# BuonaCausa vs GINGER

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, BuonaCausa delivers about €2.15 more of every €100 donated than GINGER (€100.00 vs €97.85). On the headline numbers, BuonaCausa and GINGER are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | BuonaCausa | GINGER |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | €97.85 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.8% + €0.35 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 60 | 65 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU | EU |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 4 |

## 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


## Choose GINGER if

> Italian creators, associations, and local businesses running reward-based or donation campaigns who value a platform with a strong project-success rate and roots in the Emilia-Romagna region.

- One of the highest project-success rates among Italian crowdfunding platforms
- Mixed model supporting both reward-based campaigns and donation fundraising
- Open to individuals, associations, businesses, and public administrations
- Does not retain a platform percentage of funds raised (payment-processing commissions apply)