# Betterplace vs GiveWheel

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveWheel delivers about 1.40 more of every 100 donated than Betterplace (£98.60 vs €97.20 per 100). Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 4.7/5 across 92 for GiveWheel.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | GiveWheel |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | £98.60 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 1.2% + £0.20 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 4.7 (92) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 71 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EU (Heroku) |
| 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 GiveWheel if

> UK fundraisers, charities, companies, and event organisers who want to raise for one or several charities at once, with custom donation splits, Gift Aid, ticketed events, and prize draws.

- Lets fundraisers support an unlimited number of charities from one page, with a custom percentage split.
- Gift Aid is handled via disbursement partner Charities Trust for eligible UK donations.
- Broad feature set: ticketed events, prize draws and raffles, DonorMap, donor messaging, and a public API.
- Accepts donations in GBP, AUD, USD, CAD, and EUR, settled in GBP.