# Kadonation vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Kadonation delivers about 2.15 more of every 100 donated than WhyDonate (€100.00 vs £97.85 per 100). WhyDonate holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.9/5 across 388 reviews, against 3.3/5 across 1,365 for Kadonation. WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Kadonation does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Kadonation | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 3.3 (1365) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 42 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 3 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 24 |

## Choose Kadonation if

> Benelux users organising social group gifts among friends, family, or colleagues who are happy to receive a gift card rather than cash, plus organisers wanting a low-cost donation-crowdfunding option in Belgium and the Netherlands.

- Group gifts cost nothing to create or contribute to beyond the contribution itself.
- Broad Benelux payment coverage: Bancontact, iDEAL, Payconiq, Visa, Mastercard, and Maestro.
- Donation-crowdfunding path charges only a one-time deduction at project close, with no start or per-contribution cost.
- Integrated into the Payconiq by Bancontact app for quick, secure contributions.


## 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