# GiveSendGo vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about £3.00 more of every £100 donated than GiveSendGo (£100.00 vs £97.00). On the headline numbers, GiveSendGo and Spendenportal are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveSendGo | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.7% + £0.30 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 2.4 (633) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 80 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 0 |

## Choose GiveSendGo if

> US-based faith communities, churches, and individual fundraisers — including those running legal-defense or politically sensitive campaigns that mainstream platforms may decline to host.

- Funded by optional donor tips and give-back rather than a mandatory platform fee.
- Distinctive faith-based positioning with a unique 'Pray' button for supporters.
- Permissive content policy hosts causes some mainstream platforms decline.
- Supports cards, bank transfers, Google Pay, and Link one-click checkout.


## Choose Spendenportal if

> German donors who want to give to vetted, pre-checked charities, and supporters who want to donate goods as well as money - including via SocialBay's eBay-based resale of in-kind donations.

- Handles both monetary (Geldspenden) and in-kind (Sachspenden) donations, the latter via SocialBay's eBay-based resale.
- Charities are vetted and activated only after a review, supporting donor trust.
- Operated by a nonprofit social enterprise (Sozial-Aktien-Gesellschaft) recognized as a donation-collecting organization.
- Donors can choose whether payment-provider costs are added on top of or deducted from their gift.