# Doneerveilig vs OnParticipe

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, OnParticipe delivers about €7.66 more of every €100 donated than Doneerveilig (€100.00 vs €92.34). On the headline numbers, Doneerveilig and OnParticipe are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Doneerveilig | OnParticipe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €92.34 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 6.7% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 2.9 (44) | 3 (21) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 21 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | France |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 1 |

## Choose Doneerveilig if

> Dutch and Belgian individuals running personal fundraising campaigns who prioritise a security-focused, PSD2-compliant platform with escrow handling and a simple, quick setup.

- Security-focused framing: PSD2 compliance supervised by De Nederlandsche Bank, escrow handling, and SSL.
- Donations held on a third-party escrow account (derdengeldenrekening) before payout.
- Quick, simple campaign setup aimed at individual causes.
- Account verification via a one-cent micro-transfer.


## 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.