Big Give vs Tribee
UK-registered charities running time-limited appeals that can secure pledges and Champion match funding to double public donations during a campaign window.
Friends, families, and colleagues in France organising group gifts or money-pots for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, and farewells who want part of every collection to support an environmental, educational, or health cause.
What the data says.
Tribee stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Big Give does not.
On the headline numbers, Big Give and Tribee 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 | Tribee |
|---|---|---|
| Recipient gets (£100) | £100.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.7 (2,134)★ winner |
| Country coverage | 1 countries | 1 countries |
| Data residency | UK | EU★ winner |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4★ winner | 1 |
Winner by category.
Fees are level on a credit-card donation.
— vs 4.7 on Trustpilot.
1 vs 1 countries.
EEA data residency for GDPR-sensitive donor data.
Choose based on who you are.
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.
Friends, families, and colleagues in France organising group gifts or money-pots for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, and farewells who want part of every collection to support an environmental, educational, or health cause.
- ✓Combines a familiar online money-pot (cagnotte) with an automatic charitable donation on every collection.
- ✓Card payments handled by Stripe, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
- ✓Registered as an Intermédiaire en Financement Participatif (IFP) with ORIAS, number 23000388.
- ✓Personal data hosted exclusively on servers within the European Union.
A third option.
Dutch and other social-impact initiators running Global-Goals-aligned campaigns who value personal coaching and community-building over a high-volume, self-serve crowdfunding marketplace.
Other comparisons.
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Big Give or Tribee?
On a £100 donation, Big Give delivers approximately £100.00 to the recipient and Tribee delivers approximately £100.00. Real costs depend on the payment method donors choose.
Which is better for European nonprofits?
Tribee is generally better suited to European nonprofits handling GDPR-sensitive donor data because of its EEA data residency.
Which platform has more country coverage?
Big Give operates in 1 countries; Tribee operates in 1.
Rankings are produced by a public editorial methodology — open to peer review. We disclose ownership, scoring weights, and every change.