# Donorbox vs GINGER

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GINGER delivers about 3.30 more of every 100 donated than Donorbox (€97.85 vs £94.55 per 100). GINGER stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Donorbox does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donorbox | GINGER |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £94.55 | €97.85 |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 1.8% + €0.35 |
| Trustpilot | 3.9 (53) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 65 |
| Country coverage | 23 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | EU |
| Languages | 12 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 19 | 4 |

## 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.


## Choose GINGER if

> Italian creators, associations, and local businesses running reward-based or donation campaigns who value a platform with a strong project-success rate and roots in the Emilia-Romagna region.

- One of the highest project-success rates among Italian crowdfunding platforms
- Mixed model supporting both reward-based campaigns and donation fundraising
- Open to individuals, associations, businesses, and public administrations
- Does not retain a platform percentage of funds raised (payment-processing commissions apply)