# GiveWheel vs StartSomeGood

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveWheel delivers about £6.50 more of every £100 donated than StartSomeGood (£98.60 vs £92.10). On the headline numbers, GiveWheel and StartSomeGood are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveWheel | StartSomeGood |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £98.60 | £92.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 5% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.2% + £0.20 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.7 (92) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 71 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 23 |
| Data residency | EU (Heroku) | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 1 |

## 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 StartSomeGood if

> Nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers running social-impact crowdfunding campaigns who want a flexible 'tipping point' funding model rather than strict all-or-nothing.

- Mission-focused platform dedicated to nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers.
- Success-based 5% platform fee charged only if a campaign reaches its goal.
- Flexible 'tipping point' model releases funds once a minimum is reached, not strict all-or-nothing.
- Option to pass platform and processing fees to donors or absorb them.

