# Givelify vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, WhyDonate delivers about £1.05 more of every £100 donated than Givelify (£97.85 vs £96.80). WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Givelify does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Givelify | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.80 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 86 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 0 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 24 |

## Choose Givelify if

> US churches, places of worship, and faith-based nonprofits that want a polished mobile giving app and simple donation pages with donor analytics, rather than complex campaign tooling.

- Highly rated, widely downloaded donor app that lowers friction for mobile and repeat giving.
- Online donation pages, text-to-give, and QR giving alongside the app.
- Donor management and analytics with a dedicated giving-success coach.
- Accepts major card brands: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express.


## 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