# BetterWorld vs Donately

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, BetterWorld delivers about £4.00 more of every £100 donated than Donately (£96.80 vs £92.80). On the headline numbers, BetterWorld and Donately are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | BetterWorld | Donately |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.80 | £92.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 4% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 2.9 (2) | 4.5 (17) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 81 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 0 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 5 |

## 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 Donately if

> Nonprofits, churches, and schools that want embeddable, customizable donation forms and an API to add giving to an existing website, with Stripe and PayPal processing and CRM integrations.

- Customizable, embeddable donation forms and campaign pages that drop into an existing site.
- API access and native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Constant Contact, and Mailchimp.
- Card and ACH processing via Stripe and PayPal, with optional donor cost coverage.
- Peer-to-peer, team fundraising, recurring giving, text-to-give, and event ticketing included.