# Leetchi vs mycause

## What the data says.

Leetchi stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while mycause does not. On the headline numbers, Leetchi 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 | Leetchi | mycause |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £90.85 | A$97.50 |
| Platform fee | 6% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.25 | 2.5% + A$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.2 (50786) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 82 | 75 |
| Country coverage | 36 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | Australia (US backup) |
| Languages | 4 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 3 | 0 |

## Choose Leetchi if

> French-speaking fundraisers, group collections among friends, and EU nonprofits comfortable with a longer-established platform.

- Established European brand with strong recognition in France and Belgium
- Free group-pot product for personal collections (gifts, group events, shared expenses)
- EEA data residency
- High Trustpilot rating across 50,000+ reviews


## 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.