Charitable
Charitable (wpcharitable.com) is a popular, lower-cost alternative to GiveWP, with paid plans from $69 for the first year ($149 at renewal). It is part of the Awesome Motive family of plugins.
Where Donor Merchant differs
- Recurring giving is free here. Charitable's recurring donations live in paid plans; Donor Merchant ships them in the free plugin.
- One plugin. Donor Merchant has no companion plugins and shows no notices about other products.
- Stripe and PayPal built in. Stripe's Payment Element (with Apple Pay and Google Pay) and PayPal's buttons are in the core plugin, with server-side verification.
Side by side
| Donor Merchant Free | Charitable Free | Charitable Plus ($99 first year) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-time donations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recurring donations | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Fee recovery | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Tributes / dedications | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Campaigns & goal bars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Donor self-service portal | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Printable & annual tax receipts | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Offline donations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bank debit (ACH) | ✓ | Not stated | ✓ |
| Recurring via PayPal | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Zapier & Mailchimp | ✓ | - | Mailchimp ✓; Zapier needs Pro ($199 first year) |
| Custom form fields | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Donor management + CSV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| No added platform fee | ✓ | 3% on Stripe | ✓ |
| Peer-to-peer / crowdfunding | - | - | Pro ($199 first year) |
| Annual software cost | $0 | $0 | $69–$299 first year; $149–$599 renewal |
Charitable pricing/features as published October 2026 - verify with the vendor.
Who should pick which
Pick Charitable if you want its crowdfunding or peer-to-peer campaigns, or you already use other Awesome Motive plugins.
Pick Donor Merchant if you need donation forms, monthly giving, donor records and receipts without a yearly license.
Try both
Install both free plugins, set up a test form with each, and compare. Download Donor Merchant