# Fundraise Up vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about kr6.50 more of every kr100 donated than Fundraise Up (kr100.00 vs kr93.50). On the headline numbers, Fundraise Up 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 | Fundraise Up | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | kr93.50 | kr100.00 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + kr0.30 | 0% + kr0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 73 |
| Country coverage | 46 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 18 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 12 | 3 |

## Choose Fundraise Up if

> Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.

- Conversion-optimized donation checkout adapted from e-commerce best practices.
- Broad payment support: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, bank debits, and cryptocurrency.
- International, multi-currency checkout with local bank-debit rails (SEPA, BACS, BECS, iDEAL).
- Used by large global nonprofits, signalling enterprise-grade reliability.


## 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.