Church donation kiosks that replace the plate.
Turn lobby traffic into designated giving without adding work on Monday. Members tap, choose Tithes, Missions, or Benevolence, and receive a receipt in seconds.
Why churches choose Givebear
Every gift lands classified to the right fund with a receipt already sent, so the Monday count takes minutes and year-end statements are one click.
Lobby kiosks
Place tap-to-pay kiosks in your lobby or narthex. Members give with Apple Pay or a contactless card in under five seconds, no app and no account.
Fund designations
Allow your congregation to designate gifts to General Tithes, Youth Ministry, or Missions right on the touchscreen.
Recurring giving
Members set up weekly or monthly gifts in seconds, so pledged giving keeps arriving through the summer and holiday dips.
Annual giving statements
Every kiosk, online, and event gift records to one donor profile, so annual giving statements generate in a single click.
Multi-campus support
Multiple campuses or church plants? Manage your entire fleet of kiosks from one centralized dashboard.
Congregation insights
See which funds are growing, spot first-time givers, and recognize faithful members, all from one donor record.
Every gift lands in a ledger your treasurer can read.
Kiosk taps, online gifts, and QR scans settle into the same dashboard, so the Monday count takes minutes instead of the afternoon.
- Live balances for Tithes, Missions, and the Building Fund as gifts arrive
- Donor records that spot first-time givers and faithful members
- Year-end giving statements generated for the whole congregation
How much does a church giving kiosk cost?
A kiosk budget has three line items:
- Hardware, paid once up front.
- A monthly software subscription most vendors attach to each device, billed whether the kiosk takes three gifts or three hundred.
- Per-gift processing, charged on every donation by every vendor.
The subscription is the line that quietly dominates the budget meeting. All competitor figures below come from each vendor's published pricing, verified June 2026.
| Vendor | Hardware (one time) | Software (per month) | Per-gift costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givebear | $999 to $1099 one time, free US shipping | $0/mo: kiosk software is included in every plan | 1.9% to 5.9% platform fee by plan + Stripe in-person 2.7% + $0.05; donors can cover fees at checkout |
| SecureGive | $1,199 to $5,799 per kiosk | $149/mo Basic or $299/mo Premium. Add-on modules run $49 to $300/mo on top. | In-person kiosk credit 2% + $0.30 (debit 1.5% + $0.30) |
| Donorbox | No published price: kiosk hardware bundles are quote-gated (contact sales) | $80/mo first kiosk ($50/mo on Premium), $15/mo each additional | 1.75% platform fee on kiosk gifts, plus Stripe in-person 2.7% + $0.05 (4.45% + $0.05 combined) |
| Kind Kiosk | $299 to $599 per device | $49/mo Community ($19/mo extra devices) or $149/mo Growth | 3% Kind Kiosk platform fee, plus Stripe 2.7% (5.7% combined on cards) |
Sources: SecureGive pricing, verified Jul 2026; Donorbox Live Kiosk, verified Jul 2026; Donorbox pricing, verified Jul 2026; Kind Kiosk pricing, verified Jul 2026. Givebear prices come from our own product catalog, not estimates.
Run one kiosk for a year on each vendor's entry tier and the subscription shows its weight. SecureGive totals $2,987 in year one ($1,199 hardware plus $1,788 of software). Kind Kiosk totals $887, with a 3% platform fee stacked on Stripe's 2.7% (5.7% combined on cards, per its pricing page). Donorbox runs $960 in software alone before its quote-gated hardware bundle. A Givebear kiosk is $999 to $1099 once; years two, three, and four cost $0 in software.
Model your own congregation's numbers in the donation kiosk cost calculator, see what a Sunday looks like with one in the Sunday giving walkthrough, or read the line-by-line Givebear vs SecureGive comparison.
What Sunday giving looks like with a kiosk
The plate still passes. The kiosk just recovers the cash and check giving that quietly drifted away as members stopped carrying either. A member taps a fund, an amount, and the card or phone already in their hand, and the gift is done in about five seconds with no app and no account.
Placement decides how much a kiosk collects. The setups that work put it where traffic naturally slows and a greeter is already nearby:
- By the main entrance or narthex for the offering moment, with a second unit near the welcome desk for visitors and special offerings.
- Near the coffee station or information desk rather than in an aggressive bottleneck, with clear signage naming where each fund goes.
- Portable at retreats, missions conferences, and community dinners, so on-site gifts and registrations land in the same records.
Because every kiosk tap is tagged to a fund and a donor the moment it is made, Monday changes the most. The counting team reconciles the remaining cash and checks against a digital total that already matches the deposit, instead of hand-coding which gift was for the building fund and which was general tithes.
Church fundraising ideas Givebear powers
Start with one or two that fit your calendar, not all of them. Each idea below routes gifts to your church as the organization, tagged to the right fund, with a receipt sent automatically:
- A digital collection plate: a narthex kiosk for tap-to-pay giving at every service.
- A recurring giving challenge tied to a sermon series, so a one-time tap becomes a standing monthly gift.
- A building-fund or capital campaign with gifts tracked separately from general offering.
- Seasonal Easter and Christmas offerings, each opened as its own fund and reported on its own line.
- A ticketed fundraising dinner or gala where ticket and sponsor revenue land in the same dashboard as the offering.
Built for churches of every denomination
One platform, in your tradition's giving language. Funds, seasonal offerings, and statements map to how your congregation already gives.
Baptist churches
Route undesignated tithes and offerings to your ministry budget and Cooperative Program forwarding, and keep the Lottie Moon Christmas and Annie Armstrong Easter offerings as their own funds. Gifts arrive pre-tagged for the deacon-led count.
Methodist churches
Keep the connectional offering steady and every restricted gift designated: apportionments, UMCOR Sunday, and the other Special Sundays. Turn estimate-of-giving cards into recurring gifts after Commitment Sunday.
Lutheran churches (ELCA and LCMS)
Split the general fund, Mission Support and benevolence, and special offerings like ELCA World Hunger and Lutheran Disaster Response. Recurring giving in the Simply Giving tradition holds income steady, and numbered envelopes stay welcome.
Presbyterian churches (PC(USA) and PCA)
Open funds for per-capita, the deacons' fund, mission, and a capital campaign, and let members fulfill an Estimate of Giving pledge with recurring gifts. The special offerings each report on their own line for the session and treasurer.
Pentecostal and charismatic churches
Take fast lobby giving across every service and keep tithes, building fund, and missions straight to the dollar, including faith-promise, Speed the Light, and BGMC designations.
Non-denominational and multisite churches
Give each campus its own General, Building, and Missions funds while leadership sees the whole church from one dashboard, with auto-give for steady weekly and monthly support.
Catholic parishes
Bring the offertory into the cashless pew and keep restricted second collections like Peter's Pence, the building fund, and St. Vincent de Paul separated, with sustaining recurring offertory and one-click annual contribution statements.
Questions church finance teams ask us
How much does a church giving kiosk cost?
Are giving kiosks worth it for a small church?
Is there a monthly fee for the kiosk?
Can gifts be designated to tithes, missions, or benevolence?
Will older members of the congregation use a giving kiosk?
Do kiosk gifts appear on year-end giving statements?
What hardware does a church tap-to-give setup need?
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Kiosk hardware
21.5-inch displays and tamper-resistant enclosures built for narthex and lobby placement.
Church kiosk setup guide
Lobby placement, the Sunday workflow, and what changes in the Monday count.
Kiosk cost calculator
Compare first-year and five-year kiosk costs across vendors with your own giving numbers.
Building fund campaign
A capital campaign template with restricted-fund tracking and a public goal.
Digital collection plate
How churches replace the passed plate without changing the offering.
Pricing
Flat platform fees from 1.9% on Growth, or start free at $0/month and 5.9%. No setup fees, no monthly minimums.
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