# Snowball Fundraising vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, WhyDonate delivers about 1.05 more of every 100 donated than Snowball Fundraising (£97.85 vs $96.80 per 100). WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Snowball Fundraising does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Snowball Fundraising | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | $96.80 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + $0.30 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 59 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | US | EEA |
| Languages | 0 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 24 |

## 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.


## Choose WhyDonate if

> European nonprofits and individuals who want a transparent, low-fee, GDPR-native crowdfunding platform with broad multilingual and multi-currency support.

- Zero platform fee with a transparent voluntary-tip model
- EEA data residency and GDPR-native compliance
- Broad coverage of local European payment rails (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Twint, Swish, MobilePay, Vipps, Blik, Cartes Bancaires, Satispay, MultiBanco, EPS) plus global rails (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Link, Revolut Pay)
- 19-language interface and 27 supported currencies for cross-border fundraising