⚡ Donations in South Africa

Donation platforms enable individuals and organizations to raise financial support over the Internet by providing tools for one-time and recurring payments, fundraising campaigns, goal tracking, and customizable donation pages.

South Africa is an African country with a population of over 60 million people.

According to our research, donation tools are used on 0.5% of websites from South Africa.

Statistics based on 18K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top donation tools in South Africa in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is GiveWP, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 75.8% share.
It is followed by PayPal.Me with 9.1% and Buy Me a Coffee with 7.1%.

GiveWP 75.8%
PayPal.Me 9.1%
Buy Me a Coffee 7.1%
Patreon 4%
Ko-fi 3%
Bonterra 2%
Donorbox 2%
Interledger Payment Pointer 1%
Tithe.ly 1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top tools that are more popular in South Africa than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. GiveWP ^(-1)
2. PayPal.Me ^(-1)
3. Buy Me a Coffee ^(-2)
6. Bonterra ^(-3)
8. Interledger Payment Pointer ^(-7)
9. Tithe.ly ^(-14)

✨ Best Donation Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 9 donation tools used on sites from South Africa, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	GiveWP Lansing, Michigan, United States A WordPress donation plugin that provides you with a full-featured online fundraising platform directly on your website. Free$149+/year	75.8%
2	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. $$$	9.1%
3	Buy Me a Coffee San Francisco, California, United States A creator support platform that lets individuals accept financial support, sell products, and offer services directly to their audience. $$$	7.1%
4	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. $$$	4%
5	Ko-fi Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom A creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales. Free$$$	3%
6	Bonterra Austin, Texas, United States A fundraising software that assists with online donations for nonprofits, corporations, and public agencies.	2%
7	Donorbox Alexandria, Virginia, United States An online fundraising platform with features such as recurring donations, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer, memberships and text-to-give. $$$	2%
8	Interledger Payment Pointer A persistent identifier on Interledger that allows websites to receive payments from visitors with Web Monetization enabled.	1%
9	Tithe.ly Nashville, Tennessee, United States A church giving software designed for churches and nonprofits. Free$72+/month	1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Donations in other countries

🗃️ 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 18,119 websites from South Africa.
We currently track the presence of 26 donation tools across the web.
Of these, 9 were detected on websites from South Africa.
Statistics were last calculated on April 17, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.