# Crowdfunder UK vs GoFundraise

## What the data says.

Crowdfunder UK stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GoFundraise does not. On the headline numbers, Crowdfunder UK and GoFundraise are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Crowdfunder UK | GoFundraise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.48 | A$98.22 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.28% + £0.24 | 1.4% + A$0.38 |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 (2873) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 85 | 73 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | UK/EEA/US | Australia |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 2 |

## 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 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.