Teamfi and MonthFund are both modern digital fundraising platforms that offer tools to help your organization raise money without the hassle of traditional product sales. Both platforms aim to provide streamlined, web-based experiences that make the process simple for organizers, participants, and donors alike.

While both platforms embrace digital, visual-based fundraising model alternatives to selling items like cookie dough or popcorn, they vary heavily in product variety, versatility, and pricing models.

MonthFund is built exclusively around a single fundraising format: the digital pick-a-date calendar. Teamfi offers calendar fundraising alongside a full suite of digital fundraising products, including Crowdfunding and A-Thons, while maintaining no platform fees.

Both platforms offer great digital options, so let’s take a look at the specifics to help you choose the best fit for your program.

Choose Teamfi if…

• You want zero platform fees and a ~96.5% average net take-home.
  Teamfi operates on a transparent, donor-supported tipping model. There are no setup costs, subscription tiers, or platform fees taken from your campaign. This means your organization only pays standard credit card processing fees of 2.9% + $0.30 per donation. After standard credit card processing fees you keep an average of 96.5% of every dollar raised.
• You want multiple campaign options beyond just calendars.
  While MonthFund only offers calendar-based campaigns, Teamfi gives you a versatile toolkit to run different styles of digital fundraisers under one dashboard:
  
  • Crowdfunding: A customizable donation page where participants share links via text and social media.
  • Calendar Fundraisers: A gamified "pick-a-date" calendar where supporters pick a day of the month to donate that dollar amount (raising $496 per full calendar).
  • A-Thon Fundraisers: A digital event tracker for shoot-a-thons, hit-a-thons, or dance-a-thons that handles pledge math and automatically sends out payment collection reminders.
  • Fill My Fundraisers: A digital template outlining a shape such as a football or volleyball including 30 donation slots dividing up the Fill My shape. As donors purchase slots on the participants donation page they can slowly fill the entirety of their football or volleyball. If they fill the entire shape they will raise $740 for their organization.
• You want nonprofit verification and tax receipts. Teamfi is available to all organizations, but if you are a nonprofit with Teamfi’s tools you can place a nonprofit verification badge on all donation pages to build trust and incentivize donations. Teamfi also automatically places all the information needed for claiming your donation as a write off come tax season.
• You are in need of flexible payout options. Teamfi offers both direct deposit and check payout options. This is great for teams and programs without direct access to banking information to receive their fundraiser payout. 
• You wish to avoid subscription fees for feature access. Teamfi provides all platform features 100% fee free. With Teamfi you will have access to all features offered among all fundraising products without any worry of a platform or subscription fee. 

Choose MonthFund if….

• You are looking for an individual fundraiser. MonthFund allows you to run an individual fundraiser without an organization. For individuals who want to run a personal calendar fundraiser this may be a great option.
• You prefer an infrastructure fee/subscription fee model over a donor-tipping model. MonthFund charges a mandatory infrastructure fee (3% on their free Community tier, 2% on Professional, or 0% on paid Network plans) This fee can be optionally chosen to be covered by donors at checkout however this is not a guarantee. This fee structure may be preferred if you are willing to pay the monthly subscription fee of $49 a month for the professional tier, and $199 a month for the network tier.

What Teamfi Is Best For…

Teamfi is best for teams, schools, and booster programs that want max versatility and higher profit margins (no platform or donor fees) without being locked into a single campaign style.

Teamfi offers simple digital tools that allow your group to switch between different fundraising models year-round, ensuring your donors don't experience campaign fatigue.

Teamfi is ideal for:

• High School Booster Clubs that want to run a Crowdfunding campaign in the fall and a Pick-a-Date Calendar in the spring.
• Youth Sports Programs running hit-a-thons or shoot-a-thons that need automated pledge collection tools.
• Dance and Cheer Squads looking for an easy, mobile-friendly calendar format to share across social media.
• PTAs and PTOs that want a 100% free platform to avoid cutting into school event budgets.

What MonthFund Is Best For…

MonthFund is best for groups that have committed specifically to the calendar format and are looking to do a recurring calendar fundraiser. MonthFund is also best for individuals outside of organizations looking to run a calendar fundraiser.

MonthFund is ideal for:

• Individual fundraisers running a personal 31-day calendar drive for a marathon or trip.
• A group or organization that wants to run a recurring calendar campaign. MonthFund allows you to set up a calendar that will automatically reset to run every month of the year. This is a helpful tool for a program specifically looking to run a new fundraiser month over month.

Real-World Scenarios

Scenario 1: A Track & Field Team Running a Hit-a-Thon & Direct Donation Drive

A high school track team wants to host an end-of-season "Lap-a-Thon" where community members pledge money per lap run. They also want a general crowdfunding link for out-of-state relatives who just want to make a flat $50 gift.

MonthFund cannot support this because it only offers standard calendar grids. Teamfi is the clear choice here, allowing the team to run both an A-Thon with automated pledge tracking and a standard Crowdfunding page from the same administrative account.

Scenario 2: A Youth Soccer Club Wanting to Maximize Take-Home Profit

A travel soccer team needs to raise $10,000 for tournament travel. They want to ensure as much money as possible goes directly into their team bank account without any platform deductions or mandatory donor markups.

On Teamfi, the team keeps ~96.5% ($9,650) with standard credit card processing, and donors are given an optional choice to tip. On MonthFund’s free tier, a mandatory 3% infrastructure fee plus standard credit card processing (~2.9% + $0.30) is added at checkout. Teamfi provides a transparent, and free model that maximizes profits while keeping donor checkouts frictionless.

Overview - Compare Teamfi and MonthFund