# mycause vs OnParticipe

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, OnParticipe delivers about 2.50 more of every 100 donated than mycause (€100.00 vs A$97.50 per 100). On the headline numbers, mycause and OnParticipe are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | mycause | OnParticipe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$97.50 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.5% + A$0.00 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 3 (21) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 75 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | Australia (US backup) | France |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 1 |

## 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 OnParticipe if

> French and European organisers running cagnottes, ticketed events, or association fundraising who want a no-commission, French-hosted platform with identity controls, and who will read the terms for inactivity and refund charges.

- No commission on collections, so organisers keep the entire amount raised and ticket revenue.
- Designed and hosted in France, with French customer support available seven days a week.
- Funded by an optional donor tip rather than a mandatory platform charge.
- Systematic identity-document checks on organisers for fraud control.