# CerfApp vs Donorbox

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, CerfApp delivers about 4.45 more of every 100 donated than Donorbox (€99.00 vs £94.55 per 100). On the headline numbers, CerfApp 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 | CerfApp | Donorbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €99.00 | £94.55 |
| Platform fee | 1% | 2.95% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 2.2% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 3.9 (53) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 3.6 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 23 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 1 | 12 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 19 |

## Choose CerfApp if

> French loi 1901 associations and religious communities (Jewish, Muslim, and Christian) that need donation collection with automatic CERFA tax receipts, member management, and a ready-made website in one place.

- All-in-one toolkit for French associations: donation collection, a member directory and CRM, and a built-in website.
- Automatic CERFA tax-receipt generation for French donors and associations.
- Dedicated configurations for Jewish (Tsedaka), Muslim (Sadaqa), and Christian (Denier) giving traditions.
- Online card payments processed through Stripe, certified PCI-DSS Level 1.


## 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.