# Big Give vs GoFundraise

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Big Give delivers about 1.78 more of every 100 donated than GoFundraise (£100.00 vs A$98.22 per 100). On the headline numbers, Big Give and GoFundraise 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 | GoFundraise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £100.00 | A$98.22 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 1.4% + A$0.38 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 73 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | UK | Australia |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 2 |

## 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 GoFundraise if

> Australian individuals, charities, and event organisers running personal or peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns who want Australian-hosted, PCI-secure infrastructure and DGR-aware tax receipting.

- Established Australian platform for donation and peer-to-peer fundraising.
- Strong event-based and community-fundraising tooling with multi-beneficiary support.
- Payments via Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, and Stripe.
- All data encrypted at rest and hosted in Australia, with PCI-secure infrastructure and third-party penetration testing.