# JustGiving vs mycause

## What the data says.

On the headline numbers, JustGiving and mycause are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | JustGiving | mycause |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.80 | A$97.50 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + £0.30 | 2.5% + A$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 (7663) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 75 |
| Country coverage | 6 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | Australia (US backup) |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 7 | 0 |

## Choose JustGiving if

> UK charities and individual fundraisers who want a recognised, no-platform-fee donation platform with Gift Aid support and a fully free direct-donation option.

- No platform fee and free to set up a fundraising page.
- Low payment processing: 1.9% + GBP0.30 for charities, 2.9% + GBP0.35 for personal crowdfunding.
- Gift Aid administration for UK charities (5% applied to Gift Aid, not the donation).
- Free Giving Checkout option with no processing fees and 100% to the charity.


## Choose mycause if

> Australian individuals, registered charities, and schools running domestic donation campaigns who value a long-established, locally owned platform with Australian data residency and a donor-tip funding model for personal causes.

- Long-established Australian pioneer of crowdfunding, operating since 2009.
- Wholly Australian owned and operated, with primary servers based in Sydney.
- Personal fundraisers carry no platform charge, funded by an optional donor tip.
- Donations receipted to the chosen Australian charity.