# CerfApp vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about 1.00 more of every 100 donated than CerfApp (£100.00 vs €99.00 per 100). On the headline numbers, CerfApp and Spendenportal are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | CerfApp | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €99.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 1% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 3.6 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 0 |

## 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 Spendenportal if

> German donors who want to give to vetted, pre-checked charities, and supporters who want to donate goods as well as money - including via SocialBay's eBay-based resale of in-kind donations.

- Handles both monetary (Geldspenden) and in-kind (Sachspenden) donations, the latter via SocialBay's eBay-based resale.
- Charities are vetted and activated only after a review, supporting donor trust.
- Operated by a nonprofit social enterprise (Sozial-Aktien-Gesellschaft) recognized as a donation-collecting organization.
- Donors can choose whether payment-provider costs are added on top of or deducted from their gift.