# GiveNow vs RallyUp

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveNow delivers about 1.44 more of every 100 donated than RallyUp (A$98.24 vs £96.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, GiveNow and RallyUp are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveNow | RallyUp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.24 | £96.80 |
| Platform fee | 1.5% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0.26% + A$0.00 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.1 (9) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 78 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 0 |
| Data residency | Australia | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 4 |

## 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 RallyUp if

> US nonprofits running game-based and event fundraising - raffles, sweepstakes, auctions and a-thons - that want multiple campaign types in one platform with no contracts and a free, donor-tip-funded option.

- More than a dozen mix-and-match campaign types, from donation pages to raffles, auctions, sweepstakes, peer-to-peer and a-thons.
- Free plan with no platform fee, funded by optional donor tips; no contracts, setup fees or minimum fees.
- Built-in legal compliance for raffles and sweepstakes, including prewritten rules and a review before going live.
- Reports over 55,000 nonprofits served and more than $1 billion raised.