# Chuffed vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Snowball Fundraising delivers about 4.60 more of every 100 donated than Chuffed ($96.80 vs £92.20 per 100). On the headline numbers, Chuffed and Snowball Fundraising are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Chuffed | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.20 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 4.9% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.00 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (668) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 79 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 29 | 1 |
| Data residency | AU | US |
| Languages | 4 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 1 |

## Choose Chuffed if

> Nonprofits, social enterprises, and community-cause organisers in 29 supported countries who want a 100%-free, tip-funded platform and are willing to complete identity verification before launching.

- Free to launch — no signup or monthly fees.
- Optional donor-tip model can make campaigns effectively free to run.
- Three flexible fee structures (keep-100%, shared, and flat-fee) to suit different campaigns.
- Mission-aligned: operates as a Social Benefit Company weighing social and community impact.


## Choose Snowball Fundraising if

> Small and mid-sized US nonprofits that want donation forms, text-to-give, online auctions and event ticketing in one platform with US-based bilingual support, fundraising domestically in US dollars.

- All-in-one toolkit: donation forms, text-to-give and text-to-bid, online auctions, event ticketing, recurring gifts and donor CRM.
- Free Starter tier available, with paid annual plans that remove the platform fee and speed payouts to 1-2 days.
- Used by more than 15,000 US nonprofits, with US-based bilingual (English/Spanish) support.
- Payments processed by Stripe; the company states no hidden platform fees beyond the chosen plan and processing.