# Enthuse vs Pledge

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Pledge delivers about 1.80 more of every 100 donated than Enthuse ($96.80 vs €95.00 per 100). Enthuse stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Pledge does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Enthuse | Pledge |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €95.00 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 5% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.6 (398) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 4.9 | 76 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | UK/EEA | US |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 10 |

## Choose Enthuse if

> UK and Irish registered charities that want fully branded donation pages, peer-to-peer fundraising, and event registration consolidated on one platform under their own identity.

- White-label donation, fundraising, and event-registration pages presented under the charity's own brand.
- Combines online donations, peer-to-peer fundraising, and event ticketing in a single platform.
- Registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority as a Small Payment Institution (firm reference 797344).
- Payments processed through established providers Stripe, GoCardless, and PayPal.


## Choose Pledge if

> US-based individuals, nonprofits and purpose-driven companies that want a free-to-start fundraiser with a wide range of giving methods - cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, stock, donor-advised funds and crypto - plus Shopify and API-based embedded giving.

- No mandatory platform fee - funded by optional donor tipping, with most donors choosing to cover the fees.
- Exceptionally broad giving methods: cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, stock, donor-advised funds and cryptocurrency.
- Donations are regranted through the Pledgeling Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) public charity, with multi-state US fundraising compliance.
- Shopify "Give & Grow" app and embedded-giving APIs and widgets for e-commerce and product integrations.