashboard.
No ask for a tip
Donors see only the gift you ask for; OneCraft's platform fee comes out of the payment rather than a contribution request at checkout.
Free has a model
Zeffy's pricing page explains that it relies on optional contributions donors add at checkout, and that on average 2 in 3 donors leave one. The charity pays nothing. OneCraft's model is the opposite: the charity pays a plan from $8 a month, Stripe's card fees, and a platform fee of 2%, 1% or 0.5% by plan, and donors see no extra ask.
Using both
Many charities keep Zeffy forms for donations and events and want a better website around them. A OneCraft site can link to those forms. If you want donations inside your own site instead, the agent writes one-off and monthly giving through Stripe, with gifts recorded in the site's database when Stripe confirms them.
What a wildlife rescue site holds
From a brief like a wildlife rescue, the agent writes a donate page with one-off and monthly gifts, an animal sponsorship option, a volunteer carer application stored in the database, a stories page and an admin area for staff. Access rules keep applications private to admins, checked as a visitor and as a signed in person.
Counting the real cost
On $5,000 of gifts a month, Zeffy charges the charity nothing and asks donors for an optional contribution. OneCraft Pro costs $25 a month plus 1%, $50, plus Stripe's card fees. That difference buys a website written around the cause, so it is worth paying only if the site itself matters to the charity's work.
Who should stay with Zeffy
Stay with Zeffy if your priority is free donation, ticket and membership tools with donor management and receipts. Move if you need a complete website written around your cause, want donations to land in your own Stripe account, and prefer donors not to be asked for a platform contribution.
Questions people ask
Can donors give monthly?
Yes, as Stripe subscriptions from a plans table, with donors changing their card or cancelling in the Stripe billing portal. Gifts go to the charity's own connected Stripe account on a paid plan. OneCraft keeps 2%, 1% or 0.5% of each gift by plan.
Does OneCraft issue tax receipts?
Receipts are not listed among OneCraft's features. Stripe records every payment, and the agent can build a thank you page or email to the donor's own address, but check your receipt requirements with your accountant before relying on it. Zeffy lists receipts as free.
Is there a nonprofit discount?
No nonprofit pricing is listed. The plans are Free, Starter at $8, Pro at $25 and Pro+ at $125 a month, and the free plan cannot publish or take payments. Card payments add Stripe's fees and the platform fee, so compare the total with Zeffy's free model before moving, since Zeffy covers card fees.
Can volunteers apply through the site?
Yes. An application form writes to a table in the site's database, readable only by admins listed in the site_admins table, and admins review applications in the admin area. The agent checks that a visitor cannot read the applications before generation finishes.
Can we run an auction or raffle?
Auctions and contests are among the capability guides, so the agent can build a silent auction or a contest from your brief. Raffles carry legal rules that vary by state, so check yours before launching one. Bids are rows in the site's own database.
Try the website side of OneCraft
The button opens the generator with a starting prompt already filled in. Change the wording to match your own work before you run it.
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