CotizUp vs Tribee
French individuals and groups raising money for personal causes, projects, or collective gifts who want a simple cagnotte with no platform commission and a keep-it-all model.
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.
On a £100 donation, Tribee delivers £2.40 more to the recipient than CotizUp.
What the data says.
Paying by Credit card, Tribee delivers about £2.40 more of every £100 donated than CotizUp (£100.00 vs £97.60).
Tribee holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.7/5 across 2,134 reviews, against 4.3/5 across 2,664 for CotizUp.
Tribee stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while CotizUp does not.
Side-by-side.
| Metric | CotizUp | Tribee |
|---|---|---|
| Recipient gets (£100) | £97.60 | £100.00★ winner |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + £0.50 | 0% + £0.00★ winner |
| Trustpilot | 4.3 (2,664) | 4.7 (2,134)★ winner |
| Country coverage | 1 countries | 1 countries |
| Data residency | — | EU★ winner |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 1 |
Winner by category.
£100.00 vs £97.60 reaches the recipient.
4.3 vs 4.7 on Trustpilot.
1 vs 1 countries.
EEA data residency for GDPR-sensitive donor data.
Choose based on who you are.
French individuals and groups raising money for personal causes, projects, or collective gifts who want a simple cagnotte with no platform commission and a keep-it-all model.
- ✓No platform commission, so organisers keep what they raise (keep-it-all model)
- ✓Simple cagnotte format designed for quick, shareable group collections
- ✓Optional donor tip is fully voluntary and can be adjusted or removed before paying
- ✓Card and bank processing charges are passed through at cost rather than marked up
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, CotizUp or Tribee?
On a £100 donation, CotizUp delivers approximately £97.60 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?
CotizUp operates in 1 countries; Tribee operates in 1.
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