Are you looking to use a CrowdFunding platform, or purchase CrowdFunding software / technology for your next project? This article is going to outline the top platforms and CrowdFunding software technologies available in the market today, and show the key features to provide you with more information on your decision making process when it comes to choosing the right CrowdFunding product.
We will compare the solutions available to create CrowdFunding campaigns, full blown websites or platforms, and other CrowdFunding software such as mobile applications and widgets. This article will help you with understanding what Thrinacia offers when compared with the other solutions available in the rewards and donations based CrowdFunding market.
What is Thrinacia Atlas?
Thrinacia Atlas is a white label CrowdFunding engine. This means that you can create your own rewards and donations based CrowdFunding platform using pre-built turnkey software, and fully label it as your own. Thrinacia Atlas enables you to create CrowdFunding campaigns, host, and run your own CrowdFunding platform, use widgets to host the campaign on other websites, use and extend / customize CrowdFunding mobile applications provided and more.
You can purchase Thrinacia Atlas via a SaaS subscription plan charged on a monthly basis or you can get it setup as Dedicated or On-premises solution, and you can also test the SaaS product by trying the 14-day free trial. Take a look at what each Thrinacia Atlas subscription plan comes with, in full detail by visiting the pricing page.
Thrinacia Atlas Product Comparison Matrix
Below we show how Thrinacia Atlas compares with other CrowdFunding Software
| Thrinacia Atlas | Ignition Deck | CrowdFundHQ | FundRaisingScript | |
| Scalable Engine | Yes, can scale to large number of concurrent users and transactions | Not sure | Not sure | Not sure |
| Funding Modes | AoN, KiA with Direct and Post Processing flows. Completely configurable behaviour. | Not sure | Not sure | Not sure |
| Onsite Widget Functionality | Yes | Not sure | Not sure | Not sure |
| Fully Customizable | Yes | Yes | Not sure | Not sure |
| Fully Isolated SaaS Instance | Yes | Not sure | Not sure | Not sure |
| Payment Gateway | Stripe, Stripe Connect, Ability to add more | Stripe, Stripe Connect, Paypal and others | Stripe, Paypal and others | Not sure |
| Custom Payment Gateway | Yes | Not Sure | No | Not Sure |
| Unlimited Campaigns/Projects | Yes | Yes | No (only on specified plans) | Depends on what you are using |
| WordPress Plugin | Yes | It is a WordPress theme/plugin | No | No |
| Dedicated REST API | Yes | Not Sure | Not Sure | Not Sure |
| Your Own Custom Domain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated SSL Certificate | Yes | Need to purchase yourself | Yes | Need to purchase yourself |
| HTTP/2 Support | Yes | Not Sure | Not Sure | Not Sure |
| CDN Support | Yes | Not Sure | Not Sure | Not Sure |
| SFTP Access | Yes | Self Hosted | Not Sure | Self Hosted |
| GIT Access | Yes | Not Sure | Not Sure | Not Sure |
| White Label Mobile App | Yes | No | No | No |
| Additional Websites | Yes | Depends on license type | Not Sure | Depends on license type |
| Data Backup and Monitoring | Yes | You have to set it up yourself | Not Sure | You have to set it up yourself |
| No Contracts and No Other Fees | Yes | Self Hosted | Yes | Self Hosted |
| Turn Key Setup | Yes | No | Not Sure | No |
| Dedicated Support Team | Yes | Self Hosted | Not Sure | Self Hosted |
| Custom Development Team | Yes | Not Sure | Not Sure | Not Sure |
| Themes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Downloadable Version | Yes | Yes | Not Sure | Yes |
| Dedicated Hosting | Yes | No | Yes | Not Sure |
| On-premises version | Yes | Downloaded and Self Hosted | No | Downloaded and Self Hosted |
| Source Code | Yes | Yes | Not Sure | Yes |
| SaaS Version | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing Model | SaaS, Dedicated or On-premises. SaaS plans starting at $9.99/mo | Self Hosted only. Enterprise edition starts at $749.00 | SaaS Only. SaaS plans starting at $69.00/mo | Self Hosted and SaaS. Open source edition priced at $2650.00 |
Thrinacia Atlas Features
Take a look at the features included with the Thrinacia Atlas below.
Sedra Widget
The Sedra widget allows campaign creators to copy and paste simple HTML widget code on to any website of choice. The Sedra widget is fully white labeled, and customizable so that you can run a CrowdFunding campaign on any website of choice. This provides the ability to run a CrowdFunding campaign on any website with one simple copy and paste. Learn how to use the Sedra widget by watching the following video:
Orion WordPress Plugin
The Orion WordPress plugin allows you to run the Atlas UI on any WordPress website. For those users that prefer to use the WordPress CMS, or already running a WordPress site, you can install the plugin, and start running a fully white labeled CrowdFunding engine on your WordPress website. You can learn more about using the Orion WordPress plugin by watching the following video:
Meridian White Label Mobile App
The Meridian white label mobile app is provided with specified Atlas plans and can be connected to the platform. Users can download, view, and donate to the CrowdFunding campaigns hosted on your CrowdFunding platform. You can learn more about Meridian by watching the following video:
Customizability
Atlas has an administrator dashboard that allows you to fully customize the look and the feel of the entire CrowdFunding platform without any coding knowledge or experience. Below is an image of the administrator dashboard
Although you do not have to have any coding knowledge to customize the platform, for those that are, however, capable of writing code, you will have access to the front end source code to further manipulate the UI of the website. You can learn how to make customizations via code by watching the following video:
In addition to Atlas, Thrinacia also offers a CrowdFunding platform called Reach which allows you to run CrowdFunding campaigns instead of purchasing the CrowdFunding software. The Reach UI or Theme / Look is also available as part of Thrinacia Atlas and you can use it with SaaS subscription or Dedicated / On-premises edition.
Reach Crowdfunding Platform
Reach is a 100% free to use rewards and donations based CrowdFunding platform allowing campaign creators to raise money without paying any transaction fee to Thrinacia. Campaigns can be hosted on both the Reach platform and on any website of choice by using the Sedra widget. Hosting campaigns on a seperate website will include Thrinacia branding. To activate white label capabilities on the Sedra widget, you must be subscribed to an Atlas plan.
Reach Crowdfunding platform comparison Matrix
Below we show how Thrinacia Reach comparese to other CrowdFunding Platforms out there.
| Thrinacia Reach | Kickstarter | IndieGoGo | Patreon | GoFundMe | |
| Payment Gateway | Stripe | Stripe | Stripe | Not sure | Stripe |
| Funding Modes | AoN and KiA modes. Direct or Post Processing Workflows. Recurring payments coming. | AoN | AoN and KiA | KiA and Recurring payments | KiA |
| Reward Capability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Widget Capability | Yes. Full contribution experience stays on target website or page. | No | Yes. Experience limited. Campaign links back to IndieGoGo | No | No |
| Transaction and other fees. | 0%. Always free to use. | 5% | 5% | 5% | Not Sure |
We hope this provides you with a better understanding of our services and helps you make the right decision when purchasing, or using any product or services for your CrowdFunding needs. For any additional questions, you can contact Thrinacia by emailing hello@thrinacia.com or join our live Discord chat found here.