# Donately vs GiveSendGo

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveSendGo delivers about £4.20 more of every £100 donated than Donately (£97.00 vs £92.80). Donately holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.5/5 across 17 reviews, against 2.4/5 across 633 for GiveSendGo.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donately | GiveSendGo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | £97.00 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 2.7% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | 2.4 (633) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 80 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 0 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 0 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 4 |

## 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 GiveSendGo if

> US-based faith communities, churches, and individual fundraisers — including those running legal-defense or politically sensitive campaigns that mainstream platforms may decline to host.

- Funded by optional donor tips and give-back rather than a mandatory platform fee.
- Distinctive faith-based positioning with a unique 'Pray' button for supporters.
- Permissive content policy hosts causes some mainstream platforms decline.
- Supports cards, bank transfers, Google Pay, and Link one-click checkout.