# Produzioni dal Basso vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about £4.95 more of every £100 donated than Produzioni dal Basso (£100.00 vs £95.05). Produzioni dal Basso stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while TotalGiving does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Produzioni dal Basso | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £95.05 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 3% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.6% + £0.35 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 74 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 3 |

## 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 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.