# iRaiser vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about £2.15 more of every £100 donated than iRaiser (£100.00 vs £97.85). iRaiser stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while TotalGiving does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | iRaiser | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.85 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + £0.25 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 75 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 19 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 5 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 23 | 3 |

## 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 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.