# BuonaCausa vs GoFundraise

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, BuonaCausa delivers about 1.78 more of every 100 donated than GoFundraise (€100.00 vs A$98.22 per 100). BuonaCausa stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GoFundraise does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | BuonaCausa | 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/) | 60 | 73 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU | Australia |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 2 |

## Choose BuonaCausa if

> Italian associations, nonprofits, and individuals who want a no-commission way to collect donations directly into their own accounts, and campaigners who pair fundraising with online petitions and activism.

- Donations are paid directly into the organiser's own bank, PayPal, or postal account without platform intermediation
- No platform commission charged on donations
- Reduced third-party processing costs for recognised nonprofit (ONLUS) organisations
- Combines donation fundraising with online petitions and activism on one platform


## 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.