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Alternatives to Donorbox
24 nonprofits tools sit alongside Donorbox in this directory. Below is what separates each from Donorbox on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 5
- Cheaper to start
- 2
- Donorbox starts at
- Free, then $150/month
Why people look past Donorbox
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Donorbox has a free tier, and starts at $150/month against a category median of $199/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Platform for modern nonprofit fundraising
- No free tier, where Donorbox has one.
- Starts $150 a month dearer, at $300/month.
Email marketing and event management
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
WordPress donation plugin for nonprofits
- No free tier, where Donorbox has one.
- Starts $49 a year dearer, at $199/year.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 3 tiers to Donorbox's 2.
Fundraising software for nonprofits
- No free tier, where Donorbox has one.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Fundraising software given free to nonprofits, funded by its founders rather than by fees
- Sold on a Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to Donorbox's 2.
Low-cost grant search across federal, state and private funders, with a paid consultant marketplace alongside
- Starts $141 a month cheaper, at $9/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than freemium.
Every Donorbox alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donorbox (this page) | Free, then $150/month | Freemium | 2 | |
| ClassyPlatform for modern nonprofit fundraising | $300/month | - | - | vs Donorbox |
| Constant ContactEmail marketing and event management | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Donorbox |
| GiveWPWordPress donation plugin for nonprofits | $199/year | Subscription | 3 | vs Donorbox |
| Network for GoodFundraising software for nonprofits | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Donorbox |
| Give Lively | Free | Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor | 1 | vs Donorbox |
| OpenGrants | Free, then $9/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Donorbox |
| Tendenci | Free | Open source, with paid hosting available | 2 | vs Donorbox |
| CiviCRM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Donorbox |
| CommCare | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | 4 | vs Donorbox |
| Foundant Technologies | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Donorbox |
| CharityEngine | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Donorbox |
| Instrumentl | $299/month | Per organisation per month by seat band | 4 | vs Donorbox |
| Fluxx | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Donorbox |
| Sumac | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Donorbox |
| Bonterra | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Donorbox |
| Blackbaud Grantmaking | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Donorbox |
| SmartSimple Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Donorbox |
| Submittable | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Donorbox |
| GrantStation | $199/year | Per organisation per year | 2 | vs Donorbox |
| Keela | On request | Per month by contact count | 1 | vs Donorbox |
| MemberClicks | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Donorbox |
| Fundraise Up | On request | Percentage of each donation | 1 | vs Donorbox |
| Candid | $219/month | Per user per month by tier | 3 | vs Donorbox |
| Glue Up | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Donorbox |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Donorbox badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (5)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Constant Contact , Free
- Give Lively , Free
- OpenGrants , Free, then $9/month
- Tendenci , Free
- CiviCRM , Free
Cheaper than Donorbox (2)
Entry price under Donorbox's $150/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- OpenGrants , Free, then $9/month
- CommCare , $100/month
What you would be giving up
Donorbox is most often brought in for small to mid-sized nonprofits needing affordable donation processing in 96+ countries, organisations seeking integrated event ticketing and peer-to-peer fundraising, multi-channel giving strategies including text-to-give and membership programmes. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Donorbox is broadly right and the question is cost, the Donorbox pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Nonprofits category lists everything the directory holds, and best nonprofits tools ranks them.
Donorbox runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Donorbox alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Donorbox?
- 24 other nonprofits tools are listed in this directory, led by Classy, Constant Contact, GiveWP, Network for Good. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Donorbox?
- 5 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Constant Contact, Give Lively, OpenGrants, Tendenci, CiviCRM.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Donorbox?
- Yes. 2 of the alternatives below start under Donorbox's $150/month: OpenGrants at Free, then $9/month, CommCare at $100/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Donorbox?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Donorbox has a free tier, and starts at $150/month against a category median of $199/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Donorbox?
- Donorbox is most often brought in for small to mid-sized nonprofits needing affordable donation processing in 96+ countries, organisations seeking integrated event ticketing and peer-to-peer fundraising, multi-channel giving strategies including text-to-give and membership programmes. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Donorbox?
- None of the nonprofits tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Donorbox alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Nonprofits, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Donorbox against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Donorbox covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every nonprofits tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Nonprofits category, 24 tools beside Donorbox. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.