# Donorbox vs Spotfund

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spotfund delivers about £2.25 more of every £100 donated than Donorbox (£96.80 vs £94.55). Spotfund holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.7/5 across 1,775 reviews, against 3.9/5 across 53 for Donorbox.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donorbox | Spotfund |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £94.55 | £96.80 |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 3.9 (53) | 4.7 (1775) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 73 |
| Country coverage | 23 | 0 |
| 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 Spotfund if

> US individuals and small nonprofits running time-sensitive personal or community causes who value next-business-day payouts and a simple, mobile-first, socially shareable giving flow.

- Next-business-day payouts, faster than many peers that settle over several days.
- Mobile-first, consumer-friendly giving flow optimized for social sharing.
- Supports personal causes, nonprofits, community, sports, and business campaigns.
- Nonprofit toolkit includes recurring donations, branded tax receipts, and event ticketing.