# Donorbox vs Give Lively

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donorbox | Give Lively |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | C$94.55 | $97.50 |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + C$0.30 | 2.2% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4 (52) | 3.3 (1) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 87 |
| Country coverage | 23 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 12 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 19 | 6 |

## 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 Give Lively if

> US 501(c)(3) nonprofits seeking a fully underwritten, no-cost fundraising toolkit - campaign pages, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, and events - backed by philanthropist founders rather than platform charges.

- Underwritten by philanthropist founders, so member nonprofits are not charged for the software.
- Full toolkit: campaign pages, donation widgets, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, team fundraising, and events.
- Donors can opt to cover processing, helping organizations keep the full gift.
- Rapid disbursement with no holding period.