# GoFundraise vs iHelp

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iHelp delivers about 1.78 more of every 100 donated than GoFundraise (€100.00 vs A$98.22 per 100). iHelp stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GoFundraise does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GoFundraise | iHelp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.22 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.4% + A$0.38 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 50 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | Australia | EU |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 1 |

## 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 iHelp if

> Spanish nonprofits and donors who value vetted, legitimacy-checked causes and a commission-light giving model, and who are comfortable with a single Santander payment gateway and a smaller catalogue of campaigns.

- No platform commission charged to nonprofits or donors, per iHelp's FAQ.
- NGOs and causes are vetted for legality and viability before listing.
- Long heritage in Spanish online giving, continuing Cibersolidaridad.org which ran from 2001.
- Post-donation follow-up and a stated focus on transparent, effective altruism.