Is Donorbox or Mailgun better?

Neither clearly leads. Donorbox starts at Free and Mailgun at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Donorbox or Mailgun?

Donorbox has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Donorbox and On request for Mailgun.

Does Donorbox or Mailgun run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

Can I use Donorbox for free?

Yes. Donorbox has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Mailgun starts at On request.

What is Donorbox best used for?

Donorbox is most often used 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. Of those, small to mid-sized nonprofits needing affordable donation processing in 96+ countries and organisations seeking integrated event ticketing and peer-to-peer fundraising are not what Mailgun is typically brought in for.

What can Donorbox do that Mailgun cannot?

Donorbox covers Custom donation forms, Peer-to-peer fundraising, Payment processing, Donor management.

Software · head to head

Donorbox vs Mailgun

Donorbox

Software

Online fundraising platform for nonprofits

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Mailgun

Software

Email delivery built for developers

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Donorbox has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Donorbox standard plan charges 2.95-3.95% platform fee per donation on top of payment processor fees (2.2-2.49% + card processing); Mailgun free plan caps at 100 emails per day

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Donorbox and Mailgun actually diverge.

Attributes where Donorbox and Mailgun differ
Attribute	Donorbox	Mailgun
Starting price	Free	On request
Pricing model	freemium	usage-based
Free tier	Yes	No
Founded	2016	Unknown

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Donorbox

Custom donation forms
Peer-to-peer fundraising
Payment processing
Donor management
Stripe
PayPal
Mailchimp
Zapier

Only in Mailgun

Nothing recorded that Donorbox does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Donorbox

Small to mid-sized nonprofits needing affordable donation processing in 96+ countriesnot Mailgun
Organisations seeking integrated event ticketing and peer-to-peer fundraisingnot Mailgun
Multi-channel giving strategies including text-to-give and membership programmesnot Mailgun

Mailgun

No use cases recorded yet. See the Mailgun review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Donorbox

Standard plan charges 2.95-3.95% platform fee per donation on top of payment processor fees (2.2-2.49% + card processing)
Premium plan pricing requires contacting sales, not displayed publicly
Pro plan limited to growing organisations; larger nonprofits must upgrade to Premium with custom pricing

Mailgun

Free plan caps at 100 emails per day
Basic plan starts at $15/mo for 10,000 emails then overages from $1.80 per 1,000; Foundation and Scale plans discount overage rates but still meter every email beyond the included volume
Foundation ($35/mo) and Scale ($90/mo) plans are free for the first month only, then bill at full price

Pricing, plan by plan

Donorbox

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Donorbox review.

Mailgun

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Mailgun review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Donorbox if

You need custom donation forms.
You want to start without paying.
You also want peer-to-peer fundraising.

Donorbox review

Choose Mailgun if

Nothing in the data separates Mailgun from Donorbox on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Mailgun review

Questions people ask

Is Donorbox or Mailgun better?: Neither clearly leads. Donorbox starts at Free and Mailgun at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Donorbox or Mailgun?: Donorbox has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Donorbox and On request for Mailgun.
Does Donorbox or Mailgun run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Donorbox for free?: Yes. Donorbox has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Mailgun starts at On request.
What is Donorbox best used for?: Donorbox is most often used 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. Of those, small to mid-sized nonprofits needing affordable donation processing in 96+ countries and organisations seeking integrated event ticketing and peer-to-peer fundraising are not what Mailgun is typically brought in for.
What can Donorbox do that Mailgun cannot?: Donorbox covers Custom donation forms, Peer-to-peer fundraising, Payment processing, Donor management.

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Donorbox vs Mailgun

Donorbox

Mailgun

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Donorbox

Only in Mailgun

What people use each for

Donorbox

Mailgun

Where each one falls short

Donorbox

Mailgun

Pricing, plan by plan

Donorbox

Mailgun

Which should you pick?

Choose Donorbox if

Choose Mailgun if

Questions people ask

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