# BetterWorld vs BuonaCausa

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, BuonaCausa delivers about 3.20 more of every 100 donated than BetterWorld (€100.00 vs £96.80 per 100). BuonaCausa stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while BetterWorld does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | BetterWorld | BuonaCausa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.80 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 2.9 (2) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 81 | 60 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EU |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 4 |

## Choose BetterWorld if

> Nonprofits, schools, PTOs, and community groups in the US running auctions, raffles, events, and peer-to-peer campaigns that want every fundraising tool available on every plan.

- Exceptionally broad format support: silent and live auctions, raffles, events, donation forms, peer-to-peer, crowdfunding, paddle raise, and a-thons.
- No feature gating - every fundraising tool is available even on the free entry plan.
- Paid Partner ($1,550/year) and Keystone ($5,950/year) tiers lower the platform's percentage cut for higher-volume organizations.
- Most donors (over 95%) opt to cover payment processing, so organizations retain more of each gift.


## Choose BuonaCausa if

> Italian associations, nonprofits, and individuals who want a no-commission way to collect donations directly into their own accounts, and campaigners who pair fundraising with online petitions and activism.

- Donations are paid directly into the organiser's own bank, PayPal, or postal account without platform intermediation
- No platform commission charged on donations
- Reduced third-party processing costs for recognised nonprofit (ONLUS) organisations
- Combines donation fundraising with online petitions and activism on one platform