# Betterplace vs Crowdfunder UK

## What the data says.

Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 4.1/5 across 2,873 for Crowdfunder UK. Crowdfunder UK stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Betterplace does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Crowdfunder UK |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | £97.48 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 2.28% + £0.24 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 4.1 (2873) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 85 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | UK/EEA/US |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 4 |

## 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 Crowdfunder UK if

> UK community projects, charities, social enterprises, and individuals who want match funding and Gift Aid alongside either donation or reward-based crowdfunding and can settle to a UK bank account.

- Supports multiple campaign types - donations, reward-based pledges, and community share offers - on one platform.
- Match funding (+Extra) can unlock grants from corporate, public-sector, and charitable partners on top of money raised.
- Gift Aid is handled through SwiftAid for eligible UK donations.
- Offers both All-or-Nothing and Flexible (keep-what-you-raise) funding models.