# iRaiser vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iRaiser delivers about 1.05 more of every 100 donated than Snowball Fundraising (£97.85 vs $96.80 per 100). iRaiser stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Snowball Fundraising does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | iRaiser | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.85 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + £0.25 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 75 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 19 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | US |
| Languages | 5 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 23 | 1 |

## Choose iRaiser if

> Established European nonprofits, foundations, hospitals, and cultural institutions that want branded, self-hosted fundraising tools — forms, peer-to-peer, crowdfunding, and events — under their own identity.

- Branded, self-hosted fundraising tools (donation forms, peer-to-peer, crowdfunding, events, ticketing) under the nonprofit's own identity.
- Configurable Flex Editor for tailoring donation journeys.
- Established European focus, reporting more than 900 charities served across the region.
- Suited to larger nonprofits, foundations, hospitals, and cultural institutions with dedicated fundraising teams.


## Choose Snowball Fundraising if

> Small and mid-sized US nonprofits that want donation forms, text-to-give, online auctions and event ticketing in one platform with US-based bilingual support, fundraising domestically in US dollars.

- All-in-one toolkit: donation forms, text-to-give and text-to-bid, online auctions, event ticketing, recurring gifts and donor CRM.
- Free Starter tier available, with paid annual plans that remove the platform fee and speed payouts to 1-2 days.
- Used by more than 15,000 US nonprofits, with US-based bilingual (English/Spanish) support.
- Payments processed by Stripe; the company states no hidden platform fees beyond the chosen plan and processing.