raisely.io

What It Is

Raisely is an online fundraising platform built for charities and nonprofit organizations, covering donation pages, peer-to-peer fundraising, DIY fundraising, ticketed events, recurring donations, and supporter management. It is not positioned as a general-purpose website builder or CRM, but as an integrated fundraising SaaS centered on the workflow of “launch a campaign — collect payments — manage donors — keep engaging supporters.”

Core Features and Integrations

The platform offers a visual page builder, professional templates, free hosting, custom domains, HTTPS by default, mobile-first donation forms, plus support for 130+ currencies and multilingual campaigns. On the fundraising side, it supports team and individual pages, leaderboards, badges, event registration, ticketing, matching donations, progress bars, countdowns, and live activity feeds. For growth and engagement, it includes supporter profiles, interaction history, custom fields, tags, segmentation, import/export, CSV, scheduled reports, as well as email/SMS and automated journeys. Integrations are fairly extensive, including Stripe, PayPal, Salesforce, Zapier, Facebook, Google Analytics/Tag Manager, Hotjar, Strava, Sentry, Aplos, Keela, Dataro, and more. Raisely also provides an Open API, Webhooks, developer documentation, and support for custom CSS/React/JS, making it suitable for organizations with technical teams that need deeper integrations.

Pricing and Fees

Raisely’s basic model is very attractive: no contracts, no monthly fees, no setup fees, and no hosting fees. By default, platform costs are covered through optional tips from donors, while organizations only pay payment gateway fees. The text gives Stripe’s nonprofit discounted rate as an example: 1.4% + 30¢ per transaction. If tips are turned off, the platform fee is 4% excluding tax. Imported existing recurring donations and donations made through Facebook/Instagram integrations are noted as carrying a 2% fee. Some advanced features, such as certain integrations, marketing automation, SAML SSO, custom tags/segmentation, and email journeys, require Raisely Pro, priced at US$119/month or US$714/year.

Pros, Cons, and Best Fit

Its strengths are comprehensive coverage of nonprofit fundraising scenarios, a low barrier to launch, mature templates and form experiences, and strong API and integration capabilities. Its limitations are a relatively narrow fit, as it mainly serves registered charities and nonprofit organizations; advanced marketing and permissions features require Pro; and payments depend on Stripe/PayPal, which may create account setup, cross-border payment, and compliance challenges for organizations in China. It is best suited to small-to-growing nonprofit organizations, foundations, school alumni fundraising programs, event-based charity projects, and teams that need to run peer-to-peer fundraising and recurring donation operations.

Access from China and Alternatives

The collected information does not provide details on mainland China network access, a Chinese interface, RMB support, local payment methods, or ICP filing, so access from China should be considered unknown. If serving donors in mainland China, organizations should carefully verify access speed, Stripe/PayPal availability, invoice requirements, and regulatory compliance for charitable fundraising. Alternatives worth comparing include Classy, Givebutter, Donorbox, and GoFundMe Charity-style platforms. For domestic China projects, local charity fundraising platforms or donation/event management systems that support WeChat Pay and Alipay should be evaluated first.