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How Tinwell compares with the hosted donation platforms and WordPress plugins UK charities use most, on fees, Gift Aid, donor data and branding.

Extra kept for the cause each year, against JustGiving Grow

£702.80

For a charity raising £60,000 a year online in 2,000 gifts averaging £30. Prices checked 12 October 2026.

Every hosted donation platform charges in its own way: a monthly subscription, a percentage of each gift, a fixed fee per donation, or a mix. Tinwell is different in kind rather than degree. It is a WordPress donation plugin that runs on your own website for a fixed licence of £249 + VAT a year and takes nothing from your donations; the only per-gift charge is the payment processor’s, which you pay Stripe or GoCardless directly. These pages compare Tinwell with each platform on the things that matter to a UK charity: what it costs at your level of income, where the donor pays, who holds the donor data, and how Gift Aid is handled.

GiveWP and Charitable are different again. Like Tinwell, they are WordPress plugins with a yearly licence and no fee on donations once you pay for a plan, so the cost comes out close. With those two, the question is what each plan includes for a UK charity.

The same charity on each

A charity raising £60,000 a year online in 2,000 gifts averaging £30 pays roughly the following for the year, card processing included. Prices checked 12 to 15 October 2026.

PlatformYearly cost, to scaleYearly costExtra kept with Tinwell
Tinwell + Stripe£1,598.80–
Charitable Pro + Stripe, first year£1,450.00−£148.80
Charitable Elite + Stripe, first year£1,525.37−£73.43
GiveWP Pro + Stripe£1,600.75£1.95
Charitable Pro + Stripe, from year 2£1,600.75£1.95
GiveWP Elite + Stripe£1,751.50£152.70
Charitable Elite + Stripe, from year 2£1,751.50£152.70
Enthuse Fundraising£2,099.86£501.06
JustGiving Grow£2,301.60£702.80
CAF Donate£2,400.00£801.20
Donorbox Standard£3,070.00£1,471.20

GiveWP and Charitable price in US dollars: $399 a year for GiveWP Pro and for Charitable Pro after its $199 first year, and $599 a year for GiveWP Elite and for Charitable Elite after its $299 first year, converted at the European Central Bank rate of $1.3267 to the pound on 14 October 2026, before any VAT added at their checkout. On a paid plan neither takes anything per donation, so their figure is the licence plus the same Stripe fees as Tinwell. Gift Aid on GiveWP needs its Elite plan. Charitable Elite covers five websites, so a charity with two or more sites pays less with it than with a Tinwell licence for each.

The fee calculator on the homepage runs these and two more platforms (Raisely and Beacon) against your own figures. JustGiving’s figure uses its standard 1.9% + 30p; direct donations through its Giving Checkout carry no fee, so a charity taking most gifts that way pays mainly the subscription. For what the licence includes, see pricing and features.

Side by side

Fees are only part of the choice. This table sets the seven products against each other on the questions a UK charity usually asks first. Where a detail could not be confirmed from the platform’s own published information, the cell says so rather than guess.

Tinwell, GiveWP, Charitable, JustGiving, Donorbox, Enthuse and CAF Donate compared
QuestionTinwellGiveWPCharitableJustGivingDonorboxEnthuseCAF Donate
Pricing model£249 + VAT a year per website. No per-gift fee from Tinwell; Stripe’s 1.5% + 20p is paid to Stripe.Pro plan: $399 a year (about £301). Elite, which adds Gift Aid and peer-to-peer: $599 (about £452). No per-gift fee on a paid plan; Stripe’s fee is paid to Stripe.Pro plan: $199 for the first year (about £150), then $399 a year (about £301), one site. Elite: $299, then $599 a year (about £452), five sites. No per-gift fee on a paid plan; Stripe’s fee is paid to Stripe.Grow plan: £39 + VAT a month, plus 1.9% + 30p per gift.Standard plan: no subscription, 2.95% per gift, plus Stripe’s fee.Fundraising plan: £24.99 + VAT a month, plus 1.9% + 30p. Donations plan: £39.99 + VAT a month, no per-donation fee from Enthuse.No subscription. 4% of each one-off gift; 2% on regular gifts (20p minimum).
Free editionComing to the WordPress.org directory, with no fee on donations.Free plugin, with a 2% fee on one-off Stripe gifts until you add a paid licence.Free (Lite) plugin, with a 3% fee on Stripe and Square gifts until you add a paid licence.Not covered here.The Standard plan above has no subscription.Not covered here.No subscription, as above.
Where the donor paysOn your own WordPress page, at your own address.On your own WordPress site.On your own WordPress site.On justgiving.com.In an embedded Donorbox form (an iframe) or on a Donorbox-hosted page.On an Enthuse-hosted page in your branding.On a CAF Donate page.
Who holds donor dataYou: in your WordPress database from the moment of the gift.You: in your WordPress database.You: in your WordPress database.Your JustGiving account; you export it.Donorbox; you export it or use a connector.Your Enthuse account.Your CAF account; you download it.
Gift AidDeclaration in HMRC’s wording on your form, CSV export for HMRC Charities Online. You claim, with no fee on the Gift Aid.Gift Aid add-on on the Elite plan only, not Pro: declarations, a CSV export and PDF declaration forms.Gift Aid extension from the Plus plan up, so included in Pro: a declaration on the form and a CSV export of Gift Aid gifts.Claimed by JustGiving on your behalf.A declaration option you switch on.Supported.Reclaimed by CAF if you appoint it, or a report so you can claim yourself.
Regular giving and Direct DebitMonthly by card, or Direct Debit through GoCardless, with a donor portal to change or pause a gift.Recurring donations in Pro, and a GoCardless gateway for Direct Debit.Recurring donations from the Plus plan, and a GoCardless extension that covers UK Bacs Direct Debit.Monthly gifts by card.Recurring card gifts; no Direct Debit through GoCardless.Not confirmed: ask Enthuse.Regular gifts by Direct Debit, with a £1 charge per paperless confirmation.
CRM syncBeacon, Donorfy and Raisely built in, through their official APIs, within seconds.Salesforce and Zapier in Pro, with email tools such as Mailchimp and Constant Contact. Beacon, Donorfy and Raisely are not on its list.Zapier, webhooks and Zoho Flow in Pro, with email tools such as Mailchimp and ActiveCampaign. Beacon, Donorfy and Raisely are not on its list.Export from your JustGiving account.Third-party connectors.Not confirmed: ask Enthuse.Download, then upload to your CRM.
Peer-to-peer and eventsNo.Peer-to-peer on the Elite plan.Yes, in Pro: peer-to-peer, crowdfunding, teams, and events and tickets.Yes, its core strength.Yes: supporter pages and event tickets at 3.95%.Yes.Not covered here.
Your websiteNeeds a self-hosted WordPress site over HTTPS.Needs a self-hosted WordPress site.Needs a self-hosted WordPress site.Any website: a link to the platform.Any website: an embed or a link.Any website: a link to the platform.Any website: a link to the platform.

Sources: each platform’s published information, checked 12 to 15 October 2026, as set out on our pages for GiveWP, Charitable, JustGiving, Donorbox, Enthuse and CAF Donate, with CAF’s regular-gift and Direct Debit charges from CAF’s fundraising page and Donorbox’s peer-to-peer and event fees from Donorbox’s pricing page. GiveWP’s plans are from its pricing page (givewp.com now sends visitors to Liquid Web, which owns it) and Charitable’s from wpcharitable.com; their dollar prices are converted at the European Central Bank rate of $1.3267 to the pound on 14 October 2026. Plans change, so check with the platform before deciding.

How to choose

No single product is right for every charity, and the cheapest on paper is not always the cheapest for you. These are the situations where the answer is clear one way or the other.

  • Choose Tinwell when

    Your website runs on WordPress, most of your online income is direct donations, and you want the donor on your own page, the Gift Aid records in your hands and each gift in Beacon, Donorfy or Raisely within seconds. At £60,000 a year it costs less than every hosted plan in the yearly cost table, and about the same as GiveWP and Charitable on their Pro plans.

  • Already on GiveWP or Charitable

    Both are WordPress plugins like Tinwell, and on a paid plan neither takes a fee on donations, so the yearly cost is close: $399 a year (about £301) for either Pro plan against Tinwell’s £298.80, and Charitable’s first year is $199. The difference is what the plan includes. Gift Aid on GiveWP needs its Elite plan ($599), neither says its Gift Aid export is laid out for HMRC Charities Online, and neither lists Beacon, Donorfy or Raisely. If you want peer-to-peer on your own site, Charitable Pro has it and Tinwell does not. See Tinwell vs GiveWP and Tinwell vs Charitable.

  • Peer-to-peer and events

    If most of your income comes from supporters fundraising for you, with sponsorship pages, challenges and event registration, JustGiving and Enthuse are built for it and Tinwell does not try to be. Donorbox offers peer-to-peer and ticketing too, at 3.95%. Many charities use both: a platform for peer-to-peer, Tinwell for donations on their own site.

  • Enthuse’s Donations plan

    Enthuse publishes a Donations plan at £39.99 + VAT a month (£575.86 a year) with no per-donation fee from Enthuse. If card processing is included in that price, a charity raising £60,000 a year would pay about £1,023 less than with Tinwell and Stripe, and the plan stays cheaper above a few thousand pounds a year. Ask Enthuse to confirm what is included, then weigh the saving against where the donor pays and who holds the data.

  • A small online income

    Below roughly £10,000 a year online, Donorbox’s Standard plan costs less in fees than a Tinwell licence plus Stripe, and below roughly £16,000 so does CAF Donate. If you are at that level and have no one to look after a Stripe account, a percentage can make sense for now. The fee calculator shows where your figures cross over.

  • A website that is not WordPress

    Tinwell is a WordPress plugin and needs a self-hosted WordPress site you can install plugins on. If your site is built on Squarespace, Wix or another builder, a hosted platform is the practical choice.

  • Gift Aid without the admin

    If nobody at your charity handles finance, having the platform claim Gift Aid is a real convenience: JustGiving claims on your behalf, and CAF will if you appoint it. Check what each charges for that service, because it is not in the figures above. With Tinwell you upload one file to HMRC Charities Online and pay no fee on the Gift Aid.

What the price does not show

  • Where the donor pays

    A hosted platform sends supporters to a page on another domain, or shows a form served from the platform. Every redirect loses some of the people who clicked, and your analytics see a click and nothing after it. With Tinwell the gift happens on your own page, in your theme, with Apple Pay and Google Pay, and you see every step of the funnel.

  • Who holds the relationship

    On a hosted platform the donor record lives in your account there until you export it. Tinwell writes it to your own database the moment the gift is made, with the consent given on your form, and into your CRM within seconds, merged into the existing household. If you ever stop using Tinwell, nothing leaves with it.

  • How it reads to trustees

    A percentage is deducted before the money arrives, so it is easy to lose in the accounts. A licence is one line in the budget: £249 + VAT a year, plus card fees paid to Stripe. Tinwell’s go-live checklist also seals a certificate for the site that you can show a board.

Switching without a gap

You do not need to close an existing account to start. Keep your current platform live, install Tinwell, connect Stripe, place the form on your donate page and run a £1 test. Then point your donate buttons and your next appeal at your own page. If you already take recurring gifts through Stripe on Donorbox, connecting the same Stripe account leaves them running. Most charities finish the set-up guide in an afternoon, or tick the onboarding add-on at checkout, free for now, and our team does it for you after an audit of your site.

A free version of Tinwell is also on its way to the WordPress.org plugin directory. Free vs Pro sets out what each edition includes.

Questions about comparing

Not answered here? Ask us and a real person will reply.

For a charity raising £60,000 a year in 2,000 gifts of £30, yes, against the hosted platforms compared here: Tinwell and Stripe come to £1,598.80 a year, against £2,099.86 on Enthuse Fundraising, £2,301.60 on JustGiving Grow, £2,400.00 on CAF Donate and £3,070.00 on Donorbox Standard. Enthuse’s Donations plan can come out cheaper if card processing is included, and at a small online income Donorbox Standard and CAF Donate cost less. Against the WordPress plugins GiveWP and Charitable the cost is about the same: on their Pro plans neither takes a fee on donations, so the difference is the licence, $399 a year (about £301) against Tinwell’s £298.80, and Charitable’s first year is $199 (about £150). Try your own figures on the fee calculator.

Yes. Many charities keep a hosted platform for peer-to-peer pages and events and use Tinwell for donations on their own website, which is where the fee saving and the donor relationship matter most. Nothing in Tinwell asks you to close another account.

No. Tinwell is built for direct donations, one-off and regular, on your own site. If supporters fundraising on your behalf bring in most of your income, a hosted platform is the better fit for that part of it.

You do. Tinwell captures the declaration on your form with HMRC’s wording and the address fields HMRC needs, stores it against the donor and each gift, and exports a CSV laid out for HMRC Charities Online. There is no fee on the Gift Aid itself. The Gift Aid guide covers it step by step.

Yes: a self-hosted WordPress site you can install plugins on, running over HTTPS. One licence covers one website. If your site is on another builder, Tinwell cannot help, and a hosted platform is the practical choice.

Each platform’s published prices, checked between 12 and 15 October 2026. GiveWP and Charitable price in US dollars, converted at the European Central Bank rate of $1.3267 to the pound on 14 October 2026, before any VAT added at their checkout. Tinwell’s figure is the licence including VAT plus Stripe’s standard UK card rate of 1.5% + 20p, and pence-per-donation fees assume a £30 gift. Not counted: Gift Aid processing fees, donor tips, CAF’s charges on regular gifts, and surcharges on premium or non-UK cards. Prices change, so check with the platform before deciding.

Most charities finish the set-up guide in an afternoon: install and activate, connect Stripe, build and place the form, and take a £1 test gift. Or add onboarding by our team at checkout, free for now, and we do it for you. Keep your current platform live until your own page is working.

A free version is coming to the WordPress.org plugin directory. Free vs Pro sets out what each edition includes, and pricing covers the licence.

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