# GiveNow vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveNow | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 78 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | Australia | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 1 |

## 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 Snowball Fundraising if

> Small and mid-sized US nonprofits that want donation forms, text-to-give, online auctions and event ticketing in one platform with US-based bilingual support, fundraising domestically in US dollars.

- All-in-one toolkit: donation forms, text-to-give and text-to-bid, online auctions, event ticketing, recurring gifts and donor CRM.
- Free Starter tier available, with paid annual plans that remove the platform fee and speed payouts to 1-2 days.
- Used by more than 15,000 US nonprofits, with US-based bilingual (English/Spanish) support.
- Payments processed by Stripe; the company states no hidden platform fees beyond the chosen plan and processing.