# DierenDonatie vs GiveNow

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, DierenDonatie delivers about 1.76 more of every 100 donated than GiveNow (€100.00 vs A$98.24 per 100). DierenDonatie stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GiveNow does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | DierenDonatie | GiveNow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | A$98.24 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 1.5% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 0.26% + A$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 38 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | Australia |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 0 |

## Choose DierenDonatie if

> Dutch animal shelters, wildlife-care centres, and animal-welfare foundations that need specific goods funded - food, equipment, or veterinary care - and value a CBF-accredited, transparent donation platform.

- Exclusively focused on animal-welfare causes in the Netherlands
- Recognised as one of the first CBF-accredited donation platforms (CBF-Erkend Donatieplatform)
- Product-fulfilment model: donors fund specific items the platform buys and ships to the foundation
- Flat per-project contribution (EUR 10 up to EUR 300, EUR 25 above) rather than a percentage cut of donations


## Choose GiveNow if

> Small to medium-sized Australian charities, not-for-profits, and community groups that want a low-overhead, no-lock-in donation platform with local Australian data storage and an optional donor-covers-cost model.

- Purpose-built for small to medium-sized Australian charities and not-for-profits.
- Operated by Our Community, a long-running Australian social enterprise (since 2001).
- Percentage-based pricing with no subscription, lock-in, or upfront cost.
- Optional donor-covers-cost model, which the platform reports most donors choose.