# Donorbox vs Grassrootz

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donorbox | Grassrootz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £94.55 | A$100.00 |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 0% + A$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 3.9 (53) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 76 |
| Country coverage | 23 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 12 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 19 | 0 |

## 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 Grassrootz if

> Australian and New Zealand registered charities running peer-to-peer campaigns and endurance-event fundraising who want supporter-driven tools and in-person cashless giving rather than personal one-off fundraisers.

- Core fundraising features provided to charity members at no cost, funded by an optional donor contribution at checkout.
- Partnerships with major endurance events including City2Surf and the Sydney, Auckland, Brisbane, and Melbourne marathons.
- Strong peer-to-peer tooling built around supporters' personal networks.
- In-person cashless giving via Tap'n'Donate card readers for physical events.