# Donately vs Grassrootz

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Grassrootz delivers about 7.20 more of every 100 donated than Donately (A$100.00 vs £92.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, Donately and Grassrootz are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donately | Grassrootz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | A$100.00 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 0% + A$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 76 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 0 |

## 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 Grassrootz if

> Australian and New Zealand registered charities running peer-to-peer campaigns and endurance-event fundraising who want supporter-driven tools and in-person cashless giving rather than personal one-off fundraisers.

- Core fundraising features provided to charity members at no cost, funded by an optional donor contribution at checkout.
- Partnerships with major endurance events including City2Surf and the Sydney, Auckland, Brisbane, and Melbourne marathons.
- Strong peer-to-peer tooling built around supporters' personal networks.
- In-person cashless giving via Tap'n'Donate card readers for physical events.