# GoFundMe vs Tribee

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Tribee delivers about £3.15 more of every £100 donated than GoFundMe (£100.00 vs £96.85). Tribee holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.7/5 across 2,134 reviews, against 3.3/5 across 23,979 for GoFundMe. Tribee stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GoFundMe does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GoFundMe | Tribee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.80 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 3.3 (23979) | 4.7 (2134) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 92 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 20 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | EU |
| Languages | 7 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 7 | 1 |

## Choose GoFundMe if

> Individual fundraisers in the US, UK, and English-speaking markets running personal causes (medical, memorial, emergencies) where brand reach matters more than EU data residency.

- Largest global brand in donation crowdfunding with strong organic discoverability
- 0% platform fee since 2017 (donor tips fund the platform)
- Wide international country coverage and currency support
- Established trust signals through high-profile media coverage


## Choose Tribee if

> Friends, families, and colleagues in France organising group gifts or money-pots for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, and farewells who want part of every collection to support an environmental, educational, or health cause.

- Combines a familiar online money-pot (cagnotte) with an automatic charitable donation on every collection.
- Card payments handled by Stripe, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
- Registered as an Intermédiaire en Financement Participatif (IFP) with ORIAS, number 23000388.
- Personal data hosted exclusively on servers within the European Union.