# Donately vs Give Lively

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Give Lively delivers about 4.70 more of every 100 donated than Donately ($97.50 vs £92.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, Donately and Give Lively are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donately | Give Lively |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | $97.50 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 2.2% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | 3.3 (1) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 87 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 0 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 6 |

## Choose Donately if

> Nonprofits, churches, and schools that want embeddable, customizable donation forms and an API to add giving to an existing website, with Stripe and PayPal processing and CRM integrations.

- Customizable, embeddable donation forms and campaign pages that drop into an existing site.
- API access and native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Constant Contact, and Mailchimp.
- Card and ACH processing via Stripe and PayPal, with optional donor cost coverage.
- Peer-to-peer, team fundraising, recurring giving, text-to-give, and event ticketing included.


## Choose Give Lively if

> US 501(c)(3) nonprofits seeking a fully underwritten, no-cost fundraising toolkit - campaign pages, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, and events - backed by philanthropist founders rather than platform charges.

- Underwritten by philanthropist founders, so member nonprofits are not charged for the software.
- Full toolkit: campaign pages, donation widgets, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, team fundraising, and events.
- Donors can opt to cover processing, helping organizations keep the full gift.
- Rapid disbursement with no holding period.