Cheddar Up
Nonprofit payment gateway software
Nonprofit software
- Features
- Ease of use
- Ease of management
- Quality of support
- Affordability
- Market presence
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$15 per month
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- Retail and wholesale
- Accommodation and food services
- Real estate and property management
What is Cheddar Up
Cheddar Up is a web-based collection and payment platform used to accept payments, donations, and form-based signups for group activities and nonprofit-related fundraising. It supports creating shareable collection pages with items, quantities, and optional participant information fields, and it can accept card and bank payments depending on configuration. Typical users include schools, PTAs, teams, clubs, and small nonprofits that need lightweight payment collection without a full donor management system. The product emphasizes quick setup for one-off or recurring collections and basic payer/transaction tracking.
Fast setup for collections
Cheddar Up focuses on creating collection pages quickly with configurable items, pricing, and deadlines. This fits groups running events, dues, spirit wear, or simple donation drives where speed matters more than deep fundraising workflows. Compared with broader nonprofit platforms, it reduces the amount of configuration needed to start taking payments. It also supports sharing a single link for distribution across email and social channels.
Forms plus payments combined
The platform pairs payment collection with form fields to capture participant details (for example, shirt sizes, attendee names, or waiver acknowledgements). This reduces the need to use a separate form tool and then reconcile responses back to payments. For small organizations, this can simplify event registration and merchandise sales. It is especially useful when the “order” requires structured information beyond the payer’s name and email.
Basic tracking and exports
Cheddar Up provides transaction history and payer details that can be exported for reconciliation and reporting. This supports common nonprofit needs such as tracking who paid, what they purchased, and when. Exports can be used to update accounting systems or donor records in another database. For groups without dedicated finance staff, this offers a practical audit trail for collections.
Limited donor CRM depth
Cheddar Up is primarily a payment collection tool rather than a full fundraising CRM. Organizations needing householding, moves management, pledge tracking, segmented appeals, or advanced donor journeys typically require additional systems. As a result, long-term donor stewardship and campaign analytics may remain outside the product. This can create extra work to maintain a separate donor database.
Integrations vary by use case
Compared with more comprehensive nonprofit platforms, integration options for accounting, email marketing, and donor management may be more limited or require manual exports. If an organization needs automated syncing of transactions to a general ledger or constituent records, it may need additional middleware or processes. This can increase operational overhead as volume grows. Integration fit should be validated against the organization’s existing stack before standardizing on it.
Not built for complex fundraising
The product is well-suited to simple payments and signups but may be less suitable for complex fundraising requirements such as multi-entity chapters, sophisticated peer-to-peer fundraising, or advanced campaign attribution. Larger nonprofits may also require more granular permissions, approval workflows, and compliance-oriented controls than a lightweight collection tool typically provides. As fundraising programs mature, teams may outgrow the reporting and workflow capabilities. In those cases, Cheddar Up may remain a supplemental tool rather than the system of record.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free (Basic) | $0 (Free Forever) | Unlimited pages; up to 5 items per page; 1 form/signup per page; unlimited free withdrawals to bank account or gift card links; inventory tracking; fundraising goal; peer-to-peer fundraising; recurring payments; multiple sharing options; Text to Pay; payments by credit card, Link, Apple Pay, Google Pay; low processing fees (credit card: 3.95% + $0.95 on Basic). |
| Pro | $15/month (billed annually) or $20/month (month-to-month) | Everything in Basic, plus: unlimited items, forms, and sign ups per page; unlimited waivers; selling features (shipping, taxes, discount codes); online store & registration features (item variations, conditional forms); eSignatures and file uploads; custom receipts; eCheck payment method (available on Pro); lower processing fees (credit card: 3.59% + $0.59; eCheck: 1.59% (min $1.00)). |
| Team | $35/month (billed annually) or $48/month (month-to-month) | Everything in Pro, plus: unlimited managers; ticketing; group website & custom branding; waitlists; verified non-profit badge & tax-deductible receipts; advanced account-wide reporting and reconciliation reports; integrations; lowest-fee eCheck (flat $0.95); lowest processing fees (credit card: 3.59% + $0.59). |
| Partner | Custom | Enterprise/partner plan with custom templates, partner insight dashboard, dedicated account manager, VIP onboarding & training; contact sales for pricing. |
