# Crowdfunder UK vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about £2.52 more of every £100 donated than Crowdfunder UK (£100.00 vs £97.48). Crowdfunder UK holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.1/5 across 2,873 reviews, against 2.2/5 across 16 for TotalGiving. Crowdfunder UK stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while TotalGiving does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Crowdfunder UK | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.48 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.28% + £0.24 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 (2873) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 85 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | UK/EEA/US | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 3 |

## 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 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.