# Betterplace vs Givelify

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Givelify |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 86 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 1 |

## 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 Givelify if

> US churches, places of worship, and faith-based nonprofits that want a polished mobile giving app and simple donation pages with donor analytics, rather than complex campaign tooling.

- Highly rated, widely downloaded donor app that lowers friction for mobile and repeat giving.
- Online donation pages, text-to-give, and QR giving alongside the app.
- Donor management and analytics with a dedicated giving-success coach.
- Accepts major card brands: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express.