# Little Phil vs Pledge

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Little Phil delivers about 1.15 more of every 100 donated than Pledge (A$97.95 vs $96.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, Little Phil and Pledge are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Little Phil | Pledge |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$97.95 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.75% + A$0.30 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 51 | 76 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | Outside AU (SG/HK/US) | US |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 10 |

## Choose Little Phil if

> Australian donors, companies, and nonprofits focused on impact transparency and modern giving options such as crypto, workplace giving, and Shopify post-checkout donations, where offshore data storage is not a blocker.

- Built-in impact-tracking so donors can see the effect of their giving first-hand.
- Nonprofits pay no commission on donations, per Little Phil's nonprofits page.
- Modern giving options: Apple Pay, Google Pay, cards, direct debit, internal credit, and cryptocurrency.
- Spans donor, nonprofit, and corporate giving, including workplace-giving programmes.


## Choose Pledge if

> US-based individuals, nonprofits and purpose-driven companies that want a free-to-start fundraiser with a wide range of giving methods - cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, stock, donor-advised funds and crypto - plus Shopify and API-based embedded giving.

- No mandatory platform fee - funded by optional donor tipping, with most donors choosing to cover the fees.
- Exceptionally broad giving methods: cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, stock, donor-advised funds and cryptocurrency.
- Donations are regranted through the Pledgeling Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) public charity, with multi-state US fundraising compliance.
- Shopify "Give & Grow" app and embedded-giving APIs and widgets for e-commerce and product integrations.