# Doneeractie vs Pledge

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Pledge delivers about 3.29 more of every 100 donated than Doneeractie ($96.80 vs €93.51 per 100). On the headline numbers, Doneeractie and Pledge are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Doneeractie | Pledge |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €93.51 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 6% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 2.7 (28) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 76 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 9 | 10 |

## Choose Doneeractie if

> Dutch and Belgian individuals and informal causes that want to launch a simple donation campaign quickly, with support for iDEAL, Bancontact, and other local payment methods.

- Independent Dutch platform online since 2016, active in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- Fast campaign setup, with organisers able to be online within minutes.
- Supports Dutch and Belgian payment methods including iDEAL, Wero, Bancontact, Belfius, and KBC/CBC, plus cards, PayPal, and Przelewy24.
- Campaign-owner verification handled via Payaut, with Mollie as the donor-facing payment gateway.


## 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.