# Fundraise Up vs JustGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, JustGiving delivers about £4.30 more of every £100 donated than Fundraise Up (£97.80 vs £93.50). On the headline numbers, Fundraise Up and JustGiving 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 | JustGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £93.50 | £97.80 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 1.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.1 (7663) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 72 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 46 | 6 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 18 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 12 | 7 |

## 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 JustGiving if

> UK charities and individual fundraisers who want a recognised, no-platform-fee donation platform with Gift Aid support and a fully free direct-donation option.

- No platform fee and free to set up a fundraising page.
- Low payment processing: 1.9% + GBP0.30 for charities, 2.9% + GBP0.35 for personal crowdfunding.
- Gift Aid administration for UK charities (5% applied to Gift Aid, not the donation).
- Free Giving Checkout option with no processing fees and 100% to the charity.