Givebear vs LaunchGood. Kiosks, fees and funds, side by side.

Compare LaunchGood with Givebear for Ramadan campaigns, Zakat collection, mosque kiosks, and donor portals. See the side-by-side comparison, where LaunchGood still fits, and how to migrate to Givebear without breaking donation links.

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Capability	Givebear	LaunchGood
Hardware Donation Kiosks	Yes	No
As Low as $0 Monthly Fee	Yes	Yes
Dedicated White-Label Portal	Yes	No
Zakat Segregation	Yes	Yes
Automated donor receipts	Yes	Yes

When LaunchGood is the better fit

LaunchGood fits organizations running time-bound online campaigns that need to reach donors far beyond their own community.

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The kiosk cost calculator and the platform fee calculator work from your device count and giving volume.

After the gift. Where each one lands.

LaunchGood homepage with a disaster relief campaign hero and a live fundraising carousel — LaunchGood's public homepage, captured August 2026, built around campaign discovery rather than masjid infrastructure. View the public source

Givebear transactions: each gift with its donor, fund, amount and source, kiosk or web — The Givebear ledger: kiosk and online gifts in one list, each with its donor and fund.

Givebear wall-mount donation kiosk in a masjid hallway

One masjid near Chicago made Friday giving easier to capture and easier to report.

“We stopped guessing where donations belonged. Zakat goes to Zakat, the building fund goes to the building fund, and our board sees it all in one report. And the congregation actually gives more because tapping a card after Jumuah is easier than finding cash.”

Fatih U.Board Member

30%Jumuah giving increase

50+Recurring donors enrolled

20Hours monthly admin time saved

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A masjid near Chicago, Illinois

The full comparison.

Last updated June 2026

LaunchGood is an Islamic crowdfunding platform for global online campaigns. Givebear is the mosque's own giving setup: a lobby donation kiosk for Jumu'ah and Ramadan, a giving page on the mosque's own domain, and donor records the mosque keeps from year to year. Both separate Zakat and send automatic receipts. Use LaunchGood when reach beyond your community matters; use Givebear for the gifts that come from your own congregation.

Key takeaways

LaunchGood says over 70% of its supporters leave a tip at checkout.
Givebear sells kiosk hardware; LaunchGood does not.
Export past campaign donors so they can become recurring givers on your own page.

Who this is for: Mosques and Muslim nonprofits comparing fundraising platforms; Mosque treasurers and board members who keep zakat, sadaqah, and building funds apart and plan around Jumu'ah and Ramadan, weighing LaunchGood against Givebear

LaunchGood is an Islamic crowdfunding platform. In the comparison below, the gap is dedicated white-label portal: Givebear includes it and LaunchGood does not.

Where LaunchGood is the better choice

LaunchGood fits organizations running time-bound online campaigns that need to reach donors far beyond their own community.

Where Givebear is different

Givebear fits mosques that want their own giving setup: a lobby kiosk, a giving page on the mosque's own domain, and donor records kept from one Ramadan to the next.

Compared with LaunchGood, Givebear's kiosk for the masjid entrance is a 21.5-inch touchscreen with a built-in Stripe card reader, sold once at $999 to $1,099 (wall mount or battery floor stand) with no per-kiosk software subscription.

What to test before you decide

Score both platforms on hardware donation kiosk support, platform fee models, long-term recurring donor retention, Zakat vs Sadaqah routing, and control over the donor experience. Use last Ramadan as the test case: set up the same funds and receipt wording in a free Givebear account and check whether it produces the report your board asked for from LaunchGood.

How do you switch from LaunchGood to Givebear?

Export past campaign donors so you can invite them to give monthly on your own page instead of waiting for the next crowdfunding campaign.

Givebear imports contacts and past gifts from a CSV, so the LaunchGood export is the first step. Create your funds in Givebear before importing the LaunchGood file, since fund names in it do not create funds on their own. Saved cards move only if LaunchGood and Stripe support a transfer; otherwise recurring donors restart their gift on your new page, so announce the change a few weeks ahead.

Before cutover, list every place a donor can reach LaunchGood: website buttons, email footers, printed QR codes, and event pages. Repoint the ones you control; a printed code that sends donors to LaunchGood keeps working only as long as LaunchGood keeps that page up.

Practical use cases

Choose Givebear if you need hardware donation kiosks, which LaunchGood does not offer.
Choose Givebear if you need dedicated white-label portal, which LaunchGood does not offer.
Keep LaunchGood for online giving and add a Givebear kiosk for walk-up gifts, then decide after a season of both.

Common questions

Does LaunchGood support donation kiosks?

No. LaunchGood does not sell a donation kiosk, so walk-up gifts need a separate device and usually land in a separate report. Compared with LaunchGood, Givebear's kiosk for the masjid entrance is a 21.5-inch touchscreen with a built-in Stripe card reader, sold once at $999 to $1,099 (wall mount or battery floor stand) with no per-kiosk software subscription.

What is the best LaunchGood alternative?

It depends on what LaunchGood is not doing for you. If you need a walk-up donation kiosk or dedicated white-label portal, which LaunchGood lacks, Givebear has those in the same account as online giving.

Can I import my donors from LaunchGood?

Yes. Export contacts and gift history from LaunchGood as a CSV and import both into Givebear. Recurring gifts are separate: saved payment methods transfer only when LaunchGood and Stripe support it, so check that before you set a cutover date.

What does switching from LaunchGood to Givebear cost?

Givebear charges a flat platform fee from 1.9% to 5.9% depending on plan (one rate online, at kiosks, and on memberships), plus Stripe card processing at cost, with no setup fee and no monthly minimum. To compare with LaunchGood, run last year's gifts through both fee schedules and add any per-device or add-on fees each side charges; a Givebear kiosk is optional and only needed for walk-up giving.

Givebear covers donation portal, donation kiosks, campaign pages, event registration, automated receipts, donor records.

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Your funds, set up the way your treasurer reports them
Where a kiosk would go, and what it costs
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