
GoFundMe Pro vs Fundraise Up
Move beyond GoFundMe Pro. Fundraise with confidence.
Join nonprofits that have moved from GoFundMe Pro (formerly Classy) to unlock stronger fundraising performance, with expert-led migration, quick onboarding, and a partner committed to your success.
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Protect what you’ve built. Make more possible.
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migration and setup
included at no extra cost
recurring donors
retained in the first month
conversion rate
vs. 8% industry average

Why nonprofits switch from GoFundMe Pro
Nonprofits move from GFM Pro to Fundraise Up for proven fundraising performance, innovation, and a partner they can confidently build their future on.
| Feature | Fundraise Up | GoFundMe Pro |
|---|---|---|
| G2 rating | ||
| G2 rating | ||
| Donor experience | ||
| Donor experience | Donor experiences for fundraising and community engagement | |
| Payment methods | ||
| Payment methods | ||
| Currencies | ||
| Currencies | USD settlement by default; multi-currency processing requires an add-on | |
| Languages | ||
| Languages | ||
| Fee coverage | ||
| Fee coverage | Dynamic donor fee coverage currently in beta | |
| AI for optimization | ||
| AI for optimization | Consumer-trained AI adapted for nonprofit fundraising | |
| Agentic Giving | ||
| Agentic Giving | ||
| Integrations | ||
| Integrations | Salesforce integration costs extra; advanced integrations and API access on custom plans | |
| Donation analytics | ||
| Donation analytics | Campaign Insights, viewed one campaign at a time | |
| Abandoned cart recovery | ||
| Abandoned cart recovery | ||
| High-traffic performance | ||
| High-traffic performance | ||
| Security | ||
| Security | PCI DSS Level 1, SOC 2 | |
| Contracts | ||
| Contracts | Contract flexibility may require negotiation | |
| Customer support | ||
| Customer support | Scaled support on Essentials; hands-on support on custom plans | |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing | Annual upfront subscription + transaction fees | |
| What’s included | ||
| What’s included | Giving Cart, Live Events, and Salesforce integration cost extra | |
Ready for a better way to fundraise?
See how Fundraise Up helps nonprofits raise more. White-glove onboarding and migration are included at no extra cost.
See pricingWhy switch to Fundraise Up?
Your fundraising future deserves a partner you can count on. Move forward with confidence, protect the donor relationships you’ve built, and unlock more opportunities for growth.
A partner you can count on
Your mission is built for the long term. Your fundraising technology should be too. Fundraise Up combines reliable technology, dedicated expertise, and ongoing support to help you grow with confidence.
Fundraise Up: 99.99% uptime, 95% support satisfaction, dedicated expert support
GoFundMe Pro: Standard support included; premium services available at additional cost
Grow your recurring revenue
Bring your existing recurring donors with you and keep your fundraising momentum going. Our dedicated migration team helps you make the move quickly, protect valuable donor relationships, and unlock more from every gift.
Fundraise Up: 99% recurring donors retained during migrations, $0 migration fees
GoFundMe Pro: Recurring donor transfers subject to migration requirements and potential fees
Innovation that drives growth
Your next fundraising platform should help you raise more today and stay ready for tomorrow’s donors. Fundraise Up continuously invests in technology that improves fundraising results and opens up new ways to give.
Fundraise Up: 3× conversion, 30% larger gifts, Agentic Giving and AI-powered P2P
GoFundMe Pro: Some customers cite slower product innovation
What nonprofits say after switching to Fundraise Up
The team at Fundraise Up is a huge reason for our success. We weren’t just sold a product — it was the product along with a partner that helped us choose the best strategy for MAP International.
more new donors in the first 3 months
lift in online donation revenue
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more new donors in the first 3 months
lift in online donation revenue
increase in average gift size
How does migration from GoFundME Pro work?
Migrating fundraising technology shouldn’t put your donor relationships at risk. That’s why Fundraise Up provides white-glove migration services that help nonprofits move faster, retain donors, and start seeing results sooner.
Keep the donors you’ve worked so hard to earn
Migrate recurring donors with confidence. Fundraise Up has successfully migrated more than 600 organizations while helping retain 99% of existing recurring donors.
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As your fundraising grows, your technology should grow with it. See how Fundraise Up helps nonprofits maximize every donation.
See the platform in actionWhy growing nonprofits choose Fundraise Up
See how Fundraise Up helps nonprofits increase conversion, improve donor experiences, and maximize every donation.
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A partner you can build your future on
Your mission is built for the long term. Your fundraising technology should be too.
Fundraise Up combines reliable technology, a team invested in your success, and a pricing model designed around your growth.
A team invested in your success, from onboarding to ongoing optimization
Pricing aligned with your growth, with no upfront investment or long-term contracts
Everything included from day one, without paid feature tiers or upgrades
| Feature | Fundraise Up | GoFundMe Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | ||
| Pricing model | Transaction-based; our success grows with yours | Essentials plan for nonprofits under $1M revenue; custom pricing above that combines an annual subscription with transaction fees |
| Upfront investment | ||
| Upfront investment | $0 setup and subscription fees | Annual subscription required |
| Contract commitment | ||
| Contract commitment | No mandatory long-term contracts | Contract terms vary by agreement |
| Innovation | ||
| Innovation | Experimentation and refinement with 70+ A/B tests per year | No published A/B testing methodology or insights |
| Platform access | ||
| Platform access | All features included from day one | Features vary by plan |
| Customer support | ||
| Customer support | 7‑day human support, 95% satisfaction | Support and training included; optional paid add-ons |
| Ongoing partnership | ||
| Ongoing partnership | Proactive growth planning and optimization support | Additional services available by plan |
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AI that raises more revenue
Fundraise Up adapts the experience for each donor in real time, using models trained on millions of donations to continuously improve performance without extra work from your team.
Compared with industry benchmarks, nonprofits using Fundraise Up see:
3× higher donation conversion rates
30% larger average donations
80% of recurring donors retained after one year
| Feature | Fundraise Up | GoFundMe Pro |
|---|---|---|
| What the AI optimizes | ||
| What the AI optimizes | Amount, frequency, fee coverage, and recurring upsells together | Suggested amounts and nudges tuned to a selected goal; dynamic fee coverage asks in beta on Studio pages and embedded forms |
| Training data | ||
| Training data | Millions of donations through nonprofit-owned checkouts | GoFundMe consumer data, fine-tuned for GoFundMe Pro nonprofits |
| Agentic Giving | ||
| Agentic Giving | AI-assisted campaign discovery and donation journeys | No equivalent publicly documented |
| Other AI capabilities | ||
| Other AI capabilities | AI-powered P2P coaching, AI Fundraisers, MCP | No equivalent publicly documented |
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Built for global giving
Nonprofits with international donors need localized giving experiences, preferred payment methods, and flexible currency support.
Fundraise Up helps organizations create giving experiences that feel local to donors around the world.
25 languages supported
135+ currencies accepted, plus local-currency payouts
25+ global payment methods
| Feature | Fundraise Up | GoFundMe Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Languages | ||
| Languages | 25 languages | English-only |
| Currencies | ||
| Currencies | 135+ currencies, donations settle in local currencies | Settles in USD by default; optional International Currency Processing adds 5 currencies at $100 setup each |
| Global payment methods | ||
| Global payment methods | Cards, wallets, bank debits, bank redirects, and crypto | Mostly US-focused, except for cards and digital wallets |
| Regional bank debits | ||
| Regional bank debits | ACH, Bacs, BECS, PADs, SEPA | ACH |
| Local payment methods | ||
| Local payment methods | iDEAL, TWINT, and more | Limited local payment options |
| Global donor experience | ||
| Global donor experience | Localized by language, currency, and payment method for each donor automatically | No equivalent publicly documented |
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See what’s driving revenue
Fundraise Up gives fundraising and finance teams real-time visibility into donor behavior, recurring revenue, and what to improve next.
Donor behavior and payment performance
Recurring revenue and retention trends
Personalized tips to improve fundraising results
| Feature | Fundraise Up | GoFundMe Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Insights dashboard | ||
| Insights dashboard | Account-wide Insights with 20+ live charts | Campaign Insights, viewed one campaign at a time |
| Optimization recommendations | ||
| Optimization recommendations | Real-time personalized optimization tips | No personalized optimization tips based on the nonprofit’s performance |
| Recurring revenue analytics | ||
| Recurring revenue analytics | Retention, cancellation reasons and trends | Recurring giving management |
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Technology you can trust as you grow
Fundraise Up gives growing and enterprise nonprofits the infrastructure to scale with confidence.
Reliable performance during high-volume campaigns
Built-in security and compliance
Fraud protection for every transaction
| Feature | Fundraise Up | GoFundMe Pro |
|---|---|---|
| High-traffic performance | ||
| High-traffic performance | 600+ transactions per second and zero downtime during peak periods | No published performance or throughput data |
| Security and compliance | ||
| Security and compliance | PCI DSS Level 1 v4.0.1, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 | PCI DSS Level 1, SOC 2 |
FAQ
Fundraise Up is the digital fundraising platform that helps nonprofits raise more by optimizing the donor giving experience. Through AI-powered conversion, modern checkout, and a 100% performance-based pricing model, Fundraise Up delivers 3× higher conversion rates and 30% larger average donations than legacy fundraising tools — with no contracts and no risk.
Yes. Nonprofits choose Fundraise Up when they want an AI-optimized donation experience, every feature included without a subscription, and native integrations with the CRM they already use.
Yes. Classy became GoFundMe Pro in 2025. If you’re comparing Fundraise Up with Classy, this page applies.
Fundraise Up provides free, white-glove migration. Our team coordinates the transfer of recurring plans and payment data with your current provider, and plans the move around your campaign calendar.
Fundraise Up’s AI is built around one goal: helping nonprofits raise more.
Our models draw on real nonprofit donation behavior to optimize the entire giving experience, including donation amounts, recurring giving opportunities, and donor fee coverage, with a focus on growing fundraising revenue.
GoFundMe Pro’s Intelligent Ask Amounts uses behavioral data from the broader GoFundMe ecosystem, including consumer fundraising, and is fine-tuned for nonprofits. Fundraise Up’s approach is grounded in nonprofit giving behavior, where donor motivations and giving patterns can differ from person-to-person crowdfunding.
We’re also investing in what’s next through Agentic Giving, which helps AI assistants discover nonprofit campaigns and guide supporters to the organization’s official donation experience, as well as MCP integrations and AI-powered peer-to-peer fundraising.
The result is AI designed to improve fundraising performance today while preparing nonprofits for how donors will discover and support causes tomorrow.
No. Fundraise Up is not a CRM — it’s a donation platform that integrates natively with the CRM you already use, including Salesforce, HubSpot, and Bloomerang.
Fundraise Up uses a single transaction-based rate with no subscription, setup fee or paid add-ons, and lower rates are available as volume grows. GoFundMe Pro offers an Essentials plan for nonprofits under $1M in revenue and custom pricing above that, which combines an annual subscription with transaction fees.
Yes. Fundraise Up’s infrastructure is built to handle large, sudden spikes in donation traffic without slowing down or going offline, which matters most on the exact days your fundraising volume is highest.
Yes. P2P Fundraising runs on your own website and uses the same conversion-optimized checkout as the rest of your donations, plus an AI coach for fundraisers.
Fundraise Up is designed to feel like an extension of your team. From white-glove onboarding and expert-led migration to ongoing technical support and fundraising guidance, we’re invested in helping your organization succeed long after launch.
You’ll benefit from quick onboarding, dedicated migration expertise, and support available seven days a week. Customers also receive a dedicated Customer Success Manager and hands-on strategic guidance to continuously improve fundraising performance.
No. Fundraise Up doesn’t require any long-term contracts, annual subscriptions, or upfront platform fees. Our pricing is transaction-based, meaning our success is tied to yours.
You get full access to our platform, integrations, and support from day one, without paying extra to unlock features or committing to a multi-year agreement.
Unlike GoFundMe Pro’s standard annual subscription model, Fundraise Up makes flexibility the default, giving you the freedom to grow on your terms.
Fundraise Up is free to start — no setup fees, fixed subscriptions, or long-term contracts. We invest in helping you grow, and our industry-leading fee coverage helps donors offset both Fundraise Up and payment processing costs. The result: an effective Fundraise Up cost of around 1% on average after fee coverage.

Ready to see what’s possible?
Talk to our team to see how Fundraise Up can help you improve donor experiences, increase conversion rates, and raise more online. White-glove onboarding and migration are included at no extra cost.
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