Best Spotfund Alternative
Spotfund gives your family a donate button. SupportNow gives your family fundraising plus meals, helping hands, and updates, in one free place.
Free to start. No platform fees.
How SupportNow compares to Spotfund
Both platforms advertise free fundraising. The difference is what "free" means: what comes out of each donation, what your donors are asked for, and what your family gets beyond a donate button.
- 1. When supporters round up, the beneficiary receives 100% of donations. This is unique to SupportNow. If supporters do not round up, we are proud to offer the industry's lowest 2.7% credit card processing cost, and SupportNow never adds platform fees.
- 2. Spotfund platform fee and processing terms per spotfund.com/terms-and-conditions, as of July 2026. US processing is 2.9% + $0.30 per donation (3.9% + $0.30 for non-US sources), deducted from the gross donation. Their published example: a $500 donation nets $485.20.
- 3. Spotfund describes itself as funded by optional tips from donors and organizers, per spotfund.com/howitworks, as of July 2026. Tips are adjustable, including to zero.
- 4. Per spotfund.com/privacy, as of July 2026.
- 5. Support channels as listed on spotfund.com/compare, as of July 2026.
See what your family actually keeps
Pick an amount your community might raise. Then start your fundraiser with that goal already in place.
Your family can receive the full $5,000 when donors round up to cover processing costs.1
Your family receives $4,840.
$160 in processing fees comes out of donations first.2
Your $5,000 goal comes pre-filled. You can change it anytime.
Your family can receive the full $10,000 when donors round up to cover processing costs.1
Your family receives $9,680.
$320 in processing fees comes out of donations first.2
Your $10,000 goal comes pre-filled. You can change it anytime.
Your family can receive the full $20,000 when donors round up to cover processing costs.1
Your family receives $19,360.
$640 in processing fees comes out of donations first.2
Your $20,000 goal comes pre-filled. You can change it anytime.
Fee math assumes a typical $100 donation (50, 100, and 200 donations). Spotfund processing fee of 2.9% + $0.30 per US donation per spotfund.com/terms-and-conditions, as of July 2026. Spotfund tips are optional and adjustable, including to zero.
You reach real people, not a help center
When your family is carrying a lot, you should not have to dig through help articles for answers. On Spotfund, support runs through email and SMS. Here, it starts with a person. Call, text, chat, or email and a real human answers, from setup to payout.
Call us
(855) 904-7080. A real person picks up.
Text us
Same number. Quick answers from our team.
Email us
[email protected], read and answered by a human.
Live chat
Chat with our team right from this page.
Helpful guides
Written by the same people who answer the phone.
From your first question to your final payout, you talk to people, not ticket queues.
Frequently asked questions
Is Spotfund really free?
Spotfund does not charge a platform fee, but payment processing of 2.9% + $0.30 is deducted from every donation before it reaches your family. Their own published example shows a $500 donation netting $485.20, and donors are asked for an optional tip to Spotfund at checkout.
SupportNow also charges no platform fee, and donors can cover processing with an optional RoundUp, so your family can receive 100% of donations.
What does SupportNow offer that Spotfund does not?
Spotfund is a fundraising page. SupportNow is a Support Registry: fundraising plus meal trains, volunteer signups, to-dos, and updates, so your community can help with more than money.
Families also get real human support by phone, text, chat, or email.
We already started on Spotfund. Do we have to start over?
No. You can start a Support Registry for meals, volunteers, and updates today, and point new supporters to SupportNow so more of each gift reaches your family.
Many families run both while they transition. There is no penalty for fundraising in more than one place.
Weighing other platforms too?
See how SupportNow stacks up against each one, fees and features side by side.
Ready to give your family more than a fundraiser?
Start free in about 10 minutes. Share one link, and the people who love your family can give money, send meals, and lend a hand.
Free to start. Keep what you raise, even without a public goal.