Donorbox vs Givebutter Comparison 2026
Donorbox charges 2.95 to 3.95 percent on its free plan, dropping to 1.75 to 2 percent on the $150 a month Pro tier. Givebutter's free plan can run at a 0 percent platform fee as long as donor tips stay switched on, though turning them off brings back an unnamed fee. It also throws in an unlimited free CRM for contacts, which is rare in fundraising software at no cost.
At a glance
- Givebutter starts cheaper, at $29.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Donorbox | Givebutter | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $150 | From $29 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial (they differ) | None | 30 days |
| API |
Donorbox
Donation pages and recurring giving
Donorbox is built for nonprofits and reads that way, which is exactly right for a creator running a fundraiser or a cause and wrong for one collecting tips. Recurring donations, an embeddable form and donor records are the substance. Its free plan charges a higher percentage on each gift than the paid one.
Our note
Pro costs $150 a month and saves roughly 1.5 percent per donation, so it pays for itself somewhere around $10,000 a month in giving. Below that the free plan is the cheaper one, whatever the fee percentage looks like.
Only on this side
- Covers monetization & payments
Givebutter
Fundraising that runs on optional tips
Givebutter charges nothing for donation pages, events and its fundraising CRM, and funds itself from a tip donors can choose to add at checkout. Turning tips off swaps them for a platform fee, which is the honest version of free. The paid tier is a marketing add-on rather than the fundraising itself, and most organisations never need it.
Why people weigh these two
- Givebutter instead of Donorbox
- Givebutter runs on optional donor tips, free to start with plans from $29, a cheaper entry when donor-paid tips are acceptable.
- Donorbox instead of Givebutter
- Donorbox has a free tier, then $150 a month for recurring giving tools once a nonprofit outgrows the basics, a heavier plan than Givebutter's tip-funded free tier.
Which one should you pick
Pick Donorbox for a fee that stays predictable whether or not donors tip, since its 2.95 to 3.95 percent free rate, or 1.75 to 2 percent on the $150 a month Pro plan, does not depend on anybody adding extra at checkout. Pro also adds crypto and stock donations, receipt whitelabeling and the API, none of which appear among Givebutter's features.
Pick Givebutter for a nonprofit comfortable asking donors to tip, since a 0 percent platform fee is the cheapest free tier here as long as that stays switched on. The unlimited free CRM is worth having on its own, since most fundraising software caps contacts and charges past it. Plus is $29 a month or $348 a year for marketing tools, with a 30-day trial to test it first.
Common questions
- Which one is cheaper if donor tips stay on?
- Givebutter, at 0 percent platform fee, beats Donorbox's free-tier 2.95 to 3.95 percent by definition. Turning Givebutter's tips off brings back a platform fee the page does not name, so that comparison depends on the number an organisation would then be charged.
- Does Donorbox have anything like Givebutter's free CRM?
- Donorbox has no listed contacts or CRM feature at any tier, while Givebutter includes one free with no cap on contacts, unusual for fundraising software. Donorbox's $150 a month Pro plan spends its price on crypto and stock donations, whitelabeled receipts and an API instead.
- What happens if a Givebutter organisation turns off donor tips?
- A platform fee applies instead of the 0 percent rate, though Givebutter's own page does not state what that fee is. Donorbox never depends on tips either way, charging a flat 2.95 to 3.95 percent on its free plan regardless of what donors choose.
- How much does Givebutter's paid tier cost?
- Plus is $29 a month or $348 billed yearly, versus Donorbox's Pro at $150 a month for its own upgrade. Plus adds marketing and contact-based features on top of the already-unlimited free CRM, and a 30-day trial lets a nonprofit test it before paying.
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