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Buy Me a Coffee (1) · GoCardless (1) · GoFundMe (1) · Kofi (1) · Open Collective (1) · Patreon (1) · Proton AG (2) · WireGuard (Jason A. Donenfeld) / community tooling (1)

bank-debit collection for recurring donations and invoices (1) · end-to-end encrypted video conferencing (Swiss, open-source client) (1) · free tip jar with optional shop (1) · open-source VPN from a Swiss non-profit, with a free tier (1) · personal and charity crowdfunding platform (1) · recurring membership funding for creators (1) · run your own VPN, no operator to trust (1) · simple one-off tips and memberships (1) · transparent fiscal hosting for unincorporated groups (1)

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buymeacoffee.com (1) · gocardless.com (1) · gofundme.com (1) · ko-fi.com (1) · opencollective.com (1) · patreon.com (1) · proton.me/meet (1) · protonvpn.com (1) · wireguard.com (1)

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None (1) · 5% platform fee on the free plan (tips, memberships, and product sales); $5/mo Gold membership removes the platform fee; standard Stripe/PayPal processing applies on top (1) · Charity fundraisers: 2.2% + $0.30/donation; personal fundraisers: 2.9% + $0.30/donation (plus an optional donor tip in both cases) (1) · Fee is set by whichever Fiscal Host a collective joins (commonly cited range roughly 4-10%, some hosts free); Open Collective's own platform software is open source and does not charge separately from the host's fee (1) · Free account, no monthly fee on the entry (Standard) tier; pay-as-you-go per-transaction (roughly 1% with a per-payment cap -- verify current rates). US ACH is capped at $5,000 per transaction; $5 per chargeback above 15 in a month. (1) · Free tier hosts up to 50 participants for 1 hour per call; guests join by link with no account. Paid Meet Professional raises this to 100 participants and 24-hour calls with recording; higher Workspace tiers reach 250. Often bundled with the rest of the Proton suite. (1) · Genuinely free tier (unlimited data, no ads, one device, 5 countries). Paid plans add more countries, up to 10 devices, and streaming/P2P; often bundled with Proton Mail/Drive/Pass. (1) · Platform fee 8-12% of earnings by tier (Lite/Pro/Premium), plus roughly 2.9-5% payment processing; fee structure was revised in a September 2024 policy overhaul (1) · Software is free and open source (GPLv2); your only cost is a VPS -- roughly USD 4-6 / month on a provider like [[Digital Ocean]], or a spare box you already run. (1)

closed (5) · open (4)

cloud (8) · self (1)

None (5) · Free tip-jar platform with the lowest baseline fees of the group -- 0% on simple one-time tips -- plus optional shop/membership features. No nonprofit registration or business entity is required to sign up. (1) · Low-friction tip jar and membership platform for one-off support or recurring monthly patronage. No nonprofit registration or business entity is required to sign up. (1) · Subscription-based membership platform for ongoing monthly support -- better suited to sustained operational funding than one-off campaigns. No nonprofit registration or business entity is required to sign up; the org registers and operates like an individual creator account. (1) · WireGuard/OpenVPN provider from Geneva, operated by Proton AG and majority-owned by the non-profit Proton Foundation. Founded by scientists who met at CERN; same organisation as Proton Mail. Every client app (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS) is open source. (1)

None (7) · Registration: no nonprofit status or business registration required -- sign up and start collecting tips/memberships as an individual or org account. (1) · Registration: no nonprofit status or business registration required to sign up. (1)

None (5) · Commercial Israeli-owned VPNs (Kape's ExpressVPN / CyberGhost / PIA / ZenMate, Hola, Hotspot Shield) reintroduce exactly the operator you're trying to remove -- see [[:Category:VPN]]. (1) · For deplatform resistance, see [[BTCPay Server]] (the only self-hostable option). The broader case against card gateways is covered on the Finance&Accounting category page. (1) · Kape's ExpressVPN / CyberGhost / PIA / ZenMate, Hola VPN, and Hotspot Shield / Betternet are rejected on ownership grounds -- see [[:Category:VPN]]. (1) · Zoom and Google Meet are closed-source and not end-to-end encrypted by default, with the provider able to access call data. For a fully self-hosted option, Jitsi Meet on your own server keeps infrastructure in your hands (see [[:Category:Self Hosting]]). (1)

Finance&Accounting (1) · Fund Raising (5) · Video Conferencing (1) · VPN (2)