Comparison
PTO Homeroom vs Get Movin'
A 15% donor surcharge, switched on by default at checkout.
The short answer
Get Movin' adds a 15% “donor credit” to every gift with the box already ticked — which is how the marketing reaches “95–97% profit.”
All figures below are the vendors' own published rates, checked on 22 August 2026. Pricing changes — verify with each vendor before deciding.
Pricing, side by side
| PTO Homeroom | Get Movin' | |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | $0 | $0 |
| Fee on payments | 2% | Not published |
| Fee on fundraisers | 2% | 15% donor credit (default on) |
| Card processing | Stripe 2.9% + 30¢ | Braintree; rate not published |
| Fees passable to the payer | Yes — shown at checkout and covered by the payer by default | Yes — and the box is pre-checked |
| Processor lock-in | No — funds settle to your PTO's own Stripe account | Yes — Braintree, no bring-your-own |
Get Movin' tiers: No subscription published. Full event pricing is gated behind an event-coach call.
What a $22,000 year actually nets
Assumes an average payment of $36.67 and that 55% of the total comes from your big fundraiser — the part vendors price differently.
PTO Homeroom
$22,000
No subscription; our 2% is covered at checkout, so you bank the sticker.
Get Movin'
$19,817
$2,183 to subscription and fees
What to watch for with Get Movin'
A 15% surcharge, pre-selected
The cover-the-fee checkbox is rendered already checked, adding 15% on top of the donation. Donors can untick it; most won't notice.
The underlying platform rate isn't published
Their pricing page states only that the “average cost for your group ends up at 4% of the online donations total” — after donor credits. The gross rate appears nowhere.
Braintree only
No option to connect your own processor.
A $10 minimum donation
Small gifts from grandparents and neighbours are turned away.
Where Get Movin' is the better choice
We'd rather you pick the right tool than the one that wrote the comparison.
A real human coach
Every event comes with a coach and a six-week playbook. Schools consistently rate that support highly, and it's the part we productised rather than staffed.
Keep 100% of cash and cheques
No cut on offline money.
Proven at the fun-run format
Student pages, thermometers and incentive tracking all work well.
Choose Get Movin' if…
Every event comes with a coach and a six-week playbook. Schools consistently rate that support highly, and it's the part we productised rather than staffed.
Choose PTO Homeroom if…
You want one tool instead of three, no annual subscription, a published fee you can explain to any parent, and your fundraiser, roster, communication and books in the same place.
Sources
Checked 22 August 2026. We don't republish figures a vendor doesn't publish; anything unstated is marked “not published” rather than estimated.
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