Donately · FinOps Profile

Donately Finops

FinOps view of Donately spend. Donately's cost model is a platform fee taken as a percentage of each processed donation (4% Standard, 2% Growth at $99/mo, 0% Scale for a $5,000 prepayment up to $1M raised), stacked on top of payment processing fees charged separately by Stripe and PayPal (roughly 2.2-2.9% + $0.30 per card transaction; Stripe ACH 0.8% capped at $5). The REST API itself carries no separate metered fee - API usage does not appear on the invoice; cost is driven entirely by donation volume and the chosen platform-fee tier. Donors may optionally cover the platform fee at checkout, and offline donations carry no fee.

Donately Finops is the FinOps profile for Donately on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Fundraising, Donations, Nonprofit, Payments, and FinOps.

Category: Fundraising and Payments Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
FundraisingDonationsNonprofitPaymentsFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Donately
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Donately
PublisherName
Donately
ServiceCategory
Fundraising and Payments
ServiceName
Donately

Meters

platform_fee
Unit: percent_of_donation
Percentage platform fee applied to each processed donation (4% / 2% / 0% by tier).
monthly_subscription
Unit: months
Flat monthly fee on the Growth plan ($99/month).
prepayment
Unit: contract
One-time $5,000 prepayment on the Scale plan for 0% platform fee up to $1M raised.
payment_processing
Unit: percent_of_donation
Card and ACH processing fees charged separately by Stripe/PayPal, not by Donately.

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