Donorbox vs Grassrootz

Donorbox provides fundraising tools for nonprofit organizations, including customizable donation forms that can be embedded on an organization’s website. Listed formats include donation pages, recurring donations, peer-to-peer fundraising, crowdfunding, memberships, events, and text-to-give. QuickDonate lets donors save payment information for repeat giving. Donorbox says checkout supports 52+ currencies and 15 languages, and its donor CRM features include segmentation and giving insights. Listed integrations include Salesforce, Blackbaud, HubSpot, Mailchimp, QuickBooks, WordPress, Stripe, and PayPal; API access is listed on Pro. Payment options through Stripe and PayPal include Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Venmo, ACH, SEPA, iDEAL, Bancontact, BACS, and PADs. Donorbox says it is PCI DSS Level 1 compliant and has SOC 2 Type I and Type II certifications. It also says payment data is tokenized and credit card information is not stored on its servers. Standard is free, with platform fees of 2.95%–3.95% and payment processing fees applying. Pro costs $150 a month, with platform fees of 1.75%–2% and processing fees applying.

Grassrootz provides online fundraising tools and event partnerships to help charities raise money and build communities. Charities can run unlimited branded peer-to-peer campaigns with fundraiser pages, badges, leaderboards and sharing. Donation pages accept card payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay and direct debit, and send tax-compliant receipts automatically. Ticketing can combine registrations, fundraising, donations and merchandise, with free or paid tickets, teams, recurring donations and instalment payments. The free iOS Tap’n’Donate app collects cashless gifts and donor details at in-person events, with campaign totals updated in real time; a Stripe portable card reader is sold separately. Listed integrations include event registration, fitness, social and CRM services, including ACTIVEWorks Endurance, Race Roster, Strava, Zapier, Meta and Salesforce via MoveData. Grassrootz says it also supports additional registration platforms. The Free core features plan costs nothing and includes unlimited campaigns, donation pages and appeals, dollar matching, recurring giving and automated fundraiser email journeys. Fees apply to ticketing and merchandise sales, while event fees vary.