Zeffy

RATING:

4.8

(332)

About Zeffy

Zeffy is the only zero-fee fundraising platform in North America, with no transaction fees, payment processing fees, or platform fees. The donation forms are built to ensure conversion with a minimum amount of clicks along with Google & Apple Pay options. Features include donation forms and campaigns, peer-to-peer campaigns, ticketing for virtual and in-person events, e-commerce, registration, and membership management.

Awards and Recognition

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Zeffy Pricing

Zeffy (formerly Simplyk) is 100% free - no user fee, no processing fee, no transaction fee, no hidden fees!

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

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Zeffy Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Zeffy

1 - 5 of 330 Reviews

Mandi

2 - 10 employees

Used less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

Reviewed July 2021

AMAZING

David

Verified reviewer

Civic & Social Organization, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2023

Zeffy is a fantastic option for charities and non-profits

I have found Zeffy to be very user friendly and easy to set up. Support is excellent. Processing and record keeping is very good.

PROS

The free payment processing means more in our bank account to support our charitable work.

CONS

The additional and optional amount to to be added to payments to support Zeffy can be confusing for customers. It appears to be mandatory. It would also be helpful to provide a range of contribution options. Make people feel part of supporting Zeffy for the benefit of the charities using the platform.

Reasons for switching to Zeffy

Eventbrite is extremely expensive which means lower net proceeds for our charitable work.

Patrick

Non-Profit Organization Management, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed December 2023

Zeffy - The Perect Price for Nearly the Perfect Program!

The price and ease of use make this an easy decision for our nonprofit. We would love to see it develop and grow in communication and donor management so we could stop using multiple programs. In addition, their customer service is extremely fast and easy to work with! A great, easy software to implement quickly and maximize time and profit!

PROS

It is easy to set up and use! You can easily customize the forms to collect funds for tickets, events, and more. The dashboard is intuitive so even those with little training can help administer the data and information to help you reach your goals and find success.

CONS

Zeffy does not have all the features that we wish it had. It could use a more robust messaging system with more features to create eye-catching emails. We would love the ability to manage our silent auction for our events. It needs to be able to do POS on Android (which I learned is coming soon). And we would love it to have more features with tracking individuals, donor engagement, etc.

Reason for choosing Zeffy

The cost and ease of use is perfect. It's easy to use for all skills and abilities!

Reasons for switching to Zeffy

The cost and ease of use is perfect. It's easy to use for all skills and abilities!

Arooj

Verified reviewer

Fund-Raising, 2-10 employees

Used less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2021

Great product that saves money

Using Simplyk has been a great experience, especially in saving us money but also in providing us with a great platform to do our fundraising. Their customer service team is one of the best I've ever dealt with, and I really appreciate having an account manager I can go to for assistance who is very quick to respond and do all they can to help us.

PROS

The biggest selling feature of Simplyk for non-profits is that they cover the costs of all credit card transaction fees, which saves us a lot of money. On the user end, it's a very clean-looking website, and fairly simple to use. On the back end, setting up ticket pages and campaigns is straightforward and pulling reports is not very complicated. Integrating with Stripe was quick and easy - our accountant loves it!

CONS

Since Simplyk seems to be a newer software, it is still missing some features that would be great to have and it's sometimes not as robust as we would like. It does not allow users (for us, people who are fundraising on our behalf) to be able to send emails to their sponsors in order to thank them for their donations. It would be nice to have more administrator control as well - there are some things I need to email to Simplyk team to do for me because I can't do them myself.

Reasons for switching to Zeffy

Save money on transaction fees, have a better user-end experience

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your great review! We are always working on adding new features and are going to be adding some of the features you mentioned very soon. Thanks again, the Simplyk team

Replied April 2021

Heidi

Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2023

Quick and Easy

Love it!

PROS

Setting up our raffle was easy and the interface is simple to use. We liked that it gave a QR code as well.

CONS

Would be nice to have an online draw feature for raffles