🆚 GoFundMe vs. Kickstarter

Type

Crowdfunding technology
Crowdfunding technology

About

GoFundMe is a crowdfunding platform that enables individuals and organizations to raise money for personal, charitable, and emergency causes through online donation campaigns.

It supports donation-based fundraising without rewards or equity, enables team fundraising and direct bank transfers to beneficiaries, and provides tools to create and manage campaign pages with stories, images, and updates.

Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform that enables creators to raise funds for creative projects by presenting campaigns to the public and collecting pledges from backers.

It operates on an all-or-nothing funding model where funds are collected only if a project reaches its goal, supports reward-based campaigns without equity, and provides tools such as pre-launch pages, reward tiers with add-ons, backer surveys, and late pledges.

Headquarters

San Diego, California, United States
New York, United States

Website

Pricing

Transaction Fee
Individual/business2.9% + $0.30
Certified charity2.2% + $0.30
Kickstarter fee5%
Payment processing fee3% + $0.30

Categories

Crowdfunding › Rank #3
Crowdfunding › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Kickstarter crowdfunding technology is 1.9 times more popular than GoFundMe.
Total websites

Market share

Crowdfunding

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Kickstarter is more popular in the United States, Vietnam, and Germany, while GoFundMe is more popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Italy.
United States
United Kingdom
Vietnam
Germany
Australia
Canada
France
Italy
Netherlands
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Kickstarter is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, games, and online shopping, while GoFundMe is more commonly used on sports, education and reference, and general news sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Games
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Business
Sports
Education/Reference
General News
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#28,796
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Name
Rank
#15,959
#29,034
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See also

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