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See what your fundraiser keeps.

Enter your numbers to see the fees and what your group keeps on UnitTally, then compare it with any other platform, including flat-fee and zero-fee options.

Your fundraiser

Card orders have a $1 minimum. Cash and check orders don’t.
UnitTally plan
2.5% + 30¢ per card sale to UnitTally, capped at $20. No monthly fee.
Use 0 for a zero-fee, tip-funded platform, about 3 for a flat-fee platform, 20 to 30 for a take-rate platform, or 50 to 60 for a catalog program.

Your group keeps $16,890.00 of $18,000.00. Stripe processing $585.00, UnitTally fee $525.00. A 20% platform would leave $15,000.00.

Your fundraiser on UnitTallyFree plan · 2.5% + 30¢, cap $20
Total raised$18,000.00

On 500 card orders

Stripe processing−$585.00
UnitTally fee−$525.00

On 100 cash and check orders

Fees$0.00
Total fees−$1,110.00
Your group keeps$16,890.00
After Stripe processing and UnitTally’s capped fee. Cash and check orders are free.

Compared with a 20% platform

+$1,890.00 more with UnitTally
UnitTally$16,890.00
A 20% platform$15,000.00

A platform taking 20% would keep $3,000.00 of your card orders. This assumes it also records your 100 cash and check orders for free, as UnitTally does. If it charges for those or can’t record them, its real cost is higher.

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  • Card math uses Stripe’s standard rate of about 2.9% + 30¢. Verified 501(c)(3) nonprofits often qualify for about 2.2% + 30¢, so your take-home may be a bit higher. Check your actual rate with Stripe.
  • Stripe’s processing fee is charged by Stripe and isn’t UnitTally revenue.
  • The other platform’s fee is its total take. If it also charges card processing, its real cost is higher.
  • Cash and check orders carry $0 in platform and processing fees on every plan.
  • Platform fees are capped per sale: $20 on Free, $10 on Plus, $5 on Pro.
  • The receipt counts one month of Plus ($15/mo, or $12/mo billed annually) or Pro ($80/mo, or $64/mo billed annually) at the monthly price.

How fundraiser fees actually work.

Most platforms cost your group in one of three ways. Here’s how they compare with UnitTally.

  • Take-rate

    A percentage of every sale

    Often 20% to 30%, so a bigger fundraiser costs more.

  • Flat-fee

    A flat rate per transaction

    Often about 3% and uncapped, so big sales still pay the full rate.

  • Zero-fee

    Free to your group

    Funded by prompting your supporters to add a tip at checkout.

  • UnitTally

    One capped, disclosed fee

    2.5% + 30¢ on Free, never more than $20 a sale, and never a tip prompt.

Online card sales carry two costs: Stripe’s processing fee, charged by Stripe, and UnitTally’s capped platform fee. Cash and check orders you record yourself carry no fee at all. See the full breakdown on pricing, or how money reaches your account on trust and security.

Read how fees and caps work in the docs

Never more than $20 in UnitTally fees on a sale.

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