Givebutter is funded by donor tips and card-processing fees. AxeFee lets supporters give by Zelle for $0 — no platform fee, no processing cut — so your nonprofit keep 100% of every dollar.
Donation pages, events, and receipts — with nothing skimmed.
| Givebutter | AxeFee | |
|---|---|---|
| Donation fee | Donor tips + card processing (~2.9% + 30¢) | $0 on Zelle — keep 100% |
| How the platform earns | Tips and processing fees | Optional donor tips only — never a cut of your cause |
| Payout | After processing, on a schedule | Zelle lands in your bank in minutes |
| Tax receipts | Yes | IRS-ready donation receipts with your EIN |
| Employer matching | Add-on flows | Built in — donors can double their gift |
| Events & tickets | Yes | Tickets, RSVPs, memberships, QR check-in |
Donations, events, memberships, and dues — free on Zelle.
Suggested amounts, optional tips, and a progress-friendly checkout.
Let donors route gifts through their employer’s matching program.
Automatic IRS-ready acknowledgments with your verified EIN.
Sell tickets, take RSVPs, and scan guests in at the door.
Import your supporters and send announcements built in.
Each Zelle donation reconciles to the right campaign automatically.
AxeFee’s Non-Profit plan has unlimited free transactions and no percentage fees — funded by optional donor tips to AxeFee, never by taking a cut of your cause.
Get started freeNo percentage fees on any plan. You keep 100% of what you collect.
Yes — unlimited free transactions on the Non-Profit plan, with no platform fee and no percentage on donations. It’s funded by optional tips donors can add to AxeFee at checkout.
Yes. Turn on donation receipts and every donor gets an IRS-ready acknowledgment with your organization’s name, verified EIN, and the required language — including quid-pro-quo disclosures when a benefit was provided.
Yes — employer matching is built in, so donors can route their gift through their company’s matching program.
Every order gets its own reference, and AxeFee automatically matches each incoming Zelle payment to the right order and marks it paid — so you stop reconciling by hand. There’s a quick one-time connection during setup, and after that it just runs.
Set up a free nonprofit account and launch a donation page in minutes.