# JustGiving vs TotalGiving

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | JustGiving | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.80 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.30 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 (7663) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 6 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 7 | 3 |

## Choose JustGiving if

> UK charities and individual fundraisers who want a recognised, no-platform-fee donation platform with Gift Aid support and a fully free direct-donation option.

- No platform fee and free to set up a fundraising page.
- Low payment processing: 1.9% + GBP0.30 for charities, 2.9% + GBP0.35 for personal crowdfunding.
- Gift Aid administration for UK charities (5% applied to Gift Aid, not the donation).
- Free Giving Checkout option with no processing fees and 100% to the charity.


## 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.