Zeffy Reviews & Product Details

Zeffy is a nonprofit fundraising platform where every dollar raised stays with the mission. Unlike most fundraising tools, which charge 5% or more per transaction, Zeffy covers all credit card processing fees and platform costs — funded instead by optional tips donors leave at checkout. Development directors, fundraising coordinators, treasurers, and executive directors rely on Zeffy to run their entire fundraising operation from one place, whether they lead a small community organization or a national charity with thousands of donors. The fee problem is real: on a $100,000 campaign, transaction fees alone can redirect $5,000 or more away from programs before a single dollar reaches the cause. Zeffy eliminates this loss entirely. Nonprofits pay no platform fee, no monthly subscription, and no hidden charge — every processing cost is absorbed so the full amount raised goes to the mission. From one dashboard, organizations can create donation forms, sell event tickets, run raffles, manage online auctions, launch peer-to-peer campaigns, handle memberships with automatic renewal, and operate an online shop. In-person fundraising is handled through a tap-to-pay mobile app that accepts payments on the spot. For donor communications, Zeffy includes a built-in email and newsletter platform as well as a postmail service that sends physical letters and postcards directly to donors. Giving history, contact records, and automated tax receipts for eligible organizations are managed through a built-in CRM, with real-time reporting across all fundraising types. Zeffy connects with the tools nonprofits already use. Donation forms and campaign pages embed directly into WordPress, Wix, Squarespace websites and more! Donors can give through Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and Venmo alongside standard credit and debit cards. Teams that rely on Mailchimp, Constant Contact, or social outreach through Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp can continue using those channels alongside Zeffy. QuickBooks integration keeps financial records current without manual exports. More than 100,000 nonprofits — from Big Brothers Big Sisters chapters and local YMCAs to neighborhood food banks, faith communities, and grassroots advocacy groups — have raised over $2 billion through Zeffy, saving more than $100 million in fees that returned directly to programs. Organizations that switch to Zeffy typically eliminate platform fees on the first campaign — without changing how they fundraise.

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Debra W.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/24/2026

"From Gala Night to Year-Round Fundraising"

5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

What we like best is that Zeffy is completely free for nonprofits. As a small organization, we care about making sure as much of every gift as possible reaches the Legal Resources Centre's work in South Africa. With Zeffy, our gala tickets, sponsorships, and donations go to the mission instead of to processing fees. Knowing that, we could promote the gala and ask supporters to give with complete confidence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

The limited ability to customize the platform. We'd like more control over how our event and donation pages look, including fonts, colors, and layout, so they fully reflect our brand. Customization is the one area where we sometimes felt constrained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zeffy solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zeffy simplified what could have been a complicated setup. Our Champions of Justice Gala offered individual tickets alongside several sponsorship levels, each bundling a table with additional underwritten guest seats, and we were able to manage all of it in one place.

It has also reduced our administrative workload. Automatic tax receipts, easy checkout, and having ticket sales, donations, and donor information together meant less manual follow-up and a clearer view of our progress leading up to the gala. For a small organization, that time savings is significant. It's also why we're continuing to use Zeffy for our year-round fundraising. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Hubert Fanneau of Zeffy

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Thank you Debra! Zeffy is a zero-fee fundraising platform built for nonprofits, and as much of every gift as possible reaching the Legal Resources Centre's work is precisely what the model protects.

On control over fonts, colours and layout so pages reflect your brand, that is genuinely helpful feedback and one of the clearest requests we receive. Our product team ships improvements weekly and all feedback we collect goes directly into building the roadmap, so it is worth sending support an example of the look you want.

Two parts of Zeffy you may not have opened yet. Auctions run real time bidding with outbid notifications, no bidder account required, and manual entry for cash or offline bids, with payment collected from winners automatically once bidding closes. Peer to peer fundraising lets supporters build their own pages with leaderboards and team sub campaigns, which reaches people who have never heard of your organization before.

Glad Zeffy is working for you and your organization.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/24/2026

"Powerful system, easy to use without the big pricetag"

5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

We use Zeffy to manage our boys basketball booster club, including memberships, sponsorships, fundraising, and banquet registrations. I have been very impressed with how much functionality Zeffy provides while keeping costs essentially nonexistent for our organization.

The platform is easy to set up and use, and I have found it intuitive to manage everything from day-to-day transactions to larger fundraising and event-registration needs. It gives us many of the same capabilities I would expect from other nonprofit management and fundraising platforms, but without the significant fees that can come with those systems.

For a volunteer-run organization like ours, keeping costs low is extremely important, and Zeffy has allowed us to put more of our fundraising dollars toward supporting our student-athletes rather than paying for software and transaction fees.

Overall, Zeffy has been a great fit for our booster club. It is affordable, flexible, and surprisingly full-featured for a platform that costs us so little. I would definitely recommend it to other school organizations, booster clubs, and nonprofits looking for an easy way to manage fundraising, memberships, sponsorships, and events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

One minor limitation is that certain membership details can't be changed after someone has completed their membership and payment. For example, we could set a custom expiration date, such as June 30, at the time a member signs up, but we can't go back and change the expiration date after the membership has already been purchased.

This can be a little challenging for our booster club because our membership year generally runs from October/November through June rather than following a standard 12-month cycle. As a result, parents of graduating seniors can sometimes continue to appear as active members after the school year ends.

It's not a major issue because the filtering and list-management tools provide a good workaround. We use filters to identify the appropriate membership group when sending communications. Still, having the ability to edit certain membership details after purchase would make the system even more flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zeffy solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zeffy helps us solve the challenge of managing multiple aspects of our booster club without having to invest in several different software platforms. We use it for memberships, sponsorships, fundraising, and banquet registrations, giving us one place to manage these activities and keep track of our supporters.

The biggest benefit for us is the cost savings. As a school booster club, we want to maximize the amount of money that goes directly toward supporting our student-athletes. Zeffy provides functionality that is comparable to other fundraising and nonprofit platforms, but without the significant software and transaction costs we would otherwise have to absorb.

It also saves us time and makes our administrative work easier. We can manage registrations and payments, organize our membership lists, track supporters, and communicate with the appropriate groups using the platform's filtering and list-management tools. Having these functions in one system makes it much easier to stay organized, particularly since our booster club is run by volunteers.

Overall, Zeffy allows us to operate more like a professionally managed organization without the cost and administrative burden that would normally come with that level of functionality. That means more of our resources can go toward our primary goal—supporting our student-athletes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Hubert Fanneau of Zeffy

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Thank you for the review! Zeffy is a zero-fee fundraising platform built for nonprofits, and running memberships, sponsorships, fundraising and banquet registrations for a booster club from one account is exactly the range it was built for.

On membership details that cannot be changed once someone has paid, such as a custom expiration date, that is genuinely helpful feedback and a precise limitation to name. It is worth asking support what your account can adjust today, and the request goes directly into building the roadmap.

Two parts of Zeffy you may not have opened yet. Raffles support ticket bundles, prize tiers and 50/50 draws, which many booster clubs run beside a banquet they already hold. Auctions run real time bidding with outbid notifications and manual entry for cash bids, with payment collected from winners automatically once bidding closes, so the room and your online bidders end up on a single sheet rather than two.

Glad Zeffy is working for you and your organization.

Steeple Run H&S T.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/24/2026

"Zeffy is an important part of running our non-profit"

5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

We love that Zeffy gives our school PTO so many different fundraising and payment tools in one place, without charging platform or credit card fees. We use it for our fall fundraiser ticket sales, raffle ticket sales, silent auction, sponsor registrations and payments, and will begin using Tap-to-Pay to collect payments for in-person purchases at our events. It is easy to set up, easy for our families to use, and easy for me to add additional members of my team. It has allowed us to move more away from cash and checks to online fundraising, while keeping 100% of what we raise. The reporting options are also sufficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

We would love to see some additional features rolled out. We would like to see more options for Tap to Pay collecting purchaser info and providing immediate receipts to customers, without slowing down the process. Our families would love to get text notifications for silent auction outbid alerts, rather than or in addition to email alerts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Hubert Fanneau of Zeffy

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Thank you for the review! Zeffy is a 100% free fundraising platform for nonprofits, and a PTO getting ticketing, payments and the rest in one account without platform or card fees is exactly the case the model was built for.

On Tap to Pay collecting purchaser information and issuing an immediate receipt without slowing the line, that is genuinely helpful feedback and precise enough to act on. Our product team ships improvements weekly and all feedback we collect goes directly into building the roadmap, so it is worth sending support that exact description.

Two parts of Zeffy you may not have opened yet. Raffles support ticket bundles, prize tiers and 50/50 draws, which suits a fall fundraiser. Memberships handle tiers, automatic renewal and member cards, with renewal reminders sent for you, which fits PTO dues well and keeps renewals arriving without anyone chasing families. Both are included at 0% fee like everything else.

Glad Zeffy is working for you and your organization.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/9/2026

"Great Platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

What I like best about Zeffy is that it makes managing our nonprofit events easy. The platform is straightforward for both organizers and attendees, and I love knowing that more of the money we raise stays with our organization because there are no platform fees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

Some of the reporting and customization features could be expanded, but overall the platform is simple to use and has been a great solution for our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zeffy solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zeffy has helped our NAWIC chapter simplify event registration, collect payments, and manage attendee information all in one place. Before Zeffy, coordinating registrations and tracking payments required more manual work. Now it's much easier to organize events and keep everything streamlined. The biggest benefit is that there are no platform fees, which means more of the money we collect can be invested back into our chapter, member programs, and events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Hubert Fanneau of Zeffy

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Thank you for sharing this! Zeffy is a fee-free fundraising and donor management platform, and for a chapter running regular events, registration, payment collection and attendee records sitting in one account is what removes most of the coordination work.

One detail you may not have used yet: each registration form can carry custom questions of your own, and the answers land on the attendee's contact record, which often covers a reporting need without exporting anything at all.

On broader reporting and customization, that is genuinely helpful feedback. Our product team ships improvements weekly and all feedback we collect goes directly into building the roadmap.

Two parts of Zeffy worth a look. Auctions run real time bidding with outbid notifications, no bidder account required, and manual entry for cash bids. Donor Mail sends personalized thank you letters and appeals as physical mail from your dashboard, with printing and mailing handled for you and QR codes that link back to your campaign.

Glad Zeffy is working for you and your organization.

Michael T.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/11/2026

"Great Fundraising Tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

Zeffy is incredibly easy to use. Online fundraising tools can often feel really complicated. Zeffy is not. I especially like the option to clone previous campaigns, which makes it really easy to seamlessly duplicate commonly used fundraising features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

The only downside to Zeffy is the pass along fee or tip portion not being more visible in some applications. I have noticed that people tend to skip through the forms quickly, missing the percentage tip portion, and then are angry with the nonprofit for "charging them more." I wish there was a separate screen that spoke directly to the tip ask and explained what this is and why it's important. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kristen K.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/22/2026

"The only platform I have been able to find that truly has no fees"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

Zeffy is the only fundraising platform I have found that truly has no fees for nonprofits. We receive the full amount donated, with no platform or credit card processing fees taken out. For a small nonprofit where every dollar matters, that makes a real difference. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

The biggest downside is that some of the customization and reporting options are more limited than on paid platforms. There are a few things I wish were more flexible, but honestly, the tradeoff is well worth it for a platform that does not take fees from our donations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zeffy solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zeffy solves one of the biggest frustrations with online fundraising: losing part of every donation to fees. Because we receive the full amount donated, more of each contribution can go directly toward our programs and the families we serve. It also gives us one place to manage donations, event tickets, and fundraising campaigns without adding another monthly expense. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Hubert Fanneau of Zeffy

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Thank you for such a measured review! Zeffy is a 100% free fundraising platform for nonprofits, and receiving the full amount donated with nothing taken out is the trade you describe weighing up.

On customization and reporting being more limited than paid platforms, that is genuinely helpful feedback. Our product team ships improvements weekly and all feedback we collect goes directly into building the roadmap. In the meantime, contacts can be filtered into custom lists, and the open API, webhooks and Zapier connection can feed your own reporting as transactions arrive.

Two parts of Zeffy you may not have opened yet. Raffles support ticket bundles, prize tiers and 50/50 draws, which many organizations run beside a campaign they already have live. Memberships handle tiers, automatic renewal and member cards, with renewal reminders sent for you, which gives an organization support arriving on a schedule rather than a fresh ask each time.

Glad Zeffy is working for you and your organization.

David O.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/29/2026

"First Class Software Tools, Database Management and Processing"

5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

Zeffy gives our organization the tools it needs to organize and promote events and appeals, connect with our donors and friends of the organization, and receive the full amount of donations for our mission. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

The only negative comment I heard from a donor was that the processing fees were too high. Donors may miss that the box next to the suggested percentage to cover processing fees is automatically checked if they aren't paying close attention. When asked about it, we have to instruct them to enter their own amount before proceeding with the payment. I personally understand why the system is set up this way, but that is the only negative comment I've heard about the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Three Oaks E.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/20/2026

"Making PTO Fundraising Easier for Everyone"

5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

Zeffy has been a wonderful resource for our PTO! One of the biggest benefits has been being able to give our families the option to pay by credit card for events, fundraisers, and other PTO purchases without our organization having to absorb credit card processing fees. Having an easy, user-friendly way for families to support our school has made collecting payments so much more convenient, and the fact that Zeffy allows nonprofits to use these tools without credit card fees has made a huge difference for us. It has allowed us to offer more flexible payment options while keeping more of the funds raised going directly back to our students and school. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

Sometimes the types of campaigns available don't fit what our need is, but we have always been able to work around this using the "Other Sales" option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zeffy solving and how is that benefiting you?

For years, our PTO did not accept credit cards, which meant we were missing out on participation in our events simply because many families no longer carry cash. Zeffy has allowed us to offer convenient credit card payments without having to pay processing fees, making it easier for families to support our PTO while helping us maximize the funds we raise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Hubert Fanneau of Zeffy

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Thank you for the review! Zeffy is a fee-free fundraising and donor management platform, and giving families a card option for events and fundraisers without a fee attached is exactly what a PTO needs.

On campaign types not always fitting, and on working around it with Other Sales, that is genuinely helpful feedback. Our product team ships improvements weekly and all feedback we collect goes directly into building the roadmap, and describing the thing that did not fit is far more useful than a general note, so support is worth a short message.

Two parts of Zeffy you may not have opened yet. Raffles support ticket bundles, prize tiers and 50/50 draws, which suits a school event. Memberships handle tiers, automatic renewal and member cards, with renewal reminders sent for you each cycle. Both are included at 0% fee like everything else on the platform. Neither costs anything beyond the time it takes to set up.

Glad Zeffy is working for you and your organization.

Noriko C.

Special Education Paraeducator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/23/2026

"Easy Anywhere Access and Fantastic Performance for School Events"

5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

Very easy to use anywhere, anytime we have our events. Other than our personal wi-fi issues we are always able to easily access the app and get paid by our customers. The app performance is fantastic thus far. We've actually been using it for over 2 years now. As a school, we are able to use different functions we weren't able to do before like auction platforms, ice cream sales and donations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

I haven't personally run into any issues except connectivity, but sometimes that is out of a company's hands. More a personal problem I believe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Hubert Fanneau of Zeffy

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Thank you, and that is a generous way to describe a wifi problem! Zeffy is nonprofit fundraising software with no platform fees and no transaction fees, so getting paid at events costs your school nothing.

On connectivity, a couple of things help at a venue with weak wifi. Mobile data usually holds up better than venue wifi for the app, and printed QR codes let buyers pay from their own connection rather than yours, which removes the dependency entirely.

Two things worth exploring. Zeffy's raffles let you sell ticket bundles with multiple prize tiers, including 50/50 draws. Zeffy's online store also lets you sell merchandise with inventory tracking, discount codes and shipping options.

Glad Zeffy is working for you and your organization.

Mary A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/19/2026

"Easy and Robust"

5/5

What do you like best about Zeffy?

With being able to receive all the donations made to us, we've received so much more using Zeffy! We truly have been able to migrate most of our systems over to Zeffy and us it as our primary hub for nearly everything from community registrations for our music/concert cycles to our concert tickets, donation campaigns to gala events like silent auctions! Zeffy has made all of that so easy! Moving our mailing system over has been a game changer and knowing how responsive Zeffy is when we reach out for help or to provide feedback it really feels supportive and collaborative. I tell every non-profit I know about Zeffy and recommend it to so many people whenever I hear a need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zeffy?

I wish the membership cards could be used to track attendance within a specific window. That's a piece that would make our cycle memberships that much more meaningful and make it possible for me to eliminate one more system that is clunky and annoying. Otherwise, I haven't found any REAL downsides! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Hubert Fanneau of Zeffy

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Thank you for the review! Zeffy is a one-stop fundraising and donor management platform with zero platform fees, and migrating most of your systems across is the strongest kind of endorsement there is.

On membership cards tracking attendance within a specific window, that is genuinely helpful feedback and a precise idea. Our product team ships improvements weekly and all feedback we collect goes directly into building the roadmap, and it is worth describing your cycle memberships to support so the request lands with the context behind it.

Two parts of Zeffy you may not have opened yet. Raffles support ticket bundles, prize tiers and 50/50 draws, which many organizations run beside a campaign they already have live and set up in an afternoon. Auctions run real time bidding with outbid notifications, no bidder account required, and manual entry for cash or offline bids, with payment collected from winners automatically once bidding closes.

Glad Zeffy is working for you and your organization.