MemberDrive vs. Anedot
Anedot is built for churches, schools, and nonprofits — and so are we. The main difference: we charge 1% where they charge 3.3%.
The honest comparison
Anedot is a solid fundraising platform with a strong foothold in faith communities, schools, and political organizations. Their pitch is no monthly fees, no contracts — just a per-transaction rate. That's the right model. The rate itself is the question.
Anedot charges 3.3% + $0.30 per transaction for cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal — and 0.3% + $0.30 for ACH. MemberDrive charges 1% across the board. On $25,000 raised in a year, that difference is roughly $575.
Pricing Comparison
| MemberDrive | Anedot | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee | 1% | 3.3% |
| Monthly fee | None | None |
| Per-transaction fee | Included in 1% | $0.30 |
| ACH rate | 1% | 0.3% + $0.30 |
| Apple Pay / Google Pay | Stripe-supported | ✓ |
| Donor tip prompt | ✗ | ✗ |
| Annual cost on $25K raised | ~$250 | ~$825+ |
| Annual cost on $100K raised | ~$1,000 | ~$3,300+ |
Note: Both MemberDrive and Anedot charge nonprofits directly — no donor tip prompts on either platform. The difference is purely the rate.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | MemberDrive | Anedot |
|---|---|---|
| Online donation forms | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recurring donations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pledge tracking | ✓Multi-year | ✓Future Pledge feature |
| Matching gifts | ✓Full engine | ✗Not offered |
| Peer-to-peer / leaderboards | ✓ | ✗ |
| Donor self-service portal | ✓ | ✓Branded donor portal |
| Member content / posts | ✓ | ✗ |
| Bitcoin (non-custodial) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Non-custodial funds | ✓ | ✗ |
| Donor CRM | ✓ | ✗CRM integrations via Zapier |
| Event ticketing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Text-to-give | ✗ | ✓ |
| Surveys / action pages | ✗ | ✓ |
| Apple Pay / Google Pay | Stripe-supported | ✓ |
| No 501(c)(3) required | ✓ | ✓For nonprofits — political orgs served separately |
Where Anedot wins
Anedot has built a robust toolset for political campaigns and organizations — text-to-give, petitions, surveys, action pages, and strong compliance tooling. They also support ACH at a favorable 0.3% rate (versus our 1%), which matters for large donors making high-dollar transfers. Their credit card auto-updater is a useful retention feature, and their event ticketing covers a gap we don't fill today.
For faith communities specifically, Anedot has established credibility with a large customer base of churches.
Where MemberDrive wins
Rate. MemberDrive's 1% is less than a third of Anedot's 3.3%. Both platforms share the same no-monthly-fee philosophy — so the entire difference comes down to per-transaction cost. At $25K annual giving, that's a $575/year gap. At $100K, it's over $2,300.
Matching gifts. Anedot doesn't offer matching gift campaigns. MemberDrive has a full engine: lead donor commitment, configurable multiplier, time-bound window, real-time public tracking, and automatic invoice on close. For churches and schools running annual appeals or capital campaigns, this is a meaningful gap.
Peer-to-peer / leaderboards. Anedot doesn't offer peer-to-peer fundraising. MemberDrive gives every donor a personal fundraising link and a public leaderboard — turning donors into advocates who bring in new supporters.
Member engagement layer. MemberDrive is a communications platform as well as a fundraising platform. Organizations can publish posts and updates to their member base. Anedot is fundraising-first with no equivalent content or engagement tooling.
Non-custodial model. Donations flow directly to your Stripe account. MemberDrive never holds your funds.
Bitcoin. Native on-chain Bitcoin with non-custodial wallets. Anedot has no crypto story.
A note on Anedot and faith communities
Anedot is popular with churches. MemberDrive is built with the same audience in mind. Both share the same no-monthly-fee, no-contract philosophy. The decision for most faith communities comes down to rate and features: Anedot at 3.3% versus MemberDrive at 1%, with MemberDrive adding matching gifts and peer-to-peer fundraising that Anedot doesn't provide.
Who should choose Anedot
- →Political campaigns and advocacy organizations that need petition, survey, and compliance tooling
- →Organizations that rely heavily on ACH for large-dollar transfers (Anedot's ACH rate is lower)
- →Organizations that need event ticketing or text-to-give
- →Organizations already embedded in the Anedot ecosystem with existing data
Who should choose MemberDrive
- →Churches, classical schools, and faith communities where per-transaction cost matters
- →Organizations running matching gift campaigns or peer-to-peer fundraising drives
- →Organizations that want a lower rate without sacrificing the no-monthly-fee model
- →Organizations that want Bitcoin support (non-custodially)
- →Organizations that want an engagement layer — content, posts, member communications — alongside fundraising
Same no-monthly-fee model. A much lower rate.
MemberDrive charges 1% — that's less than a third of Anedot's rate — with matching gifts, peer-to-peer fundraising, and Bitcoin that Anedot doesn't offer. Start in minutes.
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