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

Compare Givebutter with Givebear for campaigns, donation pages, events, donor records, receipts, and in-person giving. See the side-by-side comparison, where Givebutter still fits, and how to migrate to Givebear without breaking donation links.

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Side by side.

Capability	Givebear	Givebutter
Hardware Donation Kiosks	Yes	No
Faith-Specific Workflows	Yes	No
Hosted Donation Portals	Yes	Yes
Event Registration	Yes	Yes
Automated donor receipts	Yes	Yes

When Givebutter is the better fit

Givebutter fits teams that raise mostly online through peer-to-peer and campaign pages and are comfortable with a fee model funded by donor tips.

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.

Givebutter donation forms product page with a sample donation form and amount buttons — Givebutter's public donation forms page, captured August 2026, showing its online-first giving flow. 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

Givebutter is an online fundraising platform: no platform fee when donors leave a tip, published flat fees when tips are off, and a CRM tier, Givebutter Plus, priced by contact count from $29 to $129 a month (verified June 2026). Its only in-person hardware is a $99 handheld card reader. Givebear sells a lobby donation kiosk, charges a flat platform fee with no tip prompt, and supports faith fund workflows. Givebutter suits teams running peer-to-peer and online campaigns.

Key takeaways

TINA.org flagged in June 2026 that a pre-checked default tip turned a $500 Givebutter gift into $590.
A dedicated Givebutter kiosk has been an open feature request since January 2023.
Map campaign URLs, recurring donors, event pages, and any live peer-to-peer campaigns before switching.

Who this is for: Nonprofits comparing modern fundraising platforms; Development directors and finance leads who answer to a board for every restricted gift and every receipt, weighing Givebutter against Givebear

Givebutter is a nonprofit fundraising platform. In the comparison below, the gap is faith-specific workflows: Givebear includes it and Givebutter does not.

Where Givebutter is the better choice

Givebutter fits teams that raise mostly online through peer-to-peer and campaign pages and are comfortable with a fee model funded by donor tips.

Where Givebear is different

Givebear fits organizations that need a donation kiosk in the building as well as online giving, with campaign pages, events, receipts, and donor records in one account and fund setups that suit mosques, churches, and synagogues.

Compared with Givebutter, 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 donation kiosk and in-person giving support, campaign pages and donation portal structure, event registration and attendee follow-up, receipt automation and donor records, and admin workload after each campaign. 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 Givebutter.

How do you switch from Givebutter to Givebear?

Before switching, map public campaign URLs, recurring donors, donor exports, event pages, receipt history, and any peer-to-peer campaigns that need to remain live.

Givebear imports contacts and past gifts from a CSV, so the Givebutter export is the first step. Create your funds in Givebear before importing the Givebutter file, since fund names in it do not create funds on their own. Saved cards move only if Givebutter 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 Givebutter: website buttons, email footers, printed QR codes, and event pages. Repoint the ones you control; a printed code that sends donors to Givebutter keeps working only as long as Givebutter keeps that page up.

Practical use cases

Choose Givebear if you need hardware donation kiosks, which Givebutter does not offer.
Choose Givebear if you need faith-specific workflows, which Givebutter does not offer.
Keep Givebutter for online giving and add a Givebear kiosk for walk-up gifts, then decide after a season of both.

Common questions

Does Givebutter support donation kiosks?

No. Givebutter does not sell a donation kiosk, so walk-up gifts need a separate device and usually land in a separate report. Compared with Givebutter, 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 Givebutter alternative?

It depends on what Givebutter is not doing for you. If you need a walk-up donation kiosk or faith-specific workflows, which Givebutter lacks, Givebear has those in the same account as online giving.

Is Givebear actually free like Givebutter?

Both start at no monthly cost, but the fees work differently. Givebutter's 0% holds when donors leave a tip at checkout, and published flat fees apply when tips are off; its CRM tier, Givebutter Plus, runs $29 to $129 per month by contact count (givebutter.com/pricing, verified June 2026), and its only in-person hardware is a $99 Stripe M2 handheld reader. Givebear's Free plan is $0/month with a flat 5.9% platform fee (1.9% on Growth) and no tip prompt, its paid plans bill for contacts above their allowance, and its kiosk is a wall-mount or floor-stand unit you own. TINA.org flagged in June 2026 that a pre-checked default tip turned a $500 Givebutter gift into $590, so compare what each donor is nudged to pay as well as the rate.

Can I import my donors from Givebutter?

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

What does switching from Givebutter 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 Givebutter, 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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