Givebear vs Paid Memberships Pro

Givebear provides donation kiosks and online giving for mosques, churches, schools, nonprofits and other community organizations. Donors can give at a kiosk, through a donation page or QR code, or by paying membership dues and event tickets. Gifts are recorded against the fund selected by the donor, and gifts and recurring plans from these sources appear together in a donor history. Givebear sends email receipts and year-end statements and provides reports exportable by fund and date range. Its 21.5-inch kiosk accepts Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless cards, with English, Arabic, Spanish and Turkish support. It can accept one-time gifts offline, but recurring gifts need a live connection. Donation forms can be embedded on named website builders, and a QuickBooks Online connection can post payout journal entries split by fund, with fees and refunds broken out. Stripe processes card payments; Givebear says its servers receive tokenized payment references, not raw card numbers. The Free plan is free and carries a 5.9% platform fee per gift; Plus is $29 a month and Growth is $39 a month, billed annually at the listed rates. Stripe processing is passed through at cost.

Paid Memberships Pro is a WordPress plugin and open-source platform for restricting content, taking payments, and managing subscriptions on a website. Site owners can protect 28 types of content and create unlimited membership levels, with free or paid access, one-time charges, or recurring billing from hourly to annual intervals. Pricing tools include trials, coupons, proration, donations, gift codes, invite codes, and variable pricing. Stripe and PayPal are included without a platform transaction fee, although gateway charges still apply. The free plan provides the self-hosted platform and 25 free add-ons; Standard, Max, and Max 2x include 54 premium add-ons. Paid plans start at $49/mo. Standard is $49 a month, Max is $99 a month, and Max 2x is $299 a month, all billed monthly. The platform includes member administration, customizable dashboards and forms, reporting, and integrations such as WooCommerce, Mailchimp, and LearnDash. It supports WordPress installations running version 5.2 or higher, while technical support covers only the three most recent minor releases. Premium purchases have a 100-day money-back guarantee covering one payment.