⚡ Donation Tools

Donation tools enable individuals and organizations to collect financial contributions online through one-time, recurring, membership-based, or campaign-driven donations.

They typically provide hosted donation pages or embeddable forms, payment links and buttons, recurring giving, fundraising campaigns, donor and supporter management, campaign progress tracking, supporter communication, and integrations with payment processors and CRM systems.

According to our research, donation tools are used on 0.8% of all websites.
92.9% of these sites use only one donation tool, 6.1% use two, and 0.9% use three or more at the same time.

Statistics based on 3.6M+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading donation tools in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Patreon with a share of 21%, followed by PayPal Donate with 21% and GiveWP with 17.4%.

Patreon 21%
PayPal Donate 21%
GiveWP 17.4%
PayPal.Me 9.3%
Ko-fi 8.1%
Buy Me a Coffee 7.3%
Donorbox 3.7%
HelloAsso 3.2%
GoFundMe Pro 2.6%
Bonterra 2.5%
GitHub Sponsors 2.1%
Open Collective 1.5%
Venmo 1.1%
Ecologi 1.1%
Boosty 0.8%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of tools that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

PayPal Donate is #1 in the United States ^(-1)
GiveWP is #1 in the United Kingdom ^(-2)
PayPal.Me is #1 in Indonesia ^(-3)
Ko-fi is #1 in Vietnam ^(-4)
Buy Me a Coffee is #1 in the Czech Republic ^(-5)
HelloAsso is #1 in France ^(-7)
Boosty is #1 in Russia ^(-14)
Patronite is #1 in Poland ^(-15)
GitHub Sponsors is #4 in Japan ^(-7)
Betterplace.org is #6 in Germany ^(-16)

✨ Best Donation Tools

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 27 donation tools we track, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Patreon San Francisco, California, United States A membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription-based service for their content and sell digital products directly to their most dedicated fans. $$$	21%
2	PayPal Donate San Jose, California, United States An online donation service that allows organizations and individuals to collect contributions through hosted donation pages, shareable links, and embedded donation buttons. $$$	21%
3	GiveWP Lansing, Michigan, United States A WordPress donation plugin that adds online fundraising and donor management features for nonprofits, charities, and fundraising campaigns. Free$199+/year	17.4%
4	PayPal.Me San Jose, California, United States A personal payment link service that lets individuals and businesses receive money through PayPal by sharing a simple URL. $$$	9.3%
5	Ko-fi Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom A creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales. Free$$$	8.1%
6	Buy Me a Coffee San Francisco, California, United States A creator support platform that lets individuals accept financial support, sell products, and offer services directly to their audience. $$$	7.3%
7	Donorbox Alexandria, Virginia, United States An online fundraising platform that helps nonprofits collect donations through recurring giving, crowdfunding campaigns, peer-to-peer fundraising, memberships, and text-to-give. $$$	3.7%
8	HelloAsso Bègles, France A French online fundraising and payment platform designed specifically for nonprofit organizations to collect donations, manage members, and run campaigns. Free	3.2%
9	GoFundMe Pro San Diego, California, United States A fundraising platform for nonprofits that supports online donations, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, and donor engagement. $$$	2.6%
10	Bonterra Austin, Texas, United States A fundraising platform that helps nonprofits, corporations, and public agencies manage online giving, donor engagement, and fundraising campaigns. $$$	2.5%
11	GitHub Sponsors San Francisco, California, United States A platform that allows users to financially support open-source software developers and maintainers through one-time or recurring payments. $$$	2.1%
12	Open Collective Walnut, California, United States A platform that enables open-source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work. Free$$$	1.5%
13	Venmo San Jose, California, United States A social payments platform owned by PayPal that lets users send, receive, and request money from friends, split bills, pay businesses online, and manage a balance in its mobile app. Free$$$	1.1%
14	Ecologi London, United Kingdom A subscription service focused on planting trees to restore forests worldwide, as well as investing in certified carbon reduction projects.	1.1%
15	Boosty Amsterdam, Netherlands An author content monetization platform that allows people to support their favorite creators through monthly subscriptions. $$$	0.8%
16	Patronite Warsaw, Poland A Polish relationship-building platform that helps talented individuals obtain funding on a subscription basis. $$$	0.6%
17	Liberapay Querrien, France A French platform for recurring donations with open-source code that enables creators to receive ongoing financial support. $$$	0.6%
18	Interledger Payment Pointer A persistent identifier on Interledger that allows websites to receive payments from visitors with Web Monetization enabled.	0.6%
19	Tipeee Paris, France A French online crowdfunding platform based on the principle of tipping. $$$	0.6%
20	Flipcause Oakland, California, United States A cloud-based fundraising platform focused on small nonprofits.	0.6%
21	Buycoffee.to Wrocław, Poland A Polish platform that enables creators and small businesses to receive one-time or recurring financial support from their audience. $$$	0.6%
22	Betterplace.org Berlin, Germany A German charitable online donation platform. $$$	0.5%
23	Cash App Oakland, California, United States A peer-to-peer payment service and mobile digital wallet that lets users send, receive, and store money, set up direct deposits, invest in stocks and Bitcoin, and use a linked debit card for everyday spending. Free$$$	0.4%
24	Tithe.ly Nashville, Tennessee, United States A church giving software designed for churches and nonprofits. Free$72+/month	0.3%
25	Streamlabs San Jose, California, United States A live streaming and crowdfunding platform owned by Logitech. Free$27/month	0.2%

👉 See Also

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 3,606,256 websites.
We currently track the presence of 27 donation tools across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on August 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.