# Enthuse vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about 5.00 more of every 100 donated than Enthuse (£100.00 vs €95.00 per 100). Enthuse holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.6/5 across 398 reviews, against 2.2/5 across 16 for TotalGiving. Enthuse stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while TotalGiving does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Enthuse | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €95.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 5% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.6 (398) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 4.9 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | UK/EEA | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 3 |

## 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 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.