# Betterplace vs BetterWorld

## What the data says.

Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 2.9/5 across 2 for BetterWorld. On the headline numbers, Betterplace and BetterWorld are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | BetterWorld |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | £96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 2.9 (2) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 81 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 0 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 5 |

## Choose Betterplace if

> German and Austrian nonprofits and social-cause project owners that want a trusted, charitable, German-run donation platform with low pass-through costs and local data handling.

- Operated by the charitable betterplace.org gGmbH — a nonprofit, mission-aligned platform.
- Roughly 2.8% transaction fee, with the large majority of each donation passing to the project.
- Free for organisations to set up and run campaigns.
- Supports credit card, PayPal, SEPA Direct Debit, and bank wire transfer.


## Choose BetterWorld if

> Nonprofits, schools, PTOs, and community groups in the US running auctions, raffles, events, and peer-to-peer campaigns that want every fundraising tool available on every plan.

- Exceptionally broad format support: silent and live auctions, raffles, events, donation forms, peer-to-peer, crowdfunding, paddle raise, and a-thons.
- No feature gating - every fundraising tool is available even on the free entry plan.
- Paid Partner ($1,550/year) and Keystone ($5,950/year) tiers lower the platform's percentage cut for higher-volume organizations.
- Most donors (over 95%) opt to cover payment processing, so organizations retain more of each gift.