# Donorbox vs GiveSendGo

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveSendGo delivers about £2.45 more of every £100 donated than Donorbox (£97.00 vs £94.55). Donorbox holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 3.9/5 across 53 reviews, against 2.4/5 across 633 for GiveSendGo.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donorbox | GiveSendGo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £94.55 | £97.00 |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 2.7% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 3.9 (53) | 2.4 (633) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 80 |
| Country coverage | 23 | 0 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 12 | 0 |
| 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 GiveSendGo if

> US-based faith communities, churches, and individual fundraisers — including those running legal-defense or politically sensitive campaigns that mainstream platforms may decline to host.

- Funded by optional donor tips and give-back rather than a mandatory platform fee.
- Distinctive faith-based positioning with a unique 'Pray' button for supporters.
- Permissive content policy hosts causes some mainstream platforms decline.
- Supports cards, bank transfers, Google Pay, and Link one-click checkout.