# BuonaCausa vs Kagnotte

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, BuonaCausa delivers about €1.25 more of every €100 donated than Kagnotte (€100.00 vs €98.75). BuonaCausa stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Kagnotte does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | BuonaCausa | Kagnotte |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | €98.75 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 1% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 3.9 (233) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 60 | 49 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 2 |

## 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 Kagnotte if

> French and EEA-based organisers running social group pots or association fundraising who want low, transparent per-contribution pricing and unlimited payouts at no extra cost, and who don't need an English-first international experience.

- Low headline pricing: a small per-contribution commission plus a fixed amount, undercutting many higher-rate rivals.
- Unlimited withdrawals to a bank account at no additional charge.
- No subscription or setup cost to create and manage a pot.
- Regulated fund custody via Lemonway, authorised by France's ACPR (no. 16568).