# Leetchi vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Leetchi stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Snowball Fundraising does not. On the headline numbers, Leetchi 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 | Leetchi | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £90.85 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 6% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.25 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.2 (50786) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 82 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 36 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | US |
| Languages | 4 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 3 | 1 |

## 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 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.