# Big Give vs Donorbox

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Big Give delivers about £5.45 more of every £100 donated than Donorbox (£100.00 vs £94.55). On the headline numbers, Big Give and Donorbox are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Big Give | Donorbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £100.00 | £94.55 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 2.95% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 2.2% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 3.9 (53) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 23 |
| Data residency | UK | US |
| Languages | 1 | 12 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 19 |

## Choose Big Give if

> UK-registered charities running time-limited appeals that can secure pledges and Champion match funding to double public donations during a campaign window.

- Match-funding model can effectively double donations during a campaign.
- Operated by a registered UK charity, aligned with the sector it serves.
- Well-established, with the flagship Christmas Challenge running since 2008.
- Connects charities with major donors and Champion funders who provide match funding.


## Choose Donorbox if

> Small-to-medium nonprofits across verticals like churches, healthcare, education, and animal welfare that want recurring-donation tooling, donor fee-cover, and a managed donation-form product without a CRM-scale platform commitment.

- Donor-cover-fees option at checkout — Donorbox frames opt-in as the default, so the recipient can receive the full donation amount.
- Broad payment-rail support: iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA, BACS, Klarna, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, and Link by Stripe.
- Standard plan has no monthly subscription — just per-transaction fees on the 2.95% / 3.95% tier.
- First-class recurring-donation tooling with upsell prompts and donor-management features on the Pro tier.