# OnParticipe vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, OnParticipe delivers about 3.20 more of every 100 donated than Snowball Fundraising (€100.00 vs $96.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, OnParticipe and Snowball Fundraising are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | OnParticipe | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 3 (21) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 74 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | France | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 1 |

## 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.


## Choose Snowball Fundraising if

> Small and mid-sized US nonprofits that want donation forms, text-to-give, online auctions and event ticketing in one platform with US-based bilingual support, fundraising domestically in US dollars.

- All-in-one toolkit: donation forms, text-to-give and text-to-bid, online auctions, event ticketing, recurring gifts and donor CRM.
- Free Starter tier available, with paid annual plans that remove the platform fee and speed payouts to 1-2 days.
- Used by more than 15,000 US nonprofits, with US-based bilingual (English/Spanish) support.
- Payments processed by Stripe; the company states no hidden platform fees beyond the chosen plan and processing.