# Crowdfunder UK vs iDonate.ie

## What the data says.

iDonate.ie holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.9/5 across 494 reviews, against 4.1/5 across 2,873 for Crowdfunder UK. On the headline numbers, Crowdfunder UK and iDonate.ie 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 | iDonate.ie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.48 | €97.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.28% + £0.24 | 1.95% + €0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 (2873) | 4.9 (494) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 85 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | UK/EEA/US | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 4 |

## 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 iDonate.ie if

> Irish charities, clubs, schools, and community causes that want low transaction-only fees and a broad set of fundraising tools, including donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and events.

- 0% platform fee with a transaction-only cost of 1.95% + EUR0.25 per donation.
- No setup or monthly fees.
- Donor-covers-the-fee option can reduce the net deduction for causes.
- Broad fundraising toolkit: donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and event fundraising.