# GoFundraise vs JustGiving

## What the data says.

On the headline numbers, GoFundraise and JustGiving are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GoFundraise | JustGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.22 | £97.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.4% + A$0.38 | 1.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.1 (7663) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 6 |
| Data residency | Australia | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 7 |

## 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 JustGiving if

> UK charities and individual fundraisers who want a recognised, no-platform-fee donation platform with Gift Aid support and a fully free direct-donation option.

- No platform fee and free to set up a fundraising page.
- Low payment processing: 1.9% + GBP0.30 for charities, 2.9% + GBP0.35 for personal crowdfunding.
- Gift Aid administration for UK charities (5% applied to Gift Aid, not the donation).
- Free Giving Checkout option with no processing fees and 100% to the charity.