# Raisely vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Raisely delivers about 1.50 more of every 100 donated than Snowball Fundraising (£98.30 vs $96.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, Raisely 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 | Raisely | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £98.30 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.4% + £0.30 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 82 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 8 | 1 |
| Data residency | AU/UK/US | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 1 |

## Choose Raisely if

> Australian, UK and North American charities and nonprofits that want fully customizable, white-label peer-to-peer and recurring-giving campaigns, full ownership of their donor data and no lock-in contracts.

- Fully customizable, white-label donation pages and campaign websites built without code.
- Strong peer-to-peer, team-fundraising and recurring-giving tooling.
- Donor-data ownership with CRM integrations, automation and a developer API, with no lock-in contracts.
- Funded by optional donor tips rather than a mandatory subscription, with an optional paid plan.


## 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.