# Donately vs La Cagnotte des Proches

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, La Cagnotte des Proches delivers about 4.73 more of every 100 donated than Donately (€97.53 vs £92.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, Donately and La Cagnotte des Proches are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donately | La Cagnotte des Proches |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | €97.53 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 2.3% + €0.17 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 61 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 5 |
| Data residency | — | France (OVH) |
| Languages | 0 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 3 |

## 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 La Cagnotte des Proches if

> Families, friends, and colleagues in France raising a solidarity cagnotte to support a loved one facing illness, disability, an accident, end-of-life care, or bereavement.

- Tightly focused on solidarity and health-related causes - illness, accidents, end-of-life, and bereavement collections.
- Operated by a French company (SAS, Aix-en-Provence) and certified as a social-utility enterprise (ESUS) in 2024.
- Donations are processed securely by Stripe, with withdrawals paid to the beneficiary by bank transfer.
- Offers fundraiser support beyond hosting - advice and help creating visuals, videos, and media outreach.