# Grassrootz vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

On the headline numbers, Grassrootz 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 | Grassrootz | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$100.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + A$0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 76 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 0 |

## Choose Grassrootz if

> Australian and New Zealand registered charities running peer-to-peer campaigns and endurance-event fundraising who want supporter-driven tools and in-person cashless giving rather than personal one-off fundraisers.

- Core fundraising features provided to charity members at no cost, funded by an optional donor contribution at checkout.
- Partnerships with major endurance events including City2Surf and the Sydney, Auckland, Brisbane, and Melbourne marathons.
- Strong peer-to-peer tooling built around supporters' personal networks.
- In-person cashless giving via Tap'n'Donate card readers for physical events.


## 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.