# Doneerveilig vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about 7.66 more of every 100 donated than Doneerveilig (£100.00 vs €92.34 per 100). On the headline numbers, Doneerveilig 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 | Doneerveilig | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €92.34 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 6.7% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 2.9 (44) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 21 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 3 |

## Choose Doneerveilig if

> Dutch and Belgian individuals running personal fundraising campaigns who prioritise a security-focused, PSD2-compliant platform with escrow handling and a simple, quick setup.

- Security-focused framing: PSD2 compliance supervised by De Nederlandsche Bank, escrow handling, and SSL.
- Donations held on a third-party escrow account (derdengeldenrekening) before payout.
- Quick, simple campaign setup aimed at individual causes.
- Account verification via a one-cent micro-transfer.


## 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.