# Betterplace vs Petje Af

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Betterplace delivers about 3.20 more of every 100 donated than Petje Af (€97.20 vs £94.00 per 100). On the headline numbers, Betterplace and Petje Af are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Petje Af |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | £94.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 6% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 63 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 0 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 0 |

## 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 Petje Af if

> Dutch-speaking content creators — podcasters, educators, journalists, and niche communities — who want recurring membership and donation income while keeping ownership of their audience and payment data.

- Supports both recurring memberships and one-off donations in one platform.
- Creators retain ownership of payments, content, and customer data.
- No lock-in contract; creators pay only when they earn.
- Each creator connects their own Mollie or Stripe payment account.