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Best platforms to donate to a mosque online: the fees, compared

Eight ways a masjid takes money online, on one table: who pays the fee, whether the donor is asked for a tip, card processing, monthly cost, receipts and kiosks. Every competitor figure was read from that company's own site on October 16, 2026. Ummah is one of the eight.

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The short answer

Three things decide which platform a mosque should take donations on, and none of them is the headline rate. First, who pays the fee: the donor, the masjid, or a “tip” the donor is asked for at checkout. Second, whether the donor's name, history and receipt end up in a record the masjid owns, or in a transaction list it cannot act on. Third, what the platform costs when it is quiet, because a masjid raises most of its year in Ramadan and pays monthly fees for the other eleven months.

On those three: Zeffy and LaunchGood cost the masjid nothing and ask the donor to tip. Donorbox and Givelify take a percentage of each gift. MOHID and Masjidal sell donations inside a whole masjid system. PayPal is a button. Ummah runs donations on its Advanced plan at a 0% platform fee on the masjid's own Stripe or PayPal, with the donor record next to the member's events, membership and prayer-time community, no tip asked of anyone, and the kiosk at the door and TV displays with the live campaign total included in the same $75 a month.

Eight platforms, side by side

Each competitor row was read from that company's own site on October 16, 2026. Figures are as printed that day; prices move, so check theirs before you act on it. “Not published” means the site does not say.

PlatformPlatform fee and who paysCard processingMonthly costReceipts and donor recordHardware
Ummahtheummah.io0% platform fee on Advanced. No tip asked of the donor. Campaigns, donor records and the widget are Advanced featuresYour own Stripe or PayPal account, at its standard rate; the money lands in the masjid's account$75/mo billed annually (Advanced), with the kiosk, TV displays, vendor booth maps, members, events and a website included. Free and $19/mo Basic do not run donation campaignsRecurring giving, and donor records with giving history next to membership and attendance; the record is yours to exportThe Ummah Kiosk, with tap-to-pay, included on Advanced and run on a tablet you already own: no device to buy, no per-kiosk fee. TV displays for campaign totals included too
LaunchGoodlaunchgood.com0% platform fee (since November 2024). Donors see an optional tip slider at checkoutAbout 2.9% + $0.30 per card gift and $0.30 per ACH, paid by the fundraiser$0LaunchGood does not issue the tax receipt; donors are told to contact the campaign creator. Recurring giving is switched on by emailing supportNot published
Zeffyzeffy.com0% to the nonprofit. Funded by a donor tip added at checkout, 17% by default on the checkout we went through in October 2026; to give without it the donor opens the menu, picks Other and types 00% to the nonprofit$0 on every planAutomatic tax receipts. Recurring giving includedTap to Pay on a phone only; no kiosk or card reader
Donorboxdonorbox.org2.95% platform fee on the Standard plan (3.95% on event tickets, memberships and peer-to-peer), paid by the nonprofit unless the donor opts to cover it. 1.75% to 2% on ProStripe 2.2% + $0.30, PayPal 1.99% + $0.49, ACH 0.8% capped at $5$0 Standard, $150 ProYes, with receipt white-labelling. Text-to-give is a $19/mo add-onLive Kiosk at $80/mo for the first device, hardware separate
Givelifygivelify.comNo separate platform fee; 2.9% + $0.30 per gift (3.5% + $0.30 on Amex) is deducted before payoutIncluded in the figure above$0An annual giving summary that Givelify says is not an IRS document; the organization builds its own statementsNone; the company argues against text-to-give
MOHIDmohid.netDonor Pay: 3.32% + $0.32, covered by the donor in most cases. Fixed: 2.55% + $0.30, paid by the masjidIncluded in the schemes above; $0.20 to $0.29 per eCheckBasic $99/mo and Professional $199/mo billed annually ($109 and $219 month to month); donations are one module of the suiteAutomatic receipts and year-end summariesKiosk $999 plus $25/mo (waived on Donor Pay); mTAP devices $249 to $499 plus $0.50 a transaction and $15/mo
Masjidalmymasjidal.com0% commission; the masjid pays Stripe's standard processingStripe standard, 2.9% + $0.30 per stripe.comDonations are on the Ultimate plan only: $90/mo billed yearly, $99 month to monthAutomatic tax-deductible receipts; per-campaign funds including zakatKiosks $799.99 to $929.99; the 15-inch model was listed sold out when read
PayPal Donate buttonpaypal.comNo platform fee. Confirmed charities pay 1.99% + $0.49 after an application; the standard Donate button is 2.89% + $0.49Included above; +1.5% on international cards$0A payment receipt only; no donor record beyond the PayPal transaction listTap to Pay in the PayPal app; Zettle readers, price not published

Read from: LaunchGood (support.launchgood.com, platform fees article (modified 2024-11-25) and tax receipt article); Zeffy (zeffy.com/pricing and support.zeffy.com, "what is the contribution made towards Zeffy"; the 17% default from a Zeffy checkout we went through); Donorbox (donorbox.org/pricing); Givelify (givelify.com/pricing and its help pages); MOHID (mohid.net/pricing); Masjidal (mymasjidal.com/pages/pricing-plan and the mDonate product page); PayPal Donate button (paypal.com merchant fees and the charity rate help article). Stripe's published standard rate is 2.9% + $0.30 online; it publishes no nonprofit rate.

Which one for which masjid

  • If the masjid has no budget and only needs a donation form

    Zeffy or LaunchGood. Both charge the nonprofit nothing and move the cost to the donor as a tip: on Zeffy it is added at 17% by default. Decide whether that sits well next to zakat with your community.

  • If you want giving, the kiosk and the rest of the masjid in one place, with no tip asked

    Ummah on Advanced, $75 a month billed annually, at a 0% platform fee on your own Stripe or PayPal. The same price includes the kiosk at the door, TV displays with the live campaign total, members, events, vendor booth maps and a website we build.

  • If you already run MOHID or Masjidal for the rest of the masjid

    Their donation module, so one system holds everything. Compare their per-gift rate to what your own Stripe account would charge.

  • If you want a tap-to-give kiosk at the door this Ramadan

    Ummah, if you have a tablet: the Ummah Kiosk is included on Advanced with no device to buy. MOHID ($999 plus $25 a month), Masjidal ($799.99 to $929.99) and Donorbox ($80 a month for the first kiosk) charge for theirs.

  • If you want nothing to set up at all

    A PayPal Donate button, and accept that you will not know who gave beyond the transaction list.

Tell us if something here is wrong and we will correct it. Write to info@theummah.io.

Questions

The ones where the masjid keeps the most of each gift and keeps the donor's record. LaunchGood and Zeffy charge the nonprofit no platform fee and ask the donor for an optional tip. Donorbox and Givelify take a percentage of each gift. MOHID and Masjidal sell donations inside a masjid management suite. PayPal is a button with no donor record. Ummah runs donations on its Advanced plan at a 0% platform fee on the masjid's own Stripe or PayPal account, with the donor record next to membership and events, and the kiosk and TV displays included. Compare who pays the fee, whether donors see a tip, and where the record lives.
To the nonprofit, Zeffy and LaunchGood are lowest at 0% platform fee; LaunchGood passes card processing (about 2.9% + $0.30) to the fundraiser while Zeffy covers it from donor tips. Ummah charges a 0% platform fee on Advanced and the masjid pays only its own Stripe or PayPal processing. PayPal's confirmed charity rate is 1.99% + $0.49 with no monthly cost. Givelify deducts 2.9% + $0.30. Donorbox adds 2.95% on top of processing. MOHID's donor-pay scheme is 3.32% + $0.32, paid by the donor in most cases. All figures are as published on the sites on the date below.
It differs by platform and it changes what a $100 gift is worth. On Zeffy a 17% tip is added to the donor's checkout by default and on LaunchGood the donor is offered a tip; the mosque pays nothing. On Donorbox and Givelify the nonprofit pays unless the donor ticks a box to cover fees. On MOHID the donor-pay scheme puts the fee on the donor and the fixed scheme on the masjid. On Ummah the platform fee is 0% on Advanced and the only cost is the masjid's own processor. Ask any platform to show you the receipt a donor sees before you sign.
It is a question for your scholar, but many communities are uncomfortable asking someone paying their zakat to add a voluntary payment to a software company on the same screen. Both Zeffy and LaunchGood let the donor avoid the tip, though on the Zeffy checkout we went through it starts at 17% and reaching zero takes picking Other and typing 0, and LaunchGood's zakat policy says card fees are not part of the zakat amount. If the tip screen matters to you, choose a platform that does not show one.
Zeffy, Donorbox, MOHID and Masjidal issue receipts automatically. Givelify issues an annual giving summary that it says is not an IRS document. LaunchGood tells donors to contact the campaign creator for a receipt. A PayPal button gives a payment receipt only. On Ummah the donor record and giving history are kept with the member, and the organization sends its statements from that record.
We make one of the eight. Every figure about the other seven was read from that company's own pricing or help page on the date below and quoted as printed, with "not published" where the site does not say. Two of them cost the nonprofit nothing if all you need is a donation form, and the picks above say so. Ummah's $75 a month is for the whole masjid: giving, the kiosk, TV displays, members, events and a website. If something here is wrong or out of date, write to us and we will correct it.

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