# Betterplace vs Kadonation

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Kadonation delivers about €2.80 more of every €100 donated than Betterplace (€100.00 vs €97.20). Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 3.3/5 across 1,365 for Kadonation.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Kadonation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 3.3 (1365) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 42 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 3 |
| 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 Kadonation if

> Benelux users organising social group gifts among friends, family, or colleagues who are happy to receive a gift card rather than cash, plus organisers wanting a low-cost donation-crowdfunding option in Belgium and the Netherlands.

- Group gifts cost nothing to create or contribute to beyond the contribution itself.
- Broad Benelux payment coverage: Bancontact, iDEAL, Payconiq, Visa, Mastercard, and Maestro.
- Donation-crowdfunding path charges only a one-time deduction at project close, with no start or per-contribution cost.
- Integrated into the Payconiq by Bancontact app for quick, secure contributions.