# Donorbox vs TotalGiving

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donorbox | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | $94.55 | $100.00 |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + $0.30 | 0% + $0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4 (52) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 23 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 12 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 19 | 3 |

## 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 TotalGiving if

> UK registered charities and their supporters who want fundraising and sponsorship pages where donations pass directly to the charity, with Gift Aid and multi-currency donations.

- Donations are transferred directly to the recipient charity rather than held by the platform.
- Supports Gift Aid, claimable on eligible UK donations and approved by HMRC.
- Donors can give in many currencies (around 140), converted to GBP for the charity.
- Charity directory and search covering thousands of UK registered charities, with fundraising and sponsorship pages.