# Kagnotte vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about 1.25 more of every 100 donated than Kagnotte (£100.00 vs €98.75 per 100). On the headline numbers, Kagnotte 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 | Kagnotte | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €98.75 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 1% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 3.9 (233) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 49 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 0 |

## Choose Kagnotte if

> French and EEA-based organisers running social group pots or association fundraising who want low, transparent per-contribution pricing and unlimited payouts at no extra cost, and who don't need an English-first international experience.

- Low headline pricing: a small per-contribution commission plus a fixed amount, undercutting many higher-rate rivals.
- Unlimited withdrawals to a bank account at no additional charge.
- No subscription or setup cost to create and manage a pot.
- Regulated fund custody via Lemonway, authorised by France's ACPR (no. 16568).


## 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.