# Donately vs GoFundMe

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GoFundMe delivers about £4.05 more of every £100 donated than Donately (£96.85 vs £92.80). Donately holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.5/5 across 17 reviews, against 3.3/5 across 23,979 for GoFundMe.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donately | GoFundMe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | £96.80 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | 3.3 (23979) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 92 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 20 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 0 | 7 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 7 |

## 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 GoFundMe if

> Individual fundraisers in the US, UK, and English-speaking markets running personal causes (medical, memorial, emergencies) where brand reach matters more than EU data residency.

- Largest global brand in donation crowdfunding with strong organic discoverability
- 0% platform fee since 2017 (donor tips fund the platform)
- Wide international country coverage and currency support
- Established trust signals through high-profile media coverage