Donation, Tip & Crowdfunding Tools for Donations, tips & crowdfunding
Tip jars, supporter pages and crowdfunding for audiences that want to pay without a paywall. Every listing below pays for donations, tips & crowdfunding. Ranked by editor score with traffic minimums, payout terms, web rank and the niches each one accepts.
Updated September 2026 · 6 listings · web ranks refreshed daily
How to choose donation, tip & crowdfunding tools for donations, tips & crowdfunding
Shortlist two or three platforms and price them at the revenue you expect in a year, not today: a 10% revenue share is cheap at $500/month and ruinous at $50,000. Check what you own when you leave (customer list, email addresses, files), whether the platform is the merchant of record for tax, and how fast payouts arrive.
GitHub Sponsors 🧰 PlatformFree
Recurring and one-time sponsorship for open-source maintainers and developers, with zero fees for individuals.
Ko-fi 🧰 PlatformFreemium
Tips, memberships, commissions and a shop with 0% platform fee on donations; Ko-fi Gold at $8 a month.
Buy Me a Coffee 🧰 PlatformFree
Tip jar, memberships and digital extras for creators; 5% fee, instant payouts.
Kickstarter 🧰 PlatformFree
All-or-nothing crowdfunding for creative projects; 5% fee plus payment processing on successful campaigns.
Open Collective 🧰 PlatformFree
Transparent funding for open-source projects and communities, with fiscal hosting and public budgets.
Liberapay 🧰 PlatformFree
Non-profit recurring donation platform with no platform fee, popular in open source.
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