# Kagnotte vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Kagnotte delivers about 1.95 more of every 100 donated than Snowball Fundraising (€98.75 vs $96.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, Kagnotte 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 | Kagnotte | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €98.75 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 1% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 3.9 (233) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 49 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 1 |

## Choose Kagnotte if

> French and EEA-based organisers running social group pots or association fundraising who want low, transparent per-contribution pricing and unlimited payouts at no extra cost, and who don't need an English-first international experience.

- Low headline pricing: a small per-contribution commission plus a fixed amount, undercutting many higher-rate rivals.
- Unlimited withdrawals to a bank account at no additional charge.
- No subscription or setup cost to create and manage a pot.
- Regulated fund custody via Lemonway, authorised by France's ACPR (no. 16568).


## 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.