# Comparison

## What makes Open Collective different?

* **Full transparency** of both where money comes from and where it goes.
* Completely **open source**.
* Designed for **ongoing collaborative communities**, not individual creators or one-off campaigns.
* Offers [**Fiscal Hosting**](https://github.com/contraexemplo/documentation-mirror/tree/64a4ad619be01803dff529e94dd2a76f1f227e98/hosts/README.md) as a service, so projects don't need to legally incorporate or figure out taxes.

| name           | one time donations | recurring donations | fees                                         | transparency (incoming funds) | transparency (spending funds) | Open Source | Designed for...     | Offers fiscal hosting |
| -------------- | ------------------ | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------- | --------------------- |
| OpenCollective | yes                | yes                 | 5% + credit card fees (+ host fees if any\*) | yes                           | yes                           | yes         | Communities         | yes                   |
| Patreon        | no                 | yes                 | 5% + credit card fees                        | yes                           | no                            | no          | Individual creators | no                    |
| KickStarter    | yes                | no                  | 5% + credit card fees                        | yes                           | no                            | no          | One-off campaigns   | no                    |
| GoFundMe       | yes                | no                  | 5% + credit card fees                        | yes                           | no                            | no          | One-off campaigns   | no                    |


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