# mycause vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about 2.50 more of every 100 donated than mycause (£100.00 vs A$97.50 per 100). On the headline numbers, mycause 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 | mycause | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$97.50 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.5% + A$0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 75 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | Australia (US backup) | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 0 |

## Choose mycause if

> Australian individuals, registered charities, and schools running domestic donation campaigns who value a long-established, locally owned platform with Australian data residency and a donor-tip funding model for personal causes.

- Long-established Australian pioneer of crowdfunding, operating since 2009.
- Wholly Australian owned and operated, with primary servers based in Sydney.
- Personal fundraisers carry no platform charge, funded by an optional donor tip.
- Donations receipted to the chosen Australian charity.


## 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.