# Funraise vs Give Lively

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Give Lively delivers about 6.00 more of every 100 donated than Funraise ($97.50 vs £91.50 per 100). On the headline numbers, Funraise and Give Lively are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Funraise | Give Lively |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £91.50 | $97.50 |
| Platform fee | 5% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.60 | 2.2% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 3.3 (1) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 79 | 87 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | US |
| Languages | 0 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 6 |

## Choose Funraise if

> Small and mid-size US nonprofits, especially those under about a million dollars in revenue, that want donation forms, recurring giving, peer-to-peer, events, and a donor CRM in one connected platform.

- All-in-one suite: donation forms, recurring giving, peer-to-peer, events, auctions, and donor CRM.
- Unusually broad donor payment options: cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, DAFpay, stock, and crypto.
- Built by nonprofit veterans, with workflows tuned to sector needs.
- Optional donor cost-coverage so organizations keep more of each donation.


## Choose Give Lively if

> US 501(c)(3) nonprofits seeking a fully underwritten, no-cost fundraising toolkit - campaign pages, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, and events - backed by philanthropist founders rather than platform charges.

- Underwritten by philanthropist founders, so member nonprofits are not charged for the software.
- Full toolkit: campaign pages, donation widgets, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, team fundraising, and events.
- Donors can opt to cover processing, helping organizations keep the full gift.
- Rapid disbursement with no holding period.