# GiveSendGo vs iDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iDonate delivers about £3.00 more of every £100 donated than GiveSendGo (£100.00 vs £97.00). On the headline numbers, GiveSendGo and iDonate are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveSendGo | iDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.7% + £0.30 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 2.4 (633) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 80 | 72 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 0 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 0 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 0 |

## Choose GiveSendGo if

> US-based faith communities, churches, and individual fundraisers — including those running legal-defense or politically sensitive campaigns that mainstream platforms may decline to host.

- Funded by optional donor tips and give-back rather than a mandatory platform fee.
- Distinctive faith-based positioning with a unique 'Pray' button for supporters.
- Permissive content policy hosts causes some mainstream platforms decline.
- Supports cards, bank transfers, Google Pay, and Link one-click checkout.


## Choose iDonate if

> Mid-sized and larger US nonprofits that want conversion-optimised, embeddable donation and recurring-gift tools with enterprise-grade donor-data security, and are comfortable with custom, sales-quoted pricing.

- Conversion-focused giving tools: pop-up forms, hosted donation pages, embeddable website forms, and recurring-gift prompts.
- Enterprise donor-data security with annual SOC 2 Type 2 audits, third-party penetration testing, and a zero-trust design.
- Operates in accordance with GDPR standards per its privacy disclosures.
- Multiple donation rails: credit card, debit card, and ACH bank transfer.