# Leetchi vs StartSomeGood

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Leetchi delivers about £4.75 more of every £100 donated than StartSomeGood (£96.85 vs £92.10). Leetchi stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while StartSomeGood does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Leetchi | StartSomeGood |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £90.85 | £92.10 |
| Platform fee | 6% | 5% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.25 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.2 (50786) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 82 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 36 | 23 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 4 | 1 |
| 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 StartSomeGood if

> Nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers running social-impact crowdfunding campaigns who want a flexible 'tipping point' funding model rather than strict all-or-nothing.

- Mission-focused platform dedicated to nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers.
- Success-based 5% platform fee charged only if a campaign reaches its goal.
- Flexible 'tipping point' model releases funds once a minimum is reached, not strict all-or-nothing.
- Option to pass platform and processing fees to donors or absorb them.