# Doneerveilig vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, WhyDonate delivers about 5.51 more of every 100 donated than Doneerveilig (£97.85 vs €92.34 per 100). WhyDonate holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.9/5 across 388 reviews, against 2.9/5 across 44 for Doneerveilig. WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Doneerveilig does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Doneerveilig | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €92.34 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 6.7% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 2.9 (44) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 21 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 115 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 24 |

## 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 WhyDonate if

> European nonprofits and individuals who want a transparent, low-fee, GDPR-native crowdfunding platform with broad multilingual and multi-currency support.

- Zero platform fee with a transparent voluntary-tip model
- EEA data residency and GDPR-native compliance
- Broad coverage of local European payment rails (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Twint, Swish, MobilePay, Vipps, Blik, Cartes Bancaires, Satispay, MultiBanco, EPS) plus global rails (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Link, Revolut Pay)
- 19-language interface and 27 supported currencies for cross-border fundraising