Donatico vs GiveWP

The independent alternative to GiveWP.

Zero platform fees on every tier. Recurring giving from $49/year. Free migration from GiveWP or Charitable — dry-run preview first, no duplicates, ever.

Why compare?

GiveWP isn't independent anymore.

GiveWP — now rebranded "Give" — is owned by Liquid Web, itself acquired by private equity firm One Equity Partners in 2023. In 2026, StellarWP (the brand umbrella that included Give, LearnDash, and SolidWP) was dissolved, folding its plugins directly under Liquid Web.

Pricing & platform fees

The real cost of each platform.

Feature Donatico Give DonatoTomato
Platform fee — free tier $0 2% on Stripe donations (removed with a paid license) 1% flat
Platform fee — paid tier $0 on every tier $0 with any license 1% flat (no free tier exists)
Cheapest tier with recurring $49/year $399/year Pro — not included on the $199/year Essentials plan N/A — same 1% fee at every volume
Entry paid tier $49/year — full feature set $199/year Essentials — campaigns, PDF receipts, text-to-give; no recurring No tiers to choose from
Feature by feature

Free vs free. Paid vs paid.

Feature Donatico Free Donatico Pro Give Free Give Essentials$199/yr Give Pro$399/yr
Stripe donations (Checkout or on-site)
PayPal donations
Venmo donations
Platform fee $0 $0 2% on Stripe $0 $0
Recurring donations
Campaigns with goals
Donor self-service dashboard (donor's own history & receipts)
Donor management dashboard (admin CRM)
Donor wall
Offline donations
Fee recovery (cover the fees)
Import from GiveWP
Import from Charitable
Generic CSV import
Multi-currency

Payment gateway support is close to parity: both plugins' free tiers include Stripe and PayPal at no extra cost. Give's free version adds Venmo, which Donatico doesn't offer. Where Donatico differs on Stripe specifically: donors choose between a hosted Stripe page or paying without leaving your site, side by side on the same donation form — Give's own Stripe integration keeps donors on-site only, with no mention of a hosted-checkout alternative in its documentation.

Give's free version already includes campaigns, a donor wall, and an admin-side donor management dashboard — those require Donatico's paid Starter tier ($49/year). Donatico's free version does include a donor-facing self-service dashboard (donation history and receipts, no account required) — that part is free on both. Where Donatico's free version wins outright: it's the only one of the three that imports your existing donor history from GiveWP, Charitable, or a plain CSV — for free, on every tier.

"Switching donation plugins usually means losing your donor history. Donatico doesn't make you choose."

Dry-run preview before anything is written. Re-running an import never creates duplicates. The importer is free — for everyone, on every tier.

Ownership, in one line

Follow the money.

Plugin
Give (GiveWP)
Acquired, 2021
Liquid Web
Acquired, 2023
One Equity Partners
Holding company
CloudOne Digital

CloudOne Digital also owns LearnDash, SolidWP, and Liquid Web's hosting business. Donatico is built and supported directly by Forgeo — no holding company, no private equity, nothing to consolidate.

Ready to own your donor data?

Try Donatico free, or bring your existing donor history over in a few clicks — dry-run preview first, no duplicates, ever.

Sources

  1. Liquid Web — Give product & pricing page (givewp.com/pricing redirects here): liquidweb.com/software/give
  2. Give — free plugin listing, WordPress.org (free-tier features including Stripe/PayPal/Venmo gateway support, current ownership, install count): wordpress.org/plugins/give
  3. Give — Stripe gateway documentation (on-site card form framing, no hosted-checkout alternative mentioned): docs.nexcess.com/software/give/stripe-gateway
  4. DonatoTomato — plugin listing, WordPress.org (flat 1% fee structure, no tiers): wordpress.org/plugins/donatotomato
  5. One Equity Partners — press release on acquiring Liquid Web and forming CloudOne Digital (2023): oneequity.com
  6. Liquid Web — press release on the LearnDash acquisition that grew StellarWP (2021): liquidweb.com/press-releases
  7. WPBeginner — "StellarWP Is No More," on the 2026 dissolution of the StellarWP brand umbrella: wpbeginner.com