Spotfund vs Tribee
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.
Friends, families, and colleagues in France organising group gifts or money-pots for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, and farewells who want part of every collection to support an environmental, educational, or health cause.
On a £100 donation, Tribee delivers £3.20 more to the recipient than Spotfund.
What the data says.
Paying by Credit card, Tribee delivers about £3.20 more of every £100 donated than Spotfund (£100.00 vs £96.80).
Tribee stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Spotfund does not.
Side-by-side.
| Metric | Spotfund | Tribee |
|---|---|---|
| Recipient gets (£100) | £96.80 | £100.00★ winner |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 0% + £0.00★ winner |
| Trustpilot | 4.7 (1,775) | 4.7 (2,134)★ winner |
| Country coverage | 0 countries | 1 countries★ winner |
| Data residency | — | EU★ winner |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 1★ winner |
Winner by category.
£100.00 vs £96.80 reaches the recipient.
4.7 vs 4.7 on Trustpilot.
1 vs 0 countries.
EEA data residency for GDPR-sensitive donor data.
Choose based on who you are.
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.
Friends, families, and colleagues in France organising group gifts or money-pots for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, and farewells who want part of every collection to support an environmental, educational, or health cause.
- ✓Combines a familiar online money-pot (cagnotte) with an automatic charitable donation on every collection.
- ✓Card payments handled by Stripe, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
- ✓Registered as an Intermédiaire en Financement Participatif (IFP) with ORIAS, number 23000388.
- ✓Personal data hosted exclusively on servers within the European Union.
A third option.
Dutch and other social-impact initiators running Global-Goals-aligned campaigns who value personal coaching and community-building over a high-volume, self-serve crowdfunding marketplace.
Other comparisons.
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Spotfund or Tribee?
On a £100 donation, Spotfund delivers approximately £96.80 to the recipient and Tribee delivers approximately £100.00. Real costs depend on the payment method donors choose.
Which is better for European nonprofits?
Tribee is generally better suited to European nonprofits handling GDPR-sensitive donor data because of its EEA data residency.
Which platform has more country coverage?
Spotfund operates in 0 countries; Tribee operates in 1.
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