What does a $100 gift cost on each?

Givebutter with tips on: you receive $100 and the donor is asked to add a tip to Givebutter. Tips off: $3 platform + $3.20 processing, you receive $93.80 unless the donor covers fees. DonorFinch: you receive $96.00, or the full $100 if the donor ticks “cover processing fees” (then they pay $104.15). No tip is ever requested.

Does DonorFinch do events or peer-to-peer?

No. DonorFinch is the donation form, recurring giving, donor CRM, receipts, statements, reports and QuickBooks sync. Many organizations use a separate tool for the occasional event and record those gifts in DonorFinch so their donor records stay complete.

Can I bring my own Stripe account?

Yes — DonorFinch requires it. Donations settle directly into your organization's Stripe account and bank; we never hold funds.

Comparison

DonorFinch vs Givebutter

Givebutter is a large, well-liked all-in-one: forms, events, auctions, peer-to-peer, email and texting, free as long as your donors are asked to tip Givebutter at checkout. Switch tips off and it becomes a 3% platform. DonorFinch is narrower and cheaper: the donation form, the donor database and the accounting sync, at 1.5%, with your donors never asked for a tip.

The same gift

$100 on DonorFinch and on Givebutter

Card gift at Stripe's nonprofit rate, donor not covering fees.

DonorFinch

$96.00

you receive from a $100 card gift

1.5% + Stripe 2.2% + 30¢

What the donor is asked: “Add $4.15 to cover processing fees” — optional, goes to the fees so you net $100.00.

Givebutter

$100.00

you receive from a $100 card gift

Donor asked to add a tip to the platform

What the donor is asked: Optional tip to Givebutter, on by default. Turning tips off switches on the 3% fee.

Where Givebutter is the better choice

Breadth: events, auctions, peer-to-peer, live displays, email and SMS campaigns in one product.
Venmo and PayPal at checkout in addition to cards and wallets.
A very large user base and top ratings on review sites — plenty of peers to ask.
When tips are on, processing fees that donors don't cover are backed by Givebutter, so you keep the full gift.

Where DonorFinch is different

No donor tips, ever. Our fee is 1.5% to you and your donors see only your organization at checkout.
Lower cost when you don't want tips: Givebutter's no-tip rate is 3% plus 2.9% + 30¢; DonorFinch is 1.5% plus Stripe's 2.2% + 30¢ nonprofit rate, from your own Stripe account.
Deposit-level QuickBooks Online sync included: payouts post as single deposits, split by fund, fees broken out.
Receipts, letters and year-end statements that tie out to the ledger, plus roles and an audit log.
Built for one job. No events, auctions or email marketing to configure or pay for.

Our honest recommendation

Pick Givebutter if you run events and auctions, want email and texting in the same tool, and are comfortable with donors being asked to tip the platform. Pick DonorFinch if you want the donation form and the donor database done properly, the lowest fee without tips, and your QuickBooks kept in sync automatically.

Side by side

Price, fees, and what’s included

	DonorFinch	Givebutter
Software price	$0/month. One plan, everything included.	$0/month. 0% platform fee with donor tips on; 3% with tips off. Plus plan from $29/month.
Platform fee on gifts	1.5%	0% with tips on; 3% with tips off
Card processing	Stripe, from your own account: 2.2% + 30¢ nonprofit rate; ACH 0.8% max $5.	2.9% + 30¢ cards, 1.9% + 30¢ ACH; covered by tips when tips are on.
What donors are asked at checkout	Only to cover your processing fees, optionally. Never a tip to DonorFinch.	Optional tip to Givebutter, on by default. Turning tips off switches on the 3% fee.
Money settles in your own Stripe account	Yes — always.	Partly — payouts through Givebutter's processors to your bank.
QuickBooks Online	Included. One deposit per payout, split by fund, fees broken out.	Via export or third-party connectors; no native deposit sync published.
Donor CRM, receipts, year-end statements	Included.	Included.
Events, auctions, peer-to-peer, email marketing	No. DonorFinch does the form, the database and the books.	Yes, included.

Competitor figures are from each vendor's public pricing page as of October 2026 (Donorbox, Zeffy, Givebutter). They may have changed; check before deciding. Product names are trademarks of their owners, who are not affiliated with DonorFinch.

Questions

Common questions

What does a $100 gift cost on each?: Givebutter with tips on: you receive $100 and the donor is asked to add a tip to Givebutter. Tips off: $3 platform + $3.20 processing, you receive $93.80 unless the donor covers fees. DonorFinch: you receive $96.00, or the full $100 if the donor ticks “cover processing fees” (then they pay $104.15). No tip is ever requested.
Does DonorFinch do events or peer-to-peer?: No. DonorFinch is the donation form, recurring giving, donor CRM, receipts, statements, reports and QuickBooks sync. Many organizations use a separate tool for the occasional event and record those gifts in DonorFinch so their donor records stay complete.
Can I bring my own Stripe account?: Yes — DonorFinch requires it. Donations settle directly into your organization's Stripe account and bank; we never hold funds.

Also compare DonorFinch with Donorbox and Zeffy, or see the full comparison.

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