# GiveWheel vs Pledge

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveWheel delivers about 1.80 more of every 100 donated than Pledge (£98.60 vs $96.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, GiveWheel and Pledge are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveWheel | Pledge |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £98.60 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.2% + £0.20 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.7 (92) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 71 | 76 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU (Heroku) | US |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 10 |

## Choose GiveWheel if

> UK fundraisers, charities, companies, and event organisers who want to raise for one or several charities at once, with custom donation splits, Gift Aid, ticketed events, and prize draws.

- Lets fundraisers support an unlimited number of charities from one page, with a custom percentage split.
- Gift Aid is handled via disbursement partner Charities Trust for eligible UK donations.
- Broad feature set: ticketed events, prize draws and raffles, DonorMap, donor messaging, and a public API.
- Accepts donations in GBP, AUD, USD, CAD, and EUR, settled in GBP.


## Choose Pledge if

> US-based individuals, nonprofits and purpose-driven companies that want a free-to-start fundraiser with a wide range of giving methods - cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, stock, donor-advised funds and crypto - plus Shopify and API-based embedded giving.

- No mandatory platform fee - funded by optional donor tipping, with most donors choosing to cover the fees.
- Exceptionally broad giving methods: cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, stock, donor-advised funds and cryptocurrency.
- Donations are regranted through the Pledgeling Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) public charity, with multi-state US fundraising compliance.
- Shopify "Give & Grow" app and embedded-giving APIs and widgets for e-commerce and product integrations.