# CerfApp vs Donately

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, CerfApp delivers about 6.20 more of every 100 donated than Donately (€99.00 vs £92.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, CerfApp 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 | CerfApp | Donately |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €99.00 | £92.80 |
| Platform fee | 1% | 4% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.5 (17) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 3.6 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 0 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 5 |

## Choose CerfApp if

> French loi 1901 associations and religious communities (Jewish, Muslim, and Christian) that need donation collection with automatic CERFA tax receipts, member management, and a ready-made website in one place.

- All-in-one toolkit for French associations: donation collection, a member directory and CRM, and a built-in website.
- Automatic CERFA tax-receipt generation for French donors and associations.
- Dedicated configurations for Jewish (Tsedaka), Muslim (Sadaqa), and Christian (Denier) giving traditions.
- Online card payments processed through Stripe, certified PCI-DSS Level 1.


## 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.