# Big Give vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Big Give delivers about £2.15 more of every £100 donated than WhyDonate (£100.00 vs £97.85). WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Big Give does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Big Give | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £100.00 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | UK | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 24 |

## 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 WhyDonate if

> European nonprofits and individuals who want a transparent, low-fee, GDPR-native crowdfunding platform with broad multilingual and multi-currency support.

- Zero platform fee with a transparent voluntary-tip model
- EEA data residency and GDPR-native compliance
- Broad coverage of local European payment rails (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Twint, Swish, MobilePay, Vipps, Blik, Cartes Bancaires, Satispay, MultiBanco, EPS) plus global rails (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Link, Revolut Pay)
- 19-language interface and 27 supported currencies for cross-border fundraising