# Donately vs OnParticipe

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, OnParticipe delivers about 7.20 more of every 100 donated than Donately (€100.00 vs £92.80 per 100). Donately holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.5/5 across 17 reviews, against 3.0/5 across 21 for OnParticipe.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donately | OnParticipe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | 3 (21) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | France |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 1 |

## 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 OnParticipe if

> French and European organisers running cagnottes, ticketed events, or association fundraising who want a no-commission, French-hosted platform with identity controls, and who will read the terms for inactivity and refund charges.

- No commission on collections, so organisers keep the entire amount raised and ticket revenue.
- Designed and hosted in France, with French customer support available seven days a week.
- Funded by an optional donor tip rather than a mandatory platform charge.
- Systematic identity-document checks on organisers for fraud control.