● Honest comparison
Daily Deed vs Givebutter
Givebutter is a general-purpose nonprofit fundraising and CRM platform — donation forms, peer-to-peer, ticketed events, online auctions, donor management, recurring giving. It's free (donors are nudged to tip the platform) and well-reviewed: ranked #1 nonprofit CRM on G2 Winter 2026. Daily Deed is a specialist charity giveaway platform — premium prizes sourced for the charity, mandatory free entry, compliance handled end-to-end. Different jobs entirely. The honest comparison is when you'd run them together (most common) vs when one fully replaces the other.
Side-by-side
| Dimension | The Daily Deed | Givebutter |
|---|---|---|
| Core use case | Charity giveaways with premium prizes — that is all we do. | General fundraising + CRM: donation forms, peer-to-peer, ticketed events, online auctions, donor management, recurring giving. |
| Pricing model | 8% platform fee plus payment processing. | Tip-enabled (default): 0% platform fee + 0% processing — donor tips cover both, with the Givebutter Guarantee backstopping any uncovered processing. Tips disabled: 3% platform + 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe. Givebutter reports ~92% of donors tip. |
| Giveaway / prize compliance | Full end-to-end. State registration (NY/FL/RI), bonding, official rules drafting, AMOE handling, eligibility analysis, winner verification, 1099 reporting — all platform-handled. | None. Givebutter has no native sweepstakes/giveaway product. Raffles work as a configured event-ticketing flow only — no AMOE, no state registration, no bonding. Givebutter's own help docs direct charities to 'check with your state's office of charitable gaming before selling raffle tickets.' |
| Prize sourcing | Daily Deed sources premium prizes on the charity's behalf. | None. Givebutter does not source prizes for any campaign type, including their auction product. |
| Donor CRM and event tooling | Donor profiles + Deed Bucks tier ladder built around the giveaway lifecycle. Not a general donor-stewardship CRM. | Best-in-class free CRM — unlimited contacts, transaction history + custom segments + native DonorSearch wealth screening + automated receipts + ranked #1 nonprofit CRM on G2 Winter 2026. Plus full event ticketing, check-in, online auctions, Tap to Pay for on-site. |
| Best for | Prize-led charity giveaways as a primary donor-acquisition channel. | General-purpose fundraising + donor management at $0 platform cost. |
When to choose The Daily Deed
Choose Daily Deed when you want a managed charity giveaway as your primary donor-acquisition engine. Givebutter does not run prize giveaways — they have no native sweepstakes/giveaway product. Daily Deed sources premium prizes (vehicles, luxury experiences, watches, cash), drafts official rules, files NY/FL/RI state registration and bonding, handles AMOE end-to-end. If your goal is bringing new donors into the funnel through prize-driven excitement, Daily Deed is the right tool — Givebutter doesn't compete in this space.
When to choose Givebutter
Choose Givebutter when your fundraising is general-purpose: recurring giving, peer-to-peer, ticketed events, online auctions, year-round donor stewardship. Givebutter's free CRM with unlimited contacts is genuinely best-in-class — donor profiles, custom segments, native DonorSearch wealth screening, automated receipts, all at $0/month with optional donor tipping covering platform costs. If you don't run prize-draw campaigns, Givebutter is a strong choice for the rest of your fundraising stack.
FAQ
- Is Daily Deed a Givebutter replacement or complement?
- Complement, almost always. They do different jobs. Daily Deed runs your prize giveaways end-to-end (procurement + compliance + fulfillment). Givebutter runs your general donations, recurring giving, ticketed events, auctions, and CRM. The natural pairing for charities running both: Daily Deed for prize-led donor acquisition, Givebutter for ongoing donor stewardship and the rest of the fundraising stack. Donor data flows from Daily Deed into Givebutter's CRM via export or API for follow-up giving.
- When should a nonprofit choose Givebutter over Daily Deed?
- When you're not running prize promotions at all and you need a great free general-purpose fundraising + CRM platform. Givebutter genuinely is one of the best free options in the market — modern UI, strong CRM, donor-pays-fees model, transparent free tier with no per-contact charges. If your fundraising plan is recurring giving + peer-to-peer + an annual gala + year-round donor stewardship, Givebutter is a strong choice and Daily Deed isn't the right tool for those use cases.
- Can Givebutter run a giveaway the way Daily Deed does?
- No. Givebutter has no native sweepstakes/giveaway product. They support raffles via a workaround (configured event tickets) with no AMOE handling, no state registration, no bonding, and no prize sourcing — and their own help docs direct charities to 'please check with your state's office of charitable gaming before selling raffle tickets.' For a compliant charity giveaway with mandatory free entry path, you need a specialist platform.
- Which platform handles donor CRM better?
- Givebutter, by a wide margin — donor CRM is their core product, ranked #1 nonprofit CRM on G2 Winter 2026 with unlimited contacts free. Daily Deed has donor profiles + a Deed Bucks engagement tier ladder (Spark → Kindred → Patron → Champion → Pillar → Beacon → Vanguard → Luminary → Legend) but it's built around the giveaway lifecycle, not full donor stewardship. If CRM is the deciding factor, use Givebutter for CRM and pair with Daily Deed for prize-led acquisition.
- How do effective costs compare on a $100K campaign?
- Givebutter tip-enabled: 0% platform fee at headline rate, but average effective fees land near 5–8% counting partial tipping uptake (their reported 92% donor-tip rate is platform-wide, not per-campaign). Givebutter tips-disabled: 3% platform + ~3% Stripe = ~$94K net to the charity. Daily Deed: 8% platform fee plus payment processing. Givebutter is cheaper on pure percentage. The trade-off is Givebutter doesn't run giveaways or source prizes, so if you tried to run a charity giveaway through their event-ticketing workaround you'd carry the prize cost, the legal cost, and the registration cost separately, on top of the lower platform fee.