# BetterWorld vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, WhyDonate delivers about £1.05 more of every £100 donated than BetterWorld (£97.85 vs £96.80). WhyDonate holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.9/5 across 388 reviews, against 2.9/5 across 2 for BetterWorld. WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while BetterWorld does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | BetterWorld | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.80 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 2.9 (2) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 81 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 115 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 24 |

## 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 WhyDonate if

> European nonprofits and individuals who want a transparent, low-fee, GDPR-native crowdfunding platform with broad multilingual and multi-currency support.

- Zero platform fee with a transparent voluntary-tip model
- EEA data residency and GDPR-native compliance
- Broad coverage of local European payment rails (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Twint, Swish, MobilePay, Vipps, Blik, Cartes Bancaires, Satispay, MultiBanco, EPS) plus global rails (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Link, Revolut Pay)
- 19-language interface and 27 supported currencies for cross-border fundraising