# Spotfund vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about £3.20 more of every £100 donated than Spotfund (£100.00 vs £96.80). Spotfund holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.7/5 across 1,775 reviews, against 2.2/5 across 16 for TotalGiving.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Spotfund | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.80 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.7 (1775) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 3 |

## Choose Spotfund if

> US individuals and small nonprofits running time-sensitive personal or community causes who value next-business-day payouts and a simple, mobile-first, socially shareable giving flow.

- Next-business-day payouts, faster than many peers that settle over several days.
- Mobile-first, consumer-friendly giving flow optimized for social sharing.
- Supports personal causes, nonprofits, community, sports, and business campaigns.
- Nonprofit toolkit includes recurring donations, branded tax receipts, and event ticketing.


## 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.