# Betterplace vs Give Lively

## What the data says.

Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 3.3/5 across 1 for Give Lively. On the headline numbers, Betterplace and Give Lively are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Give Lively |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | $97.50 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 2.2% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 3.3 (1) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 87 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 2 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 6 |

## 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 Give Lively if

> US 501(c)(3) nonprofits seeking a fully underwritten, no-cost fundraising toolkit - campaign pages, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, and events - backed by philanthropist founders rather than platform charges.

- Underwritten by philanthropist founders, so member nonprofits are not charged for the software.
- Full toolkit: campaign pages, donation widgets, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, team fundraising, and events.
- Donors can opt to cover processing, helping organizations keep the full gift.
- Rapid disbursement with no holding period.