# DierenDonatie vs Pledge

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, DierenDonatie delivers about 3.20 more of every 100 donated than Pledge (€100.00 vs $96.80 per 100). DierenDonatie stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Pledge does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | DierenDonatie | Pledge |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 38 | 76 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | US |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 10 |

## 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 Pledge if

> US-based individuals, nonprofits and purpose-driven companies that want a free-to-start fundraiser with a wide range of giving methods - cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, stock, donor-advised funds and crypto - plus Shopify and API-based embedded giving.

- No mandatory platform fee - funded by optional donor tipping, with most donors choosing to cover the fees.
- Exceptionally broad giving methods: cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, stock, donor-advised funds and cryptocurrency.
- Donations are regranted through the Pledgeling Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) public charity, with multi-state US fundraising compliance.
- Shopify "Give & Grow" app and embedded-giving APIs and widgets for e-commerce and product integrations.