# Donately vs GINGER

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GINGER delivers about 5.05 more of every 100 donated than Donately (€97.85 vs £92.80 per 100). GINGER stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Donately does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donately | GINGER |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | €97.85 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 1.8% + €0.35 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 65 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EU |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 4 |

## 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.


## Choose GINGER if

> Italian creators, associations, and local businesses running reward-based or donation campaigns who value a platform with a strong project-success rate and roots in the Emilia-Romagna region.

- One of the highest project-success rates among Italian crowdfunding platforms
- Mixed model supporting both reward-based campaigns and donation fundraising
- Open to individuals, associations, businesses, and public administrations
- Does not retain a platform percentage of funds raised (payment-processing commissions apply)