# Betterplace vs JustGiving

## What the data says.

Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 4.1/5 across 7,663 for JustGiving. On the headline numbers, Betterplace and JustGiving are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | JustGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | £97.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 1.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 4.1 (7663) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 6 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 7 |

## 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 JustGiving if

> UK charities and individual fundraisers who want a recognised, no-platform-fee donation platform with Gift Aid support and a fully free direct-donation option.

- No platform fee and free to set up a fundraising page.
- Low payment processing: 1.9% + GBP0.30 for charities, 2.9% + GBP0.35 for personal crowdfunding.
- Gift Aid administration for UK charities (5% applied to Gift Aid, not the donation).
- Free Giving Checkout option with no processing fees and 100% to the charity.