Donorbox vs Tribee
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.
Friends, families, and colleagues in France organising group gifts or money-pots for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, and farewells who want part of every collection to support an environmental, educational, or health cause.
On a kr100 donation, Tribee delivers kr5.45 more to the recipient than Donorbox.
What the data says.
Paying by Credit card, Tribee delivers about kr5.45 more of every kr100 donated than Donorbox (kr100.00 vs kr94.55).
Tribee holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.7/5 across 2,134 reviews, against 3.7/5 across 49 for Donorbox.
Tribee stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Donorbox does not.
Per-method pricing vs Tribee.
| Payment method | Per transaction | Of kr100, recipient gets | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| iDEAL | 2.95% + kr0.29 | kr96.76 | 2.95% platform fee |
| SEPA Direct Debit | 3.3% + kr0.25 | kr96.45 | 2.95% platform fee |
| Credit card | 5.15% + kr0.30 | kr94.55 | 2.95% platform fee |
Side-by-side.
| Metric | Donorbox | Tribee |
|---|---|---|
| Recipient gets (kr100) | kr94.55 | kr100.00★ winner |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 0%★ winner |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + kr0.30 | 0% + kr0.00★ winner |
| Trustpilot | 3.7 (49) | 4.7 (2,134)★ winner |
| Country coverage | 23 countries★ winner | 1 countries |
| Data residency | US | EU★ winner |
| Languages | 12★ winner | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 19★ winner | 1 |
Winner by category.
kr100.00 vs kr94.55 reaches the recipient.
3.7 vs 4.7 on Trustpilot.
23 vs 1 countries.
EEA data residency for GDPR-sensitive donor data.
Choose based on who you are.
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.
Friends, families, and colleagues in France organising group gifts or money-pots for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, and farewells who want part of every collection to support an environmental, educational, or health cause.
- ✓Combines a familiar online money-pot (cagnotte) with an automatic charitable donation on every collection.
- ✓Card payments handled by Stripe, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
- ✓Registered as an Intermédiaire en Financement Participatif (IFP) with ORIAS, number 23000388.
- ✓Personal data hosted exclusively on servers within the European Union.
A third option.
Dutch and other social-impact initiators running Global-Goals-aligned campaigns who value personal coaching and community-building over a high-volume, self-serve crowdfunding marketplace.
Other comparisons.
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Donorbox or Tribee?
On a kr100 donation, Donorbox delivers approximately kr94.55 to the recipient and Tribee delivers approximately kr100.00. Real costs depend on the payment method donors choose.
Which is better for European nonprofits?
Tribee is generally better suited to European nonprofits handling GDPR-sensitive donor data because of its EEA data residency.
Which platform has more country coverage?
Donorbox operates in 23 countries; Tribee operates in 1.
Rankings are produced by a public editorial methodology — open to peer review. We disclose ownership, scoring weights, and every change.