# Big Give vs Funraise

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Big Give delivers about £8.50 more of every £100 donated than Funraise (£100.00 vs £91.50). On the headline numbers, Big Give and Funraise are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Big Give | Funraise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £100.00 | £91.50 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 5% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 2.9% + £0.60 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 79 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 0 |
| Data residency | UK | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 5 |

## Choose Big Give if

> UK-registered charities running time-limited appeals that can secure pledges and Champion match funding to double public donations during a campaign window.

- Match-funding model can effectively double donations during a campaign.
- Operated by a registered UK charity, aligned with the sector it serves.
- Well-established, with the flagship Christmas Challenge running since 2008.
- Connects charities with major donors and Champion funders who provide match funding.


## Choose Funraise if

> Small and mid-size US nonprofits, especially those under about a million dollars in revenue, that want donation forms, recurring giving, peer-to-peer, events, and a donor CRM in one connected platform.

- All-in-one suite: donation forms, recurring giving, peer-to-peer, events, auctions, and donor CRM.
- Unusually broad donor payment options: cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, DAFpay, stock, and crypto.
- Built by nonprofit veterans, with workflows tuned to sector needs.
- Optional donor cost-coverage so organizations keep more of each donation.