🆚 Ko-fi vs. Open Collective

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Ko-fi is five times more popular than Open Collective.
🌎 Ko-fi is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Open Collective is more popular in China, Russia, and Denmark.

Type

Donation tool

About

Ko-fi is a creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales.

It supports one-time contributions and monthly memberships, integrates with PayPal and Stripe, offers goal and milestone tracking, supporter-only posts, and a built-in shop for digital products.

Open Collective is a platform that enables open source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work.

It provides public budgets with detailed expense breakdowns, recurring and one-time contributions, fiscal hosting with legal and accounting support, multiple payment methods, and automated expense reimbursements.

Headquarters

Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom

Walnut, California, United States

Website

ko-fi.com #1,132

opencollective.com #165,307

Pricing

Ko-fi freeFree version ✔️Donations
Memberships, Shop, Commissions5%

ContributorPlatform Fee5%

* Payment processor fees also apply

Platform FeeFree version ✔️For Collectives
For Fiscal Hosts15%

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Ko-fi donation tool is 5 times more popular than Open Collective.

Total websites

Market share

Donations

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Ko-fi is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Open Collective is more popular in China, Russia, and Denmark.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Vietnam

France

Canada

Netherlands

Spain

Italy

Australia

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Donations category.
🥇 Most popular in the Philippines in the Donations category.
🥉 Third most popular in Canada in the Donations category.
🥉 Third most popular in Italy in the Donations category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Donations category.

⭐ 9th most popular in Germany in the Donations category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Ko-fi is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, games, and entertainment, while Open Collective is more commonly used on software and hardware, Internet services, and technical information sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Software/Hardware

Games

Entertainment

Internet Services

Business

Technical Information

Marketing/Merchandising

Sports

Education/Reference