DonatoTomato vs GiveForms
GiveForms is a donation form you embed on your own website, priced as a percentage of each gift on top of your payment processing, at a lower rate if you leave its logo on your forms and receipts.
GiveForms and DonatoTomato are the same shape at the surface: a form embedded on your own site, your own Stripe underneath, and a platform percentage that sits on top of card processing. Price is close enough here that it should not decide this on its own. As of September 2026, GiveForms publishes 1.9% per successful charge when you leave a GiveForms logo on your forms and receipts, and 2.9% for a white labeled form. DonatoTomato is a flat 1% with your logo and colors either way, which puts the branded rate within a point of ours. What the flat 1% includes: automatic IRS-ready receipts carrying your EIN and the required statement, monthly recurring with a portal donors reach from a link in their email, gift dedications and a multi-fund picker, and a WordPress plugin that adds a site-wide Donate button in about a minute.
| Feature | DonatoTomato | GiveForms |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to your nonprofit | Flat 1% platform fee per donation, on top of standard card processing, no monthly fee, no setup fee | 1.9% per successful charge with a GiveForms logo on your forms and receipts, or 2.9% for a white labeled form, both on top of payment processing (as of September 2026) |
| How the platform is funded | A flat 1% your organization pays, shown against every donation in your dashboard | A percentage of each donation |
| Where donors give | On your own site, in an embedded widget or a site-wide floating button, and donors never leave | A form embedded on your website, taking credit card, PayPal or ACH without redirecting the donor away |
| Who processes the money | Straight into your own Stripe account, you are the merchant of record | You connect your own Stripe, and Stripe handles the payout; gifts made through PayPal are paid out by PayPal |
| Donor covers card fee | Included (opt-in, clearly labeled) | An option to ask donors to cover transaction fees, which can be set to be checked by default |
| Tax receipts | Automatic and IRS-ready once your EIN and nonprofit status are on file (your EIN + the required statement) | Donation receipts are sent to donors |
| Setup | Minutes, connect Stripe, embed or flip a switch | Connect Stripe or PayPal, then embed the form; install guides cover WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow and Weebly |
| WordPress | WordPress plugin, site-wide floating button or inline form | Embed code, with a WordPress install guide |
Pricing and feature details reflect each provider's published information as of September 2026 and can change, please verify current pricing on GiveForms's site.
A flat 1% per donation, with your logo and colors on the widget and on the receipt. Recurring giving, donor management and the optional fee-cover line all sit inside that one number.
Every gift gets an automatic receipt carrying your EIN and the goods-or-services statement the IRS asks for, once your EIN and nonprofit status are on file, and your year-end statements draw on the same records.
Donors can give in honor or in memory of someone, with a note to the honoree, and one form can let them choose which fund, program or person they are supporting. Your dashboard keeps donor profiles, lifetime giving, gift history and a CSV export.
Setup takes minutes. Most of the switch is updating the links that pointed at your old form.
The gap is narrow. As of September 2026, GiveForms publishes 1.9% per successful charge with its logo on your forms and receipts, or 2.9% for a white labeled form; DonatoTomato is a flat 1% with your branding either way, which puts the branded rate within a point of ours. Both sit on top of card processing. On a $100 card gift at Stripe's standard 2.9% + $0.30, GiveForms comes to $5.10 branded or $6.10 white labeled, and DonatoTomato to $4.20, or $3.50 if Stripe approves your organization for its nonprofit rate (as of August 2026). A point adds up at volume, and it is still the smaller reason to move.
Yours. The widget carries your organization's logo and colors at the one flat 1%, on the form your donors fill in and on the receipt they keep. A small "Powered by DonatoTomato" line sits at the foot of the widget, and no rate is tied to it either way.
Yes, at the same flat 1%. Donors set up a monthly gift in the same widget, and they manage it afterwards through a self-service portal they open from a link in their email, with no account to create.
Directly into your own Stripe account. You are the merchant of record, and funds pay out to your bank on Stripe's normal schedule. DonatoTomato never holds your money.
No. The only optional add-on at checkout is clearly labeled as covering the card processing fee, and it is never framed as a tip. There is no separate ask that funds DonatoTomato.
DonatoTomato is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by GiveForms. Product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used here only for comparison and identification. Comparisons reflect publicly available information as of September 2026 and may change, please verify current pricing and details on each provider's website.