PayPal for Nonprofits vs. CanadaHelps
PayPal is a popular choice for growing charities as a globally recognized brand and trusted form of payment. However, it's lack of customizability and features for charities mean it's not always the best choice.
Learn how PayPal for Nonprofits works and how CanadaHelps stacks up in comparison with features such as customizability, automatic tax receipts for your donors all for a low transparent low cost.
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What are the fees?
We know the bottom line is incredibly important for your charity, so we make our fees simple and easy to understand, without any additional charges for features that protect you and your charity. At a glance PayPal has a lower rate, but there are also additional flat fees for every transaction and charges for basic features.
PayPal charges 1.6%+ $0.30 for Canadian credit cards, 2.6% + flat fee based on currency received for international donations and 3.5% for AMEX.
There are also additional charges for fraud protection, chargebacks, account updates, offline payments and failed transactions.
CanadaHelps charges 3.75% for one-time donations and 3.5% for monthly donations with no additional costs. Donors can also opt to cover the fees.
What are the features?
PayPal is well known but its solutions are geared towards businesses, which mean they lack many of the features that charities need and would save you time and make administrative work easier.
PayPal is a simple way to accept donations but they have few other features. The "Donate" button leads donors away from your website against best practice and there is limited donor information provided.
CanadaHelps has the most customizable form that allows you to take control of the donor experience from brand colours, to logo, imagery and fonts.
Embed your donation form directly on your site. Choose from multi-step, one-page or pop up options.
Best practices are incorporated into every step of the CanadaHelps donation form such as mobile optimization, fewer steps and a streamlined look.
All the gift types you need to raise more: supports one-time, monthly, tribute and security gifts - instant tax receipts and branded thank yous included.


What are other differences?
CanadaHelps provides top-notch bilingual support if you run into any trouble. You can reach our support through phone or email.
We provide free education and resources so charities can continue learning about best practices in fundraising and expanding their digital capacity.
Our full-fundraising solution makes it easy to create an event, P2P fundraiser or manage your donors when your charity fundraising needs grow.
Ready to Talk About Fundraising?
Our Charity Engagement team provides free consultations to explore whether CanadaHelps Customizable Donation Forms are the right solution for your charity. Learn what our solution could do for your specific charity and book your free consultation today.
We're looking forward to chatting soon!
Feature Comparison
Compare the features, support and pricing of CanadaHelps and PayPal at a glance in this handy table. Hover over each feature to learn more about the options and limitations.
Gift Types


Form Types


Options to customize

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Payment Types


Full Fundraising Solutions

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Support


Pricing
3.5% monthly donations
2.6% + flat fee for other CC & 3.5% for AMEX , additional charges may apply

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