Donorbox vs Kindest Comparison 2026
Donorbox's free plan charges 2.95 to 3.95 percent, already below Kindest's ongoing 5 percent. Kindest's one edge is a full waiver on the first $50,000 a brand-new United States nonprofit raises in its first year, a window Donorbox does not match. Past that waiver, even Donorbox's $150 a month Pro plan, list-priced the same $1,800 a year as Kindest's paid tier, charges a lower 1.75 to 2 percent against Kindest's 3.75 percent.
Donation pages and recurring giving
Donation pages that start without a subscription
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Donorbox | Kindest | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $150 | Not listed |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | None | Not stated |
| API | Yes |
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
Kindest
Donation pages that start without a subscription
Kindest gives a nonprofit donation forms, recurring giving and donor records on a free plan that takes a percentage instead of a monthly fee, and waives even that on the first fifty thousand dollars of a first year. The paid tier lowers the percentage and adds text campaigns and scheduled time with a person. Forms default to asking the donor to cover fees. Everything here assumes a registered charity rather than an individual.
Why people weigh these two
- Kindest instead of Donorbox
- Kindest gets donation pages live without a subscription, a gentler start than a $150 paid tier for a small campaign.
- Donorbox instead of Kindest
- Donorbox adds recurring giving as a core feature rather than an extra, with a free tier and a paid plan from $150 a month for a nonprofit that outgrows it.
Which one should you pick
Pick Donorbox once a nonprofit is past its first raise or is not exclusively a registered charity, since its free plan's 2.95 to 3.95 percent already undercuts Kindest's ongoing 5 percent. Pro, at $150 a month, lists at the same $1,800 a year as Kindest's own paid plan but charges 1.75 to 2 percent instead of 3.75 percent, plus the API, crypto and stock donations that come with it.
Pick Kindest for a brand-new United States charity that has not raised its first $50,000, since that window costs nothing at all, beating any Donorbox tier. Once the waiver is spent, Kindest's own numbers show its $1,800 a year plan only pays for itself around $144,000 raised annually, and Donorbox is cheaper than Kindest at every stage after the waiver regardless.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper for an established nonprofit?
- Donorbox. Its free plan charges 2.95 to 3.95 percent against Kindest's ongoing 5 percent, and Donorbox's $150 a month Pro plan charges 1.75 to 2 percent against the 3.75 percent on Kindest's $1,800 a year plan. Kindest only wins during its first-year waiver.
- What is Kindest's waiver, and does Donorbox have anything similar?
- Kindest charges nothing on the first $50,000 a United States nonprofit raises in its first year. Donorbox has no equivalent waiver mentioned, so its 2.95 to 3.95 percent free rate applies from the very first donation.
- Do the paid plans cost the same?
- Close. Donorbox's Pro plan is $150 a month, which lists at $1,800 a year before its own annual discount, the same sticker price as Kindest's flat $1,800 a year plan. Donorbox charges 1.75 to 2 percent for that price, though, against Kindest's 3.75 percent.
- Does either one require nonprofit status to sign up?
- Kindest is built around a registered United States charity, and its whole pricing model, including the waiver, assumes that status. Donorbox is also built for nonprofits and cause-driven campaigns, but nothing in its own pricing describes a registration check the way Kindest's does.
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