# GoFundraise vs Grassrootz

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Grassrootz delivers about A$1.78 more of every A$100 donated than GoFundraise (A$100.00 vs A$98.22). On the headline numbers, GoFundraise and Grassrootz are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GoFundraise | Grassrootz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.22 | A$100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.4% + A$0.38 | 0% + A$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 76 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | Australia | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 0 |

## Choose GoFundraise if

> Australian individuals, charities, and event organisers running personal or peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns who want Australian-hosted, PCI-secure infrastructure and DGR-aware tax receipting.

- Established Australian platform for donation and peer-to-peer fundraising.
- Strong event-based and community-fundraising tooling with multi-beneficiary support.
- Payments via Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, and Stripe.
- All data encrypted at rest and hosted in Australia, with PCI-secure infrastructure and third-party penetration testing.


## Choose Grassrootz if

> Australian and New Zealand registered charities running peer-to-peer campaigns and endurance-event fundraising who want supporter-driven tools and in-person cashless giving rather than personal one-off fundraisers.

- Core fundraising features provided to charity members at no cost, funded by an optional donor contribution at checkout.
- Partnerships with major endurance events including City2Surf and the Sydney, Auckland, Brisbane, and Melbourne marathons.
- Strong peer-to-peer tooling built around supporters' personal networks.
- In-person cashless giving via Tap'n'Donate card readers for physical events.