Donation Platform for WooCommerce vs Seamless Donations
Updated 13 Oct 2026. 19 features compared side by side.
Free, open-source plugin that turns WooCommerce into a donation platform with goals, donor wall, fee recovery and 100+ gateways, with no platform fee.
Free, commission-free PayPal and Stripe donation plugin with recurring gifts, tributes, funds and Gift Aid; discontinued since 2024, so not for new sites.
Choose Donation Platform for WooCommerce if…
- You need fee recovery and goals & progress bars
- You also want offline donations and donor dashboard
- You want the more complete feature set (70/100 vs 61/100)
- You prefer the more widely used option
Choose Seamless Donations if…
- You need recurring donations and tax receipts & annual statements
- You also want tribute & dedication gifts and UK gift aid
Donation Platform for WooCommerce includes 4 features that Seamless Donations lacks, including Fee recovery, Offline donations and Goals & progress bars; Seamless Donations has 4 that Donation Platform for WooCommerce lacks, including Recurring donations, Tribute & dedication gifts and Tax receipts & annual statements. Both include 8 of the 19 features we track. 1 feature is not yet verified for one or both plugins.
At a glance
Feature comparison
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Donation Platform for WooCommerce Seamless DonationsDonation forms3/54/5
Unlimited forms in several styles, embeddable by shortcode or block, with a popup mode.
Shortcode-based responsive form; extra style packs were paid.
Needs free Subscriptions for WooCommerce (WP Swings) or paid WooCommerce Subscriptions.
Repeat-donation checkbox for PayPal and Stripe, free.
Suggested amounts plus an 'other' field, with min/max limits and a preselected default.
Choose which suggested amounts show, plus an 'Other' amount.
Checkbox lets donors cover a fixed plus percentage fee set per payment method.
A paid Donors Pay Fees extension existed, but the store closed in Feb 2024.
No honour or memorial donation option documented.
In honour or in memory gifts with optional notification email.
Payments5/53/5
Via the WooCommerce Stripe gateway; any Woo gateway can be used.
Stripe Checkout, including recurring gifts.
Via WooCommerce PayPal gateways, including PayPal express buttons.
PayPal Checkout required for new installs (v5.2).
Apple Pay, Google Pay, SEPA direct debit and bank transfer through WooCommerce gateways.
Not documented; depends on what Stripe/PayPal Checkout show.
Record offline gifts as manual WooCommerce orders; bank transfer method also available.
Readme says donations can only be added through the shortcode form.
Free with no platform fee; only payment processor fees apply.
Free and charges no commission or percentage fee.
Campaigns3/42/4
Goal and end date per project, with a progress bar shortcode.
No goals or progress bars documented.
Each donation project is a WooCommerce product with its own page and form.
No campaigns; designated fund pages list donations and totals.
No supporter-created fundraising pages.
Not offered.
Leaderboard (donor wall) shortcode with anonymous donor option.
Donors can be made public as a post type list; no dedicated wall.
Donors & compliance2/53/5
Donations are WooCommerce orders and customers, with analytics and exports; no dedicated donor CRM.
Donors and donations stored as post types with export and reports.
Donors use the WooCommerce account page for donations and subscriptions.
No front-end donor account area documented.
PDF receipt template needs free WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips; no yearly statements.
Customisable thank-you emails only; no PDF or yearly receipts.
Not native; docs show adding a Gift Aid checkbox with a checkout field editor plugin.
Gift Aid checkbox shown when the country is set to the UK.
Salesforce, HubSpot, Mailchimp etc. via WooCommerce integrations, webhooks and REST API.
No built-in Mailchimp, Zapier or CRM integrations.
Statuses: Yes Pro Add-on Partial 3rd-party No ?
Pricing compared
Donation Platform for WooCommerce Free
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Free | Free per year, Unlimited |
Seamless Donations Free
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Free | Free per year, Unlimited |
Downloads trend
Donation Platform for WooCommerce
956 downloads last week
Seamless Donations
150 downloads last week
Verdict
Donation Platform for WooCommerce scores higher on our feature checklist (70/100 against 61/100) and includes fee recovery, goals & progress bars and offline donations that Seamless Donations does not. Seamless Donations still has the edge on recurring donations and tax receipts & annual statements. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Biggest differences
Donation Platform for WooCommerce: third-party. Seamless Donations: included. Repeat-donation checkbox for PayPal and Stripe, free.
Donation Platform for WooCommerce: included. Seamless Donations: not included. Checkbox lets donors cover a fixed plus percentage fee set per payment method.
Donation Platform for WooCommerce: included. Seamless Donations: not included. Goal and end date per project, with a progress bar shortcode.
Donation Platform for WooCommerce: third-party. Seamless Donations: partial. Customisable thank-you emails only; no PDF or yearly receipts.
Donation Platform for WooCommerce: not included. Seamless Donations: included. In honour or in memory gifts with optional notification email.
Donation Platform for WooCommerce: included. Seamless Donations: not included. Record offline gifts as manual WooCommerce orders; bank transfer method also available.
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FAQ
Which is better, Donation Platform for WooCommerce or Seamless Donations?
Donation Platform for WooCommerce scores higher on our feature checklist (70/100 against 61/100) and includes fee recovery, goals & progress bars and offline donations that Seamless Donations does not. Seamless Donations still has the edge on recurring donations and tax receipts & annual statements. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Which has more features?
Donation Platform for WooCommerce includes 13 of the 19 features we track, against 12 for Seamless Donations. Feature count is only part of the picture; check which of the differences matter to you.
Is Donation Platform for WooCommerce free?
Donation Platform for WooCommerce has a free version on WordPress.org.
Is Seamless Donations free?
Seamless Donations has a free version on WordPress.org.
Feature data last changed 13 Oct 2026. Spotted something wrong? Suggest an edit to Donation Platform for WooCommerce or Seamless Donations. Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no cost to you; it never affects our data or rankings.