# Coral vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about 3.15 more of every 100 donated than Coral (£100.00 vs €96.85 per 100). On the headline numbers, Coral and TotalGiving are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Coral | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €96.85 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + €0.25 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 40 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 3 |

## Choose Coral if

> Spanish associations, foundations, and grassroots social or animal-welfare causes that want a zero-commission platform where donors can cover processing fees so the cause receives the full donation.

- 0% platform commission, sustained by voluntary donor tips (propinas)
- Stripe payment processing at 2.9% plus EUR 0.25 per donation, with donors able to cover the fee at checkout
- Automatic donation certificates for nonprofits accredited under Spain's Law 49/2002
- Specialised in solidarity causes: NGOs, foundations, animal rescue, and social projects


## Choose TotalGiving if

> UK registered charities and their supporters who want fundraising and sponsorship pages where donations pass directly to the charity, with Gift Aid and multi-currency donations.

- Donations are transferred directly to the recipient charity rather than held by the platform.
- Supports Gift Aid, claimable on eligible UK donations and approved by HMRC.
- Donors can give in many currencies (around 140), converted to GBP for the charity.
- Charity directory and search covering thousands of UK registered charities, with fundraising and sponsorship pages.