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!

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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

DonorboxCharitable
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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Improvement Payments

💰 Accept Recurring Donations with Windcave and Charitable

A donor sets their gift up once on Windcave’s secure payment page, and Charitable bills every renewal after that on schedule. Why this is important:

🏦 Organizations banked in New Zealand or Australia: monthly giving on the gateway your bank already set you up with, with no second processor to onboard.
⛪ Churches taking regular tithes and offerings: congregants set their own schedule once, which is the simplest way to launch recurring church giving without a separate platform.
🌏 Groups with donors in several currencies: Windcave handles more than 20, so a supporter can give in the currency they actually hold.
📅 Operating funds rather than one-time campaigns: switch on Recurring Only mode and the one-off option disappears, so every gift to that campaign is a subscription.
🧾 Teams with no developer on staff: 3 sets of credentials pasted into a settings page, and no code anywhere.

Check out our announcement here.

automation update

⚡ Visual Automation Builder: Drag and Drop With No Code!

Charitable Automation Connect 2.3.0 introduces the Visual Automation Builder, a full-screen canvas that lays each automation out as a flow of connected cards: a trigger, optional conditions, and a list of actions that run in order.

🧩 Many actions, one trigger: Tag a donor, send an email, add a note, and fire a webhook from a single event, dragged into any order.

✉️ Act inside Charitable: New Send Email, Tag Donor, and Add Donor Note actions run with no external service required.

🔤 Merge tags: Personalize emails and notes with live fields like {first_name}, {total}, and {campaign_name}.

🔁 Apply to existing donors: Run Tag Donor and Add Donor Note against the donors you already have.

🖥️ Canvas or Simple: Switch views anytime, and automations built before 2.3.0 keep working unchanged.

Read more here.

Integration updated

📬 Introducing Brevo for Charitable: Turn Donors into Subscribers Automatically

The moment a supporter makes a gift is when they are most engaged. With the new Brevo integration for Charitable, you can automatically turn those one-time donors into long-term subscribers without touching a single spreadsheet.

Simply collect donor consent right on your donation form and start your welcome series immediately.

What’s New:

🔄 Automated Subscriber Sync: New donors who opt in are added straight to your Brevo contact list as soon as their payment clears—no manual exports or CSV imports required.

🎯 Granular Consent & Opt-In Control: Customize your checkbox label, choose whether it defaults to checked or unchecked, or turn on Brevo double opt-in to keep your list clean and compliant.

📋 Per-Campaign List Mapping: Route supporters to your global email list or map specific campaigns to targeted Brevo lists to tailor your follow-up messaging.

⚡ 5-Minute Setup: Connect instantly by pasting your Brevo API key into the Newsletter settings, map your contact fields, and start building your email list on autopilot.

Ready to grow your mailing list? Brevo is available now starting on the Charitable Plus plan—connect your account today!

recurring donations updated

💳 Introducing Card Updates: Fix Expired Cards Without Losing Subscriptions!

newExpired or updated credit cards are one of the biggest silent leaks in recurring fundraising. With Card Updates in the Recurring Donations extension, donors can now refresh their payment details directly—keeping their subscription, schedule, and giving history completely intact.

No canceled plans, no lost history, and zero administrative headache for your team.

What’s New:

⚡ 30-Second Self-Service: Donors get a dedicated “Update Card” button in their dashboard that opens Stripe’s secure, PCI-compliant Customer Portal to update card details instantly.

🔒 Scoped & Safe Access: Scoped exclusively to card updates by default, donors can’t accidentally cancel or alter their plans from inside the portal, keeping your webhooks and data in sync.

🤝 Admin-Assisted Support: Helping a donor on the phone? Open their secure Stripe portal in one click from your admin screen or generate a single-use update link to email them.

📋 Automatic Audit Trail: Every payment method update is recorded automatically with a timestamp in both system-wide logs and the individual donor’s profile.

Ready to protect your recurring revenue? Get the Plus or Pro plan and update Recurring Donations to 2.3.0+ and enable “Update Payment Method” under your Settings today!

Integration page builder

Divi Fans Rejoice! Native Divi 5 Campaign Progress Bar Module!

With our new native Divi 5 module, you can anchor your microsites with real-time fundraising stats directly on the visual canvas. Here’s how it works, and why it’s worth turning on today.

Create campaign updates that are VISUAL AND LIVE. You can also:

📊 Campaign Progress Bar: Drop a live progress bar into any Divi 5 layout and show goal progress in real time.

🎨 Deep styling controls: Easily customize the bar and track color, height, and radius to match your brand perfectly.

👁️ Visual Builder ready: Configure and preview everything directly on the Divi canvas as a first-class module.

🔁 Identical rendering: The same exact engine powers this module, meaning consistent design without legacy shims.

✅ Faster launches: Never leave the Divi 5 interface to configure shortcodes or guess how your goal labels will look.

Learn more here.