# StartSomeGood vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about £7.90 more of every £100 donated than StartSomeGood (£100.00 vs £92.10). On the headline numbers, StartSomeGood and TotalGiving are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | StartSomeGood | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.10 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 5% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 59 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 23 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 3 |

## Choose StartSomeGood if

> Nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers running social-impact crowdfunding campaigns who want a flexible 'tipping point' funding model rather than strict all-or-nothing.

- Mission-focused platform dedicated to nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers.
- Success-based 5% platform fee charged only if a campaign reaches its goal.
- Flexible 'tipping point' model releases funds once a minimum is reached, not strict all-or-nothing.
- Option to pass platform and processing fees to donors or absorb them.


## 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.