# Funraise vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, WhyDonate delivers about £6.35 more of every £100 donated than Funraise (£97.85 vs £91.50). WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Funraise does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Funraise | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £91.50 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 5% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.60 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 79 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 115 |
| Data residency | US | EEA |
| Languages | 0 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 24 |

## 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 WhyDonate if

> European nonprofits and individuals who want a transparent, low-fee, GDPR-native crowdfunding platform with broad multilingual and multi-currency support.

- Zero platform fee with a transparent voluntary-tip model
- EEA data residency and GDPR-native compliance
- Broad coverage of local European payment rails (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Twint, Swish, MobilePay, Vipps, Blik, Cartes Bancaires, Satispay, MultiBanco, EPS) plus global rails (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Link, Revolut Pay)
- 19-language interface and 27 supported currencies for cross-border fundraising