# GiveNow vs Raisely

## What the data says.

On the headline numbers, GiveNow and Raisely are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveNow | Raisely |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.24 | £98.30 |
| Platform fee | 1.5% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0.26% + A$0.00 | 1.4% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 78 | 82 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 8 |
| Data residency | Australia | AU/UK/US |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 0 |

## Choose GiveNow if

> Small to medium-sized Australian charities, not-for-profits, and community groups that want a low-overhead, no-lock-in donation platform with local Australian data storage and an optional donor-covers-cost model.

- Purpose-built for small to medium-sized Australian charities and not-for-profits.
- Operated by Our Community, a long-running Australian social enterprise (since 2001).
- Percentage-based pricing with no subscription, lock-in, or upfront cost.
- Optional donor-covers-cost model, which the platform reports most donors choose.


## Choose Raisely if

> Australian, UK and North American charities and nonprofits that want fully customizable, white-label peer-to-peer and recurring-giving campaigns, full ownership of their donor data and no lock-in contracts.

- Fully customizable, white-label donation pages and campaign websites built without code.
- Strong peer-to-peer, team-fundraising and recurring-giving tooling.
- Donor-data ownership with CRM integrations, automation and a developer API, with no lock-in contracts.
- Funded by optional donor tips rather than a mandatory subscription, with an optional paid plan.