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Givebutter pricing depends on tips. With tips on, Givebutter is free to use and covers the transaction fee on every transaction where a tip is offered. With tips off, it charges a 3% platform fee, and it doesn't offer an upfront flat fee. GalaBid offers three plans with 100+ features: a Free plan supported by optional tips, a Pro plan at 4.9% with no tip prompts, or a $1,250 flat fee.
So which costs less depends on whether you want tips and how much you plan to raise. Without tips, Givebutter's 3% is cheaper than GalaBid's Pro plan, and cheaper than GalaBid's flat fee up to about $42,000 per campaign. Above that, GalaBid's flat fee costs less. With tips on, GalaBid shares 10% of each tip with your cause, and pays straight into your own Stripe account. Fundraisers outside the US and to groups that aren’t registered nonprofits can use GalaBid.
If you're comparing Givebutter alternatives for auctions and events, this guide also shows where GalaBid may be the better fit.
Note: Pricing and tip options were last checked October 2026.
If you don't want tips, Givebutter's 3% is the lower rate, and it stays cheaper than GalaBid's $1,250 flat fee until a campaign raises about $42,000. Above that, the flat fee wins: on a $60,000 campaign, for example, Givebutter's 3% comes to $1,800. That compares platform costs only, before card processing.
Both platforms default to a 15% tip on invoices up to $1,000. Above $1,000, they split. Givebutter's default drops to 5%, with preset options from 3% to 10%, and its "Other" box is pre-filled with 10% of the amount. GalaBid's default stays higher, at 12.5% up to $5,000 and 10% above that, with a lowest preset option of 5%.
For mid-size purchases, the order flips. Between $101 and $1,000, the lowest preset tip on GalaBid is 7.5%, while on Givebutter it's 10%.
Givebutter's checkout adds a processing fee and asks supporters whether they want to cover it. Here's what that looks like on a $1,050 invoice:
Givebutter checkout on a $1,050 invoice, showing the processing fee and the option to cover it.
On GalaBid, card processing runs through your own Stripe account. GalaBid's own figures show 85% or more of supporters choose to cover the transaction fee, so in practice the difference may be small.
On GalaBid's Free plan, GalaBid shares 10% of each tip with your cause. Givebutter doesn't share tips with the cause.
Givebutter doesn't offer an upfront flat fee. GalaBid's $1,250 flat fee covers a campaign with no tip prompts, which makes it the cheaper option for campaigns raising more than about $42,000.
With GalaBid, payments go straight to your own Stripe account, and you control the payout schedule.
Givebutter pricing depends on tips. With tips on, Givebutter is free to use and covers the transaction fee on every transaction where a tip is offered. With tips off, it charges a 3% platform fee, and it doesn't offer an upfront flat fee. GalaBid offers three plans with 100+ features: a Free plan supported by optional tips, a Pro plan at 4.9% with no tip prompts, or a $1,250 flat fee.
So which costs less depends on whether you want tips and how much you plan to raise. Without tips, Givebutter's 3% is cheaper than GalaBid's Pro plan, and cheaper than GalaBid's flat fee up to about $42,000 per campaign. Above that, GalaBid's flat fee costs less. With tips on, GalaBid shares 10% of each tip with your cause, and pays straight into your own Stripe account. Fundraisers outside the US and to groups that aren’t registered nonprofits can use GalaBid.
If you're comparing Givebutter alternatives for auctions and events, this guide also shows where GalaBid may be the better fit.
Note: Pricing and tip options were last checked October 2026.
If you don't want tips, Givebutter's 3% is the lower rate, and it stays cheaper than GalaBid's $1,250 flat fee until a campaign raises about $42,000. Above that, the flat fee wins: on a $60,000 campaign, for example, Givebutter's 3% comes to $1,800. That compares platform costs only, before card processing.
Both platforms default to a 15% tip on invoices up to $1,000. Above $1,000, they split. Givebutter's default drops to 5%, with preset options from 3% to 10%, and its "Other" box is pre-filled with 10% of the amount. GalaBid's default stays higher, at 12.5% up to $5,000 and 10% above that, with a lowest preset option of 5%.
For mid-size purchases, the order flips. Between $101 and $1,000, the lowest preset tip on GalaBid is 7.5%, while on Givebutter it's 10%.
Givebutter's checkout adds a processing fee and asks supporters whether they want to cover it. Here's what that looks like on a $1,050 invoice:
Givebutter checkout on a $1,050 invoice, showing the processing fee and the option to cover it.
On GalaBid, card processing runs through your own Stripe account. GalaBid's own figures show 85% or more of supporters choose to cover the transaction fee, so in practice the difference may be small.
On GalaBid's Free plan, GalaBid shares 10% of each tip with your cause. Givebutter doesn't share tips with the cause.
Givebutter doesn't offer an upfront flat fee. GalaBid's $1,250 flat fee covers a campaign with no tip prompts, which makes it the cheaper option for campaigns raising more than about $42,000.
With GalaBid, payments go straight to your own Stripe account, and you control the payout schedule.
Givebutter may be the best fit if:
GalaBid may be the best fit if:
Givebutter is free to use with optional tips turned on. With tips off, it charges a 3% platform fee. It doesn't offer an upfront flat fee.
With tips on, Givebutter is free for your organization: it covers the transaction fee on every transaction where a tip is offered, whether or not a supporter tips. Supporters see a tip prompt at checkout and are asked to cover processing fees.
3% platform fee. GalaBid's equivalent, the Pro plan with no tip prompts, is 4.9%, and its flat fee is $1,250 per campaign.
On invoices up to $1,000, Givebutter defaults to a 15% tip, with preset options from 10% to 15%. Above $1,000, the default is 5%, with preset options from 3% to 10%. The "Other" box is pre-filled with 10% of the amount.
Supporters are asked to cover it at checkout. With tips on, if they don't, Givebutter covers the transaction fee, not your cause.
It depends on tips and campaign size. With tips off, Givebutter's 3% is cheaper than GalaBid's Pro plan, and cheaper than GalaBid's $1,250 flat fee up to about $42,000 per campaign. Above that, GalaBid's flat fee costs less.
No. Givebutter doesn't offer an upfront flat fee. GalaBid's flat fee is $1,250 per campaign, with no tip prompts.
GalaBid defaults to 15% on invoices up to $1,000, 12.5% up to $5,000 and 10% above that. The lowest preset option is 7.5% on invoices from $101 to $1,000, and 5% above $1,000. GalaBid shares 10% of each tip with your cause.
One Trustpilot reviewer (September 2026) reported Givebutter holding funds for up to ten days in some cases. On GalaBid, payments go straight to your own Stripe account, and you control the payout schedule.
Givebutter is open to US nonprofits only. GalaBid is available in Canada, Europe, the UK, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and to fundraisers that aren't registered nonprofits.
Yes, Givebutter offers both. GalaBid doesn't offer recurring donations, or peer-to-peer fundraising at the time of writing.
GalaBid has run auctions since 2011, with sealed bids, volunteer accounts, built-in raffle drawing with a leaderboard, an integrated no-risk auction item catalog, and outbid text alerts on its Free plan. Givebutter launched auctions in 2022.
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