# GoFundraise vs OnParticipe

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GoFundraise | OnParticipe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.22 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.4% + A$0.38 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 3 (21) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | Australia | France |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| 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 OnParticipe if

> French and European organisers running cagnottes, ticketed events, or association fundraising who want a no-commission, French-hosted platform with identity controls, and who will read the terms for inactivity and refund charges.

- No commission on collections, so organisers keep the entire amount raised and ticket revenue.
- Designed and hosted in France, with French customer support available seven days a week.
- Funded by an optional donor tip rather than a mandatory platform charge.
- Systematic identity-document checks on organisers for fraud control.