# Betterplace vs Mightycause

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Betterplace delivers about 1.98 more of every 100 donated than Mightycause (€97.20 vs $95.22 per 100). Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 3.2/5 across 1 for Mightycause.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Mightycause |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | $95.22 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 1.99% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 2.2% + $0.29 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 3.2 (1) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| 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 Mightycause if

> US nonprofits looking for a free or low-cost starting point for donation pages, peer-to-peer campaigns, and event fundraising.

- Free plan available at $0 per month.
- Nonprofit-focused toolset: donation pages, peer-to-peer, and event fundraising.
- Used by more than 76,000 nonprofit organisations.
- Supports cards, PayPal, Venmo, ACH, and digital wallets.