# Les Petites Pierres vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Les Petites Pierres delivers about 2.15 more of every 100 donated than WhyDonate (€100.00 vs £97.85 per 100). WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Les Petites Pierres does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Les Petites Pierres | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 52 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | FR | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 24 |

## Choose Les Petites Pierres if

> French associations and nonprofits running solidarity-housing and anti-poverty projects, who benefit from partner matching that doubles eligible donations and from French tax-deductible giving.

- Partner matching doubles every eligible donation up to the project goal.
- Run as an endowment fund, so associations collect without a platform commission.
- Banking commissions reimbursed by partner Crédit Agricole des Savoie.
- French tax-receipt handling and donor tax deductions supported.


## 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