# Fundraise Up vs GiveNow

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveNow delivers about 4.74 more of every 100 donated than Fundraise Up (A$98.24 vs £93.50 per 100). On the headline numbers, Fundraise Up and GiveNow are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Fundraise Up | GiveNow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £93.50 | A$98.24 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 1.5% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 0.26% + A$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 72 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 46 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | Australia |
| Languages | 18 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 12 | 0 |

## Choose Fundraise Up if

> Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.

- Conversion-optimized donation checkout adapted from e-commerce best practices.
- Broad payment support: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, bank debits, and cryptocurrency.
- International, multi-currency checkout with local bank-debit rails (SEPA, BACS, BECS, iDEAL).
- Used by large global nonprofits, signalling enterprise-grade reliability.


## Choose GiveNow if

> Small to medium-sized Australian charities, not-for-profits, and community groups that want a low-overhead, no-lock-in donation platform with local Australian data storage and an optional donor-covers-cost model.

- Purpose-built for small to medium-sized Australian charities and not-for-profits.
- Operated by Our Community, a long-running Australian social enterprise (since 2001).
- Percentage-based pricing with no subscription, lock-in, or upfront cost.
- Optional donor-covers-cost model, which the platform reports most donors choose.