# Betterplace vs Coral

## What the data says.

On the headline numbers, Betterplace and Coral are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Coral |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | €96.85 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 2.9% + €0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 40 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 0 |

## 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 Coral if

> Spanish associations, foundations, and grassroots social or animal-welfare causes that want a zero-commission platform where donors can cover processing fees so the cause receives the full donation.

- 0% platform commission, sustained by voluntary donor tips (propinas)
- Stripe payment processing at 2.9% plus EUR 0.25 per donation, with donors able to cover the fee at checkout
- Automatic donation certificates for nonprofits accredited under Spain's Law 49/2002
- Specialised in solidarity causes: NGOs, foundations, animal rescue, and social projects