# Betterplace vs Kagnotte

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Kagnotte delivers about €1.55 more of every €100 donated than Betterplace (€98.75 vs €97.20). Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 3.9/5 across 233 for Kagnotte.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Kagnotte |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | €98.75 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 1% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 3.9 (233) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 49 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 2 |

## 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 Kagnotte if

> French and EEA-based organisers running social group pots or association fundraising who want low, transparent per-contribution pricing and unlimited payouts at no extra cost, and who don't need an English-first international experience.

- Low headline pricing: a small per-contribution commission plus a fixed amount, undercutting many higher-rate rivals.
- Unlimited withdrawals to a bank account at no additional charge.
- No subscription or setup cost to create and manage a pot.
- Regulated fund custody via Lemonway, authorised by France's ACPR (no. 16568).