DONORBOX VS CHARITABLE

Charitable Gives You Incredible Value

At A Fraction Of The Cost!

Why pay thousands a year in monthly and platform fees? With Charitable, you keep more of your donations, enjoy powerful fundraising tools, and never worry about hidden fees!

Stop losing funds to platform fees. Take control of your fundraising with Charitable!

Charitable - WordPress Donation & Fundraising Plugin

Spending too much on your current fundraising platform but still feeling limited?

Switch to Charitable for an easy setup, professional campaigns, and full donation management designed to help nonprofits like yours raise more without breaking the bank.

Charitable offers more features, continuous innovation, and listens closely to your feedback—all at a fraction of the cost.

Make the change today and partner with a platform that grows with your needs and delivers true value.

David Bisset
Project Manager, Charitable

Why Pay $1,800 a Year? Charitable Gives You More for Just $69!

Stop overpaying for donation software. With Charitable, you get everything you need to run successful fundraising campaigns – at a price that’s truly affordable.

Donors can contribute without leaving your website, building trust and increasing conversions.

Manage campaigns and donations inside WordPress—no extra dashboards or logins.

All donation data stays on your site; enjoy total control and privacy, with no restrictions.

Flat annual rate—no platform fees, hidden costs, or “optional tips” deducted from gifts.

Get expert help from a team dedicated to nonprofit success, always responsive and friendly.

Enjoy tools for recurring, peer-to-peer, Gift Aid, and campaign goals with no costly upgrades.

Regular updates and proven security keep every donation safe and fully compatible.

Customize everything—colors, layout, fields—for a donation flow that truly matches your brand.

Run unlimited campaigns on your own hosting; scale as you grow, with no platform limits.

Imagine waking up tomorrow with a better donation plugin and:

🚀 Launching fundraising campaigns in minutes that deliver faster results and higher donations.

💰 Paying a fraction of the cost for more features and better performance

✅ Having faster, more personalized support from a team dedicated to helping your nonprofit succeed.

Here’s How Easy It Is To Switch From Donorbox to Charitable

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Why Charitable Stands Out: Features You Can’t Miss

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Unlimited Campaigns
Unlimited Team Members
Zero Transaction Fee
Recurring Donations
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Visual Builder
Campaign Templates
Fully Customizable
Campaign Gallery
Donor Referrals
Fundraising Teams
Donor Custom Fields
Ambassadors
Privacy Compliance
Progress Bars
Fee RecoveryPartial
Donor Profiles
Donor Dashboard
Comprehensive Donor Management
Anonymous Donations
Recent Donation Notifications
Advanced Automated Emails
Email Customization Without Code
PDF Receipts
Annual Statements
Advanced Reports
Social Sharing

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Why Choose Charitable Over DonorBox?

Zero Transaction Fees

Keep Every Dollar Raised. No Hidden Fees.

Donorbox’s fees quickly add up – cutting deeply into your donations and fundraising impact.

Charitable Pro charges a simple, predictable annual fee with zero platform fees, letting you keep 100% of every dollar donors give.

No hidden costs, no optional tips, just straightforward pricing that respects your mission and your budget.

Charitable pricing plans

No Payment Delays

Fast, Direct Fund Access.

Waiting days – or even weeks – for funds to clear can derail your nonprofit’s momentum. Donorbox users often face delayed disbursements due to third-party holds.

Charitable ensures your funds go directly to your bank through your payment processor, with no holds or interference.

You control your cash flow and keep your campaign moving forward without frustrating delays.

Complete Ownership & Customization

Total Control and Customization

Don’t be limited with basic donor management and few customization options.

Charitable gives you full ownership: host every campaign on your own WordPress site, customize forms and pages with drag-and-drop ease, and integrate seamlessly with your favorite tools.

Plus, we offer expert help available 24*7 to help you succeed.

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GiveWP Migrations New

White Glove Migration Service for GiveWP

Thinking about switching your fundraising platform from GiveWP to Charitable, but don’t want to risk losing your data or handle a complex technical setup yourself? Charitable’s White Glove Migration Service features:

👥 Flawless Donor Mapping: Safely transfer your entire supporter database with zero data loss.

📊 Complete Financial History: Meticulously preserve every historical transaction for continuous, accurate reporting.

🔄 Seamless Recurring Giving: Safely transfer active sustaining subscriptions without disrupting your incoming revenue or requiring your donors to update their information.

💳 Zero Gateway Disruptions: Keep using Stripe, PayPal, or any other GiveWP-compatible processor you already love.

🚀 Expert Technical Setup: Relax while our team handles the heavy lifting to install and configure your forms—plus, qualifying users get a full year of Charitable Pro completely free.

Visit this page to learn more.

automation Improvement

📢 New Feature Alert: Automation Connect 2.0 Is Here! 🚀

Thinking about connecting your fundraising data to tools like Mailchimp, Slack, or Google Sheets, but don’t want to hire a developer or write custom code? Charitalbe’s new automation addon has:

⚡ 17 Event Triggers: Instantly fire webhooks for a donor’s first gift, renewal payments, or reached campaign milestones.

🎯 Smart Conditional Logic: Use powerful AND/OR logic across 11 fields to only send data when it meets your exact criteria, like newsletter opt-ins.

📊 Custom Payload Control: Select from 80+ clean data fields across donor, donation, and campaign metadata so your apps get exactly what they need.

🚀 Pre-Built Platform Templates: Skip the setup from scratch with ready-to-go templates for Zapier, Make.com, n8n, HubSpot, and Slack.

🛡️ Reliable Developer Tools: Power your workflows with signed HMAC-SHA256 payloads, complete WordPress filters, and automatic retry logs.

automation Improvement

🔌 Charitable Meets Zapier: Connect to 7,000+ Apps and Automate Your Fundraising

Tired of manually copying donation data into accounting sheets or tracking down new donor signups? Put your administrative tasks on autopilot. Charitable is now officially on Zapier, giving you a powerful, no-code way to plug your fundraising directly into the rest of your favorite tools.

Every donation, donor signup, and campaign milestone can now trigger an automated workflow seamlessly.

What’s New:

♾️ Connect to 7,000+ Apps: Bridge your Charitable campaigns with everyday software like Google Sheets, QuickBooks, Slack, Mailchimp, HubSpot, Notion, Airtable, and thousands more.

⚡ 12 Powerful Triggers: Build deep workflows using smart automation triggers covering the entire donation lifecycle—including New Donation, New Donor, Subscription Cancelled, and Campaign Goal Reached.

📋 Pre-Built Action Templates: Get started in three minutes or less with our pre-made template combinations, like automatically logging new donations straight into a Google Sheet or firing custom donor welcome emails through Gmail.

🚫 Zero Code Needed: No complex webhooks or custom PHP scripts required. Just pick your trigger, choose your app, map your fields, and let Zapier handle the heavy lifting.

Ready to save hours of admin time? Grab Charitable Pro with the Automation Connect addon today and launch your first Zap!

Improvement Payments

🚀 Introducing PayPal Commerce: One Connection, Six Ways to Donate

Donors expect modern, flexible payment options when they support a cause. If they don’t see their preferred method on your donation form, they often disappear without a word. With PayPal Commerce, we are bringing a completely modernized checkout experience right to your campaigns.

Enjoy a single integration that upgrades your forms, makes giving seamless, and helps you capture every single donation.

What’s New:

🔌 One-Click Connection: Skip messy API keys and developer docs. Simply click “Connect with PayPal,” sign in to your business account, and your modern form is live in under five minutes.

💳 Six Ways to Give: Give your supporters instant access to PayPal balance, Venmo (US), Pay Later financing, major credit/debit cards, Apple Pay (Safari), and Google Pay (Chrome) all from the exact same form.

🔄 Flexible Recurring Giving: Fully supports monthly giving. Choose between the PayPal Subscriptions API (handled automatically on PayPal’s end) or Vault + Cron (handled securely right on your site).

💬 Friendly Error Recovery: No more confusing browser alerts. If a payment is declined, donors see plain-language, inline messages that guide them on how to fix the issue and complete their gift.

Ready for PayPal, modernized? Update to Charitable Pro 1.8.15+ (or Charitable Lite 1.8.11+) and connect your account today!

Campaigns New

⏳ Campaign Countdown: Drive Urgency and Lift Donations

Urgency is one of the most powerful tools in fundraising! Meet Campaign Countdown—a live, real-time timer built to turn procrastination into immediate generosity.

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What’s New:

⏱️ Live, Real-Time Urgency: Beautifully track days, hours, minutes, and seconds down to your campaign’s deadline w/ live-updating visual countdowns.

🎨 Tailored to Your Look: Choose between Boxed bordered tiles or a clean, single-line Inline display. Match your theme instantly with font and deep color controls.

🛠️ Place it Anywhere: Drop the countdown anywhere you like using the Campaign Builder field, a dedicated Gutenberg block, or a simple shortcode.

🚨 Smart Expiry Actions: Total control over the end state—choose to automatically replace the timer with a custom message, freeze it at zero, and more.