# Betterplace vs StartSomeGood

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Betterplace delivers about 5.10 more of every 100 donated than StartSomeGood (€97.20 vs £92.10 per 100). On the headline numbers, Betterplace and StartSomeGood are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | StartSomeGood |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | £92.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 5% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 23 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 1 |

## 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 StartSomeGood if

> Nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers running social-impact crowdfunding campaigns who want a flexible 'tipping point' funding model rather than strict all-or-nothing.

- Mission-focused platform dedicated to nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers.
- Success-based 5% platform fee charged only if a campaign reaches its goal.
- Flexible 'tipping point' model releases funds once a minimum is reached, not strict all-or-nothing.
- Option to pass platform and processing fees to donors or absorb them.