# CotizUp vs Donorbox

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, CotizUp delivers about £3.05 more of every £100 donated than Donorbox (£97.60 vs £94.55). CotizUp holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.3/5 across 2,664 reviews, against 3.9/5 across 53 for Donorbox.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | CotizUp | Donorbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.60 | £94.55 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 2.95% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + £0.50 | 2.2% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.3 (2664) | 3.9 (53) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 72 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 23 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 1 | 12 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 19 |

## Choose CotizUp if

> French individuals and groups raising money for personal causes, projects, or collective gifts who want a simple cagnotte with no platform commission and a keep-it-all model.

- No platform commission, so organisers keep what they raise (keep-it-all model)
- Simple cagnotte format designed for quick, shareable group collections
- Optional donor tip is fully voluntary and can be adjusted or removed before paying
- Card and bank processing charges are passed through at cost rather than marked up


## 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.