# Fundraise Up vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about £6.50 more of every £100 donated than Fundraise Up (£100.00 vs £93.50). On the headline numbers, Fundraise Up 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 | Fundraise Up | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £93.50 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 72 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 46 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 18 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 12 | 3 |

## 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 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.