# Produzioni dal Basso vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Snowball Fundraising delivers about 1.75 more of every 100 donated than Produzioni dal Basso ($96.80 vs £95.05 per 100). Produzioni dal Basso stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Snowball Fundraising does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Produzioni dal Basso | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £95.05 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 3% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.6% + £0.35 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 74 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 1 |

## Choose Produzioni dal Basso if

> Italian associations, cultural and social projects, and start-ups that want a flexible, long-established platform with multiple funding models and optional co-financing, and that do not require international reach.

- Long-established (since 2005) generalist platform with broad project eligibility.
- Three funding modes: keep-it-all, all-or-nothing, and simple donation.
- Run by a benefit corporation; payments via PayPal and regulated Lemonway.
- Co-financing programs can unlock partner matching past a threshold.


## 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.