# I believe in you vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about 12.00 more of every 100 donated than I believe in you (£100.00 vs €88.00 per 100). On the headline numbers, I believe in you and TotalGiving are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | I believe in you | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €88.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 8% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 4% + €0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 40 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | DE (AWS Frankfurt) | — |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 3 |

## Choose I believe in you if

> Austrian athletes, sports clubs, and event organisers raising money for a sporting goal, who are comfortable with an all-or-nothing campaign where funds are released only if the target is met.

- Focuses exclusively on sport - athletes, clubs, and sports event organisers - rather than general crowdfunding.
- All-or-nothing model means backers are only charged for campaigns that reach their goal.
- Operated locally by a Vienna-based entity (I Believe In You Osterreich GmbH) under an established Swiss brand.
- Austrian site is hosted on Amazon Web Services in Frankfurt, Germany - EU data residency.


## Choose TotalGiving if

> UK registered charities and their supporters who want fundraising and sponsorship pages where donations pass directly to the charity, with Gift Aid and multi-currency donations.

- Donations are transferred directly to the recipient charity rather than held by the platform.
- Supports Gift Aid, claimable on eligible UK donations and approved by HMRC.
- Donors can give in many currencies (around 140), converted to GBP for the charity.
- Charity directory and search covering thousands of UK registered charities, with fundraising and sponsorship pages.