# DierenDonatie vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | DierenDonatie | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 38 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 3 |

## Choose DierenDonatie if

> Dutch animal shelters, wildlife-care centres, and animal-welfare foundations that need specific goods funded - food, equipment, or veterinary care - and value a CBF-accredited, transparent donation platform.

- Exclusively focused on animal-welfare causes in the Netherlands
- Recognised as one of the first CBF-accredited donation platforms (CBF-Erkend Donatieplatform)
- Product-fulfilment model: donors fund specific items the platform buys and ships to the foundation
- Flat per-project contribution (EUR 10 up to EUR 300, EUR 25 above) rather than a percentage cut of donations


## 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.