# Crowdfunder UK vs Fundraise Up

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Crowdfunder UK delivers about £3.98 more of every £100 donated than Fundraise Up (£97.48 vs £93.50). Crowdfunder UK stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Fundraise Up does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Crowdfunder UK | Fundraise Up |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.48 | £93.50 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 4% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.28% + £0.24 | 2.2% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 (2873) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 85 | 72 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 46 |
| Data residency | UK/EEA/US | US |
| Languages | 1 | 18 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 12 |

## Choose Crowdfunder UK if

> UK community projects, charities, social enterprises, and individuals who want match funding and Gift Aid alongside either donation or reward-based crowdfunding and can settle to a UK bank account.

- Supports multiple campaign types - donations, reward-based pledges, and community share offers - on one platform.
- Match funding (+Extra) can unlock grants from corporate, public-sector, and charitable partners on top of money raised.
- Gift Aid is handled through SwiftAid for eligible UK donations.
- Offers both All-or-Nothing and Flexible (keep-what-you-raise) funding models.


## Choose Fundraise Up if

> Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.

- Conversion-optimized donation checkout adapted from e-commerce best practices.
- Broad payment support: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, bank debits, and cryptocurrency.
- International, multi-currency checkout with local bank-debit rails (SEPA, BACS, BECS, iDEAL).
- Used by large global nonprofits, signalling enterprise-grade reliability.