# JustGiving vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, JustGiving delivers about 1.00 more of every 100 donated than Snowball Fundraising (£97.80 vs $96.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, JustGiving and Snowball Fundraising are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | JustGiving | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.80 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + £0.30 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 (7663) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 6 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 7 | 1 |

## 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 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.