# GoFundraise vs StartSomeGood

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GoFundraise delivers about 6.12 more of every 100 donated than StartSomeGood (A$98.22 vs £92.10 per 100). On the headline numbers, GoFundraise and StartSomeGood are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GoFundraise | StartSomeGood |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.22 | £92.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 5% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.4% + A$0.38 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 23 |
| Data residency | Australia | — |
| 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 StartSomeGood if

> Nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers running social-impact crowdfunding campaigns who want a flexible 'tipping point' funding model rather than strict all-or-nothing.

- Mission-focused platform dedicated to nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers.
- Success-based 5% platform fee charged only if a campaign reaches its goal.
- Flexible 'tipping point' model releases funds once a minimum is reached, not strict all-or-nothing.
- Option to pass platform and processing fees to donors or absorb them.