# Give Lively vs Givio

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Givio delivers about 2.50 more of every 100 donated than Give Lively (€100.00 vs $97.50 per 100). On the headline numbers, Give Lively and Givio are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Give Lively | Givio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | $97.50 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + $0.30 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 3.3 (1) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 21 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 3 |

## 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.


## Choose Givio if

> German nonprofits and associations that want to collect donations and tap an additional passive income stream through the linked Gooding charity-shopping service.

- Operated by a Stuttgart-based nonprofit limited company (Givio gGmbH).
- Donation collection combined with the Gooding charity-shopping channel for passive, shopping-based giving.
- Payments handled by established partners including Stripe, PayPal, and the Bank für Sozialwirtschaft.
- Focus on transparent, secure donation handling for German nonprofits.