# GoFundraise vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GoFundraise does not. On the headline numbers, GoFundraise and WhyDonate are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GoFundraise | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.22 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.4% + A$0.38 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | Australia | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 24 |

## 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 WhyDonate if

> European nonprofits and individuals who want a transparent, low-fee, GDPR-native crowdfunding platform with broad multilingual and multi-currency support.

- Zero platform fee with a transparent voluntary-tip model
- EEA data residency and GDPR-native compliance
- Broad coverage of local European payment rails (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Twint, Swish, MobilePay, Vipps, Blik, Cartes Bancaires, Satispay, MultiBanco, EPS) plus global rails (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Link, Revolut Pay)
- 19-language interface and 27 supported currencies for cross-border fundraising