# Donorbox vs WhyDonate

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donorbox | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | C$94.55 | C$98.35 |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + C$0.30 | 1.4% + C$0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 4 (52) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 23 | 115 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 12 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 19 | 24 |

## 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 WhyDonate if

> European nonprofits and individuals who want a transparent, low-fee, GDPR-native crowdfunding platform with broad multilingual and multi-currency support.

- Zero platform fee with a transparent voluntary-tip model
- EEA data residency and GDPR-native compliance
- Broad coverage of local European payment rails (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Twint, Swish, MobilePay, Vipps, Blik, Cartes Bancaires, Satispay, MultiBanco, EPS) plus global rails (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Link, Revolut Pay)
- 19-language interface and 27 supported currencies for cross-border fundraising