# Betterplace vs GlobalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Betterplace delivers about 5.20 more of every 100 donated than GlobalGiving (€97.20 vs £92.00 per 100). On the headline numbers, Betterplace and GlobalGiving are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | GlobalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | £92.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 5% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 3% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 84 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 0 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 11 |

## 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 GlobalGiving if

> Donors and companies wanting to give to vetted grassroots nonprofits worldwide, and smaller international NGOs seeking a due-diligence stamp and access to US donors and corporate giving programs.

- Rigorous due-diligence vetting of every nonprofit, a strong trust signal for donors.
- Global reach connecting donors and companies with grassroots nonprofits worldwide.
- Established track record since 2002 with more than a million donors.
- Corporate-giving and disaster-relief programs beyond individual donations.