# Betterplace vs CanadaHelps

## What the data says.

Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 3.2/5 across 1 for CanadaHelps. On the headline numbers, Betterplace and CanadaHelps are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | CanadaHelps |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | C$96.25 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 3.75% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 0% + C$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 3.2 (1) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 90 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | CA (Microsoft) |
| Languages | 2 | 2 |
| 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 CanadaHelps if

> Canadian donors who want a single secure home for their giving, and registered Canadian charities seeking online fundraising tools, automatic tax-receipting, and a profile synced from the CRA database.

- Operated by a registered Canadian charity and public foundation dedicated to online giving since 2000.
- Every CRA-registered Canadian charity has a profile, synced automatically from the CRA database.
- Automatic electronic tax receipts are issued for each donation, whether or not the donor has an account.
- Broad payment support: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, gift cards, securities, and cryptocurrency.