Why choose Donorbox over PayPal?

Well for starters, we're much more than a payment gateway. Built specifically for nonprofits, we're a complete fundraising platform with a full suite of features ready to take your mission to the next level!

Here’s why 100,000+ nonprofits in 96 countries have chosen Donorbox and raised over $1 billion.

Simple To Use

Simplicity is at the core of our work here at Donorbox. And that’s what we do for you and your donors - we make it simple.

Set up a customized campaign in just 15 minutes and start fundraising on multiple platforms.

Enjoy the full fundraising power of a donation suite

Here's a glimpse of our extensive list of fundraising solutions

Donation Form

Create a smart donation form that embeds directly to your website or as a pop-up.

Our simple, conversion-optimized multistep donation form works on any device and is easily customizable!

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Donation Button

Take donors to your secure donation page or a pop-up donation form with a single click!

You can add a compelling call-to-action message on your donation button, and use it on your website, fundraising outreach posts or even emails.

Live Example

Fundraising Page

Shine the spotlight on your mission with a dedicated fundraising page!

Our customizable pages are the perfect platform to share your mission with a powerful story and develop donor trust with engaging information.

Live Example

Crowdfunding Page

Create powerful campaigns that let you drive donor engagement effectively and raise funds quickly.

Donorbox crowdfunding is loaded with features to tell your story effectively and lead your campaign to success.

Live Example

Peer-To-Peer Fundraising

Put the power of fundraising in the hands of your supporters by empowering them to create personal fundraising pages dedicated to your cause.

By tapping into the power of the collective, you can maximise campaign effectiveness, reach, and donations with unlimited fundraisers.

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Donorbox Events

Start selling tickets online in under a minute with Donorbox's event registration software that lightens your workload.

To make things easier for you - you can now quickly generate tax-deductible values for each ticket, and let your supporters know the tax-deductible and fair market values of their purchases.

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Text-To-Give

Let your donors give by sending a simple text message from their smartphones.

Perfect for on-the-spot donation drives, church services, fundraising events, and conferences - our text-to-give campaigns can be setup in under 60 seconds!

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Unfortunately, all PayPal can offer you is a basic donation form - which is a little more than their generic payment gateway.

With Donorbox you’ll find out who your real pal is

Being a fundraising platform and not just a payment gateway like PayPal, we can help you build a long-lasting relationship with your donors through our robust donor management system.

Not Convinced Yet?

Here’s a glance at some of our other features in comparison:


Multiple Payment Gateways
Text-to-Give
Peer to Peer Fundraising
Donor Wall
Goal Meter
Membership Tiers
Donor Management
Gift Aid
Gift Matching
Personalised Email Notifications
Integrations	Salesforce, MailChimp, Gift Matching and much more (Paid Integrations)
Recurring Donations		Only Monthly

Learn more about the rest of our extensive and easy-to-use features

Here's a pricing comparison with Paypal

5.15% + 30c

Standard Platform Fee: 2.95%
Payment Processing Fees: 2.2% + 30c*

To provide you with more options, we've also introduced pro and premium plans which come with a reduced platform fee and additional upgrades.

US based donations: 1.99% + fixed fee
International Donations: 1.5% + (1.99% + fixed fee)

Their ‘fixed fees’ differ based on the currency received in the transaction. These fees are approximately around 49c.

If you are a registered nonprofit, you can leverage your 501 (c) (3) status to get discounted transaction charges from both Stripe and PayPal

Donorbox can be completely free if you ask donors to cover your transaction fees.

Our platform allows you to provide your donors with this option - allowing you to utilize the full amount you receive, for your cause.

Fun Fact: Most donors end up covering these fees, when given the opportunity!

Donorbox can be completely free if you ask donors to cover your transaction fees.

Donorbox has been instrumental in facilitating our online donations. With seamless integration into our website and easy to use features and functionality, we have been extremely pleased as an organization and would recommend Donorbox to any non profit organization looking to streamline campaign efforts.

Project Charley

Clint Smith

Donorbox hit everything we were required in our fundraising software, plus your platform incorporated features we asked for in our early discussions. Now we are seeing everything we wanted and these modifications are more ice cream on the pie.