The family-first GoFundMe alternative

Best GoFundMe Alternative

Your family gets fundraising plus real support. Money, meals, and helping hands, organized around you in one free place. That's SupportNow.

Free to start. No platform fees.

If your community gives $10,000
On SupportNow your family can keep it all when donors round up1
$10,000
On GoFundMe $320 in transaction fees comes out first2
$9,680
Assumes a typical $100 donation. See the full math below
Funds go directly to your family
Meals and volunteers included
Side by side

How SupportNow compares to GoFundMe

Both platforms help you collect donations. The difference is everything that happens around the donation: the fees, the focus, and the support your family actually receives.

SupportNow
GoFundMe
Families keep 100%
SupportNow
The only platform where families keep 100% of donations when donors choose to round up to cover processing costs.1
GoFundMe
Deducts 2.9% + $0.30 from every donation, for every family.2
Built only for your family
SupportNow
Everything about your campaign centers your family: your needs, your story, your situation.
GoFundMe
Increasingly solicits its donors for other causes, donor advised funds, and nonprofit giving.4
Donor tips
SupportNow
No tip asks. Donors see one optional RoundUp that goes toward processing costs, so your family keeps 100%.1
GoFundMe
Asks donors for a tip on top of each donation, with suggested defaults around 17.5% and a slider up to 30%. 100% of tips go to GoFundMe, not the family.3
All-in-one support
SupportNow
Organize meal trains, volunteer help, and to-dos alongside fundraising, whenever your family needs them.
GoFundMe
Money only.
Progress bar optional
SupportNow
A public goal and progress bar are optional. Some families are not comfortable asking, or have no specific target. That is okay here.
GoFundMe
Requires a public goal and progress bar on every campaign.
  • 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. GoFundMe transaction fee of 2.9% + $0.30 per donation, per gofundme.com/c/pricing, as of July 2026.
  • 3. GoFundMe tip suggestions vary by donation amount and are adjustable, including to zero. As of July 2026.
  • 4. Based on GoFundMe donor-facing promotions of additional causes, donor advised funds, and nonprofit giving, as of July 2026.
The math

See what your family actually keeps

Pick an amount your community might raise. Then start your fundraiser with that goal already in place.

With SupportNow
$5,000

Your family can receive the full $5,000 when donors round up to cover processing costs.1

With GoFundMe
$4,840

Your family receives $4,840.

$160 in transaction fees comes out of donations first.2

At GoFundMe's suggested 17.5% tip, donors would also send GoFundMe about $875 on top of their donations.3
Start Fundraising for $5,000

Your $5,000 goal comes pre-filled. You can change it anytime.

With SupportNow
$10,000

Your family can receive the full $10,000 when donors round up to cover processing costs.1

With GoFundMe
$9,680

Your family receives $9,680.

$320 in transaction fees comes out of donations first.2

At GoFundMe's suggested 17.5% tip, donors would also send GoFundMe about $1,750 on top of their donations.3
Start Fundraising for $10,000

Your $10,000 goal comes pre-filled. You can change it anytime.

With SupportNow
$20,000

Your family can receive the full $20,000 when donors round up to cover processing costs.1

With GoFundMe
$19,360

Your family receives $19,360.

$640 in transaction fees comes out of donations first.2

At GoFundMe's suggested 17.5% tip, donors would also send GoFundMe about $3,500 on top of their donations.3
Start Fundraising for $20,000

Your $20,000 goal comes pre-filled. You can change it anytime.

Fee math assumes a typical $100 donation (50, 100, and 200 donations). GoFundMe transaction fee of 2.9% + $0.30 per donation per gofundme.com/c/pricing, as of July 2026. Tip suggestions vary by donation amount and are adjustable, including to zero.

Real human support

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 GoFundMe, support starts at a help center. Here, it starts with a person. Call, text, chat, or email and a real human answers, from setup to payout.

From your first question to your final payout, you talk to people, not ticket queues.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Why do families choose SupportNow over GoFundMe?

SupportNow helps families keep more money. GoFundMe deducts 2.9% + $0.30 from every donation and asks donors for an additional tip, while SupportNow lets supporters cover processing costs through an optional RoundUp, helping families keep 100% of donations when selected.

SupportNow also combines fundraising, meals, updates, volunteers, and community support in one place, giving families more than a donation page.

How much does it cost?

Creating a Support Registry is completely free. Families can organize meals, volunteers, updates, and more without monthly subscription fees or paid feature upgrades.

If fundraising is enabled, supporters have the option to help cover standard payment processing costs so families keep more of the money raised.

What if we already started a GoFundMe?

You do not have to start over. A Support Registry can display an existing GoFundMe campaign alongside meals, volunteer help, and updates, so your community has one place to show up.

Many families keep both running and point new supporters to SupportNow, so more of each gift reaches the family.

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.