# mycause vs 1%Club

## What the data says.

1%Club stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while mycause does not. On the headline numbers, mycause and 1%Club are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | mycause | 1%Club |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$97.50 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.5% + A$0.00 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 75 | 53 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 0 |
| Data residency | Australia (US backup) | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 2 |

## 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.


## Choose 1%Club if

> Dutch and other social-impact initiators running Global-Goals-aligned campaigns who value personal coaching and community-building over a high-volume, self-serve crowdfunding marketplace.

- Mission-driven focus on social initiatives aligned with the UN Global Goals.
- Personal coaching of campaign initiators rather than a purely self-serve model.
- Bilingual Dutch and English interface.
- Accepts donations in euros and US dollars.