specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Zeffy
providerId: zeffy
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Fundraising
- Nonprofit
- Free
- Plans
description: >-
  Zeffy has an unusual pricing model: it is 100% free for nonprofits, with no
  platform fees, no transaction fees, and no credit-card fees. Zeffy sustains
  itself entirely through optional tips left by donors at checkout (on average
  roughly 2 out of 3 donors leave a tip). The full platform - donation forms,
  event ticketing, peer-to-peer campaigns, memberships, e-commerce, donor
  management - and the public API and webhooks are all included at no cost.
  There are no paid API tiers and no per-request charges for the API.
notes: >-
  Because Zeffy charges nonprofits nothing, there is no monetary plan ladder to
  reconcile - the "cost" surfaced to donors is the optional tip, which does not
  flow through the API as a fee. Verify current terms on zeffy.com.
sources:
- https://www.zeffy.com/
- https://www.zeffy.com/integration/api
- https://www.zeffy.com/blog/simplyk-becomes-zeffy
plans:
- id: zeffy-free
  name: Zeffy Free
  type: free
  description: >-
    The entire Zeffy platform for nonprofits at no cost - donation forms, event
    ticketing, memberships, e-commerce, donor management - with no platform,
    transaction, or credit-card fees. Includes free access to the read-only
    public REST API (Payments, Contacts, Campaigns) and outbound webhooks.
  entries:
  - label: Platform and API Access
    name: platform_and_api
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (funded by optional donor tips)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Donation Forms
  - name: Event Ticketing
  - name: Peer-to-Peer and Memberships
  - name: E-Commerce
  - name: Donor Management
  - name: Public REST API (read-only)
  - name: Webhooks
  - name: Zapier / QuickBooks / WordPress Integrations
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com