# Betterplace vs Zeffy

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Zeffy delivers about 2.80 more of every 100 donated than Betterplace (£100.00 vs €97.20 per 100). Betterplace holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.8/5 across 851 reviews, against 4.5/5 across 441 for Zeffy.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Zeffy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 4.5 (441) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 4 |
| Data residency | — | CA |
| Languages | 2 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 4 |

## 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 Zeffy if

> Nonprofits and charitable organisations in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia that want donation forms, event ticketing, auctions, and donor management together in one tool without per-tool software costs.

- Combines donation forms, event ticketing, raffles, auctions, peer-to-peer campaigns, memberships, and donor management in one platform.
- Accepts credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and ACH bank transfers.
- Used by more than 100,000 nonprofit organisations across North America.
- Available in English and French, suiting both US and Canadian (including Québec) organisations.