# Betterplace vs PIFworld

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Betterplace delivers about €3.60 more of every €100 donated than PIFworld (€97.20 vs €93.60). On the headline numbers, Betterplace and PIFworld are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | PIFworld |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | €93.60 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 6.05% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 0% + €0.35 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 56 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 2 |
| 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 PIFworld if

> Dutch nonprofits and companies running social-impact and employee-giving campaigns, plus individuals who want to fundraise for projects rather than simply make a one-off donation.

- Combines personal fundraising with structured corporate and employee-giving programmes.
- Connects individuals, nonprofits, and companies on a single platform.
- Participation-led model: supporters can donate, fundraise, or spread a project's message.
- Dutch and English interface for a Netherlands and European audience.