# mycause vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving 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 TotalGiving are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | mycause | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$97.50 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.5% + A$0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 75 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | Australia (US backup) | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 3 |

## 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 TotalGiving if

> UK registered charities and their supporters who want fundraising and sponsorship pages where donations pass directly to the charity, with Gift Aid and multi-currency donations.

- Donations are transferred directly to the recipient charity rather than held by the platform.
- Supports Gift Aid, claimable on eligible UK donations and approved by HMRC.
- Donors can give in many currencies (around 140), converted to GBP for the charity.
- Charity directory and search covering thousands of UK registered charities, with fundraising and sponsorship pages.