# CanadaHelps vs Donorbox

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | CanadaHelps | Donorbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | C$96.25 | A$94.55 |
| Platform fee | 3.75% | 2.95% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + C$0.00 | 2.2% + A$0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 3.2 (1) | 4 (52) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 90 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 23 |
| Data residency | CA (Microsoft) | — |
| Languages | 2 | 12 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 19 |

## Choose CanadaHelps if

> Canadian donors who want a single secure home for their giving, and registered Canadian charities seeking online fundraising tools, automatic tax-receipting, and a profile synced from the CRA database.

- Operated by a registered Canadian charity and public foundation dedicated to online giving since 2000.
- Every CRA-registered Canadian charity has a profile, synced automatically from the CRA database.
- Automatic electronic tax receipts are issued for each donation, whether or not the donor has an account.
- Broad payment support: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, gift cards, securities, and cryptocurrency.


## 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.