Best GoFundMe Alternatives for Families
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99.4% kept
99.2% kept
99.5% kept
Kept is the share of every intended gift, the amount a supporter chose to give, that reached the family.
How SupportNow compares to GoFundMe
When your family is in a hard season, every dollar your community gives matters. Three differences decide how much of it reaches you.
reached families for every $10,000 given1
Measured across 200,000+ recent gifts.
after its 2.9% + $0.30 fee on the same gifts2
GoFundMe's published transaction fee, applied to those same gifts.
- 1. Measured across 246,381 charged gifts to Support Pages, October 20, 2025 through October 20, 2026, excluding refunded, disputed, failed, and spam gifts and gifts paid with gift cards. Kept is what families received divided by what supporters intended to give, before optional expedited or extra payouts, which carry a separate fee. The comparison applies a 2.9% + $0.30 transaction fee to the same gifts.
- 2. GoFundMe transaction fee of 2.9% + $0.30 per donation, automatically deducted from each donation, per gofundme.com/c/pricing, as of October 2026.
- 3. When a supporter adds a RoundUp, the family receives 100% of that gift. The RoundUp covers processing and keeps every tool on the page free. If a supporter skips it, a 2.7% processing fee comes out of that gift. SupportNow charges no platform fee.
GoFundMe® is a registered trademark of GoFundMe, Inc.. SupportNow is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by GoFundMe, Inc.. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Comparison details are sourced above and current as of the dates noted.
What families actually kept
Your community gives because they want to help your family. Here is how much of that help reached families on SupportNow this past year.
of every intended gift reached the family
Across 200,000+ recent gifts from real supporters.
Measured across 246,381 charged gifts to Support Pages, October 20, 2025 through October 20, 2026, excluding refunded, disputed, failed, and spam gifts and gifts paid with gift cards. Kept is what families received divided by what supporters intended to give, before optional expedited or extra payouts, which carry a separate fee.
In their own words
The fact that the family kept 99% of the funds raised was a bonus!
You keep more money. The support team is super responsive and I love that I can blog to keep my community informed.
My mother passed away, and this was one of the simplest things I’ve had to go through since then. I highly recommend it.
Knowing that most of the funds actually go to my child… has made a meaningful difference during a difficult time.
I am so glad I chose SupportNow. It… is feature rich and easy to use… Even the customer support has been amazing!!
SupportNow made it so much easier to receive the help we needed.
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This past year, families on SupportNow kept 99.2% of every intended gift. GoFundMe deducts 2.9% + $0.30 from every donation, and a tip to GoFundMe is separate and does not change what the family receives. With SupportNow, when supporters add a RoundUp, families keep 100% of the intended gift.
SupportNow also combines fundraising, meals, updates, volunteers, and community support in one place, giving families more than a donation page.
Creating a Support Page is completely free. Families can organize meals, volunteers, updates, and more without monthly subscription fees or paid feature upgrades.
SupportNow charges a 0% platform fee. At checkout, supporters can add an optional RoundUp that covers processing and keeps the page free, so your family receives the full gift. If they remove it, a 2.7% processing fee is deducted from what the family receives.
Most sites like GoFundMe are focused on donations, including Spotfund and GiveSendGo. Meal Train® and Give InKind focus on meals and volunteer help, and Help Hope Live holds medical donations in a restricted fund rather than paying the family directly.
SupportNow carries both at once: fundraising with a 0% platform fee, plus meals, volunteer to-dos, and updates on the same page. The comparison page lines up every platform, fees and features side by side.
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