Givebear vs Donorbox. Kiosks, fees and funds, side by side.

Compare Donorbox with Givebear for donation forms, donation kiosks, campaign pages, events, receipts, and donor records. See the side-by-side comparison, where Donorbox still fits, and how to migrate to Givebear without breaking donation links.

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Side by side.

Capability	Givebear	Donorbox
Hardware Donation Kiosks	Yes	Live Kiosk software, billed monthly per device
Native Zakat/Sadaqah Segregation	Yes	No
Automated donor receipts	Yes	Yes
Integrated Event Registration	Yes	No
Unified Donor CRM	Yes	No

When Donorbox is the better fit

Donorbox fits organizations whose giving runs mostly through online donation forms and recurring gifts.

Run your own numbers

The kiosk cost calculator and the platform fee calculator work from your device count and giving volume.

After the gift. Where each one lands.

Donorbox Live Kiosk product page with kiosk hardware and a tap-to-donate phone mockup — Donorbox's public Live Kiosk page, captured August 2026. In-person giving runs on subscription kiosk software. View the public source

Givebear transactions: each gift with its donor, fund, amount and source, kiosk or web — The Givebear ledger: kiosk and online gifts in one list, each with its donor and fund.

The full comparison.

Last updated June 2026

Donorbox is built around online donation forms. For in-person giving it sells Live Kiosk software at $80 a month for the first device ($50 on Premium) plus $15 for each additional one, with no published hardware price (verified June 2026). Givebear's kiosk is a one-time purchase of $999 to $1,099 with the software included, and kiosk, online, and event gifts share one donor list. Donorbox suits teams whose giving is almost all online forms.

Key takeaways

Donorbox kiosk gifts carry its 1.75% platform fee plus Stripe's 2.7% + $0.05, or 4.45% + $0.05 combined (verified June 2026).
Givebear separates Zakat and Sadaqah natively; Donorbox does not.
Before switching, export donors, list recurring donations, and decide which old donation links should redirect.

Who this is for: Nonprofits and faith communities comparing donation platforms; Development directors and finance leads who answer to a board for every restricted gift and every receipt, weighing Donorbox against Givebear

Donorbox is a nonprofit donation platform. In the comparison below, the gap is native Zakat/Sadaqah segregation, integrated event registration, and unified donor CRM: Givebear includes them and Donorbox does not.

Where Donorbox is the better choice

Donorbox fits organizations whose giving runs mostly through online donation forms and recurring gifts.

Where Givebear is different

Givebear fits organizations that take a real share of gifts in person: the kiosk is bought once with its software included, and kiosk, online, campaign, and event gifts share the same donor records and receipts.

Compared with Donorbox, Givebear's kiosk for a lobby or event entrance is a 21.5-inch touchscreen with a built-in Stripe card reader, sold once at $999 to $1,099 (wall mount or battery floor stand) with no per-kiosk software subscription.

What to test before you decide

Score both platforms on online donation form quality, donation kiosk support, faith-based fund workflows, event registration support, and unified donor records and receipts. Use your last year-end appeal as the test case: set up the same funds and receipt wording in a free Givebear account and check whether it produces the report your board asked for from Donorbox.

How do you switch from Donorbox to Givebear?

Before switching, export donor records, review recurring donations, map public campaign URLs, test receipts, and decide which existing donation links should redirect.

Givebear imports contacts and past gifts from a CSV, so the Donorbox export is the first step. Create your funds in Givebear before importing the Donorbox file, since fund names in it do not create funds on their own. Saved cards move only if Donorbox and Stripe support a transfer; otherwise recurring donors restart their gift on your new page, so announce the change a few weeks ahead.

Before cutover, list every place a donor can reach Donorbox: website buttons, email footers, printed QR codes, and event pages. Repoint the ones you control; a printed code that sends donors to Donorbox keeps working only as long as Donorbox keeps that page up.

What does a Donorbox kiosk really cost?

Donorbox runs in-person giving through its Live Kiosk, and the cost is recurring rather than one-time. Per donorbox.org/live-kiosk and donorbox.org/pricing, verified June 2026: the software is $80 per month for the first kiosk ($50 per month on the Premium plan) plus $15 per month for each additional device, gifts carry a 1.75% Donorbox platform fee, and Stripe's in-person processing of 2.7% + $0.05 brings the combined card cost to 4.45% + $0.05. The kiosk hardware itself is quote-gated: Donorbox publishes no device price, so budget for it as an unknown on top of the monthly software.

Givebear's kiosk is a one-time purchase at $999 to $1,099 with no per-device subscription, and the plan is a flat platform fee from 1.9% to 5.9% depending on plan (one rate online, at kiosks, and on memberships), plus Stripe card processing at cost, with no setup fee and no monthly minimum. Over three years, the comparison to run before signing is one hardware purchase against 36 monthly software charges plus a kiosk price Donorbox does not publish.

Practical use cases

Choose Givebear if you need native Zakat/Sadaqah segregation, which Donorbox does not offer.
Choose Givebear if you need integrated event registration, which Donorbox does not offer.
Keep Donorbox for online giving and add a Givebear kiosk for walk-up gifts, then decide after a season of both.

Common questions

Does Donorbox support donation kiosks?

Partly. The comparison above lists Donorbox's kiosk support as "live kiosk software, billed monthly per device". Compared with Donorbox, Givebear's kiosk for a lobby or event entrance is a 21.5-inch touchscreen with a built-in Stripe card reader, sold once at $999 to $1,099 (wall mount or battery floor stand) with no per-kiosk software subscription.

What is the best Donorbox alternative?

It depends on what Donorbox is not doing for you. If you need a walk-up donation kiosk, native Zakat/Sadaqah segregation, integrated event registration, or unified donor CRM, which Donorbox lacks, Givebear has those in the same account as online giving.

Can I import my donors from Donorbox?

Yes. Export contacts and gift history from Donorbox as a CSV and import both into Givebear. Recurring gifts are separate: saved payment methods transfer only when Donorbox and Stripe support it, so check that before you set a cutover date.

What does switching from Donorbox to Givebear cost?

Givebear charges a flat platform fee from 1.9% to 5.9% depending on plan (one rate online, at kiosks, and on memberships), plus Stripe card processing at cost, with no setup fee and no monthly minimum. To compare with Donorbox, run last year's gifts through both fee schedules and add any per-device or add-on fees each side charges; a Givebear kiosk is optional and only needed for walk-up giving.

Givebear covers donation portal, donation kiosks, campaign pages, event registration, automated receipts, donor records.

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