# OnParticipe vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, OnParticipe 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 3.0/5 across 21 for OnParticipe. WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while OnParticipe does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | OnParticipe | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 3 (21) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 74 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | France | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 24 |

## Choose OnParticipe if

> French and European organisers running cagnottes, ticketed events, or association fundraising who want a no-commission, French-hosted platform with identity controls, and who will read the terms for inactivity and refund charges.

- No commission on collections, so organisers keep the entire amount raised and ticket revenue.
- Designed and hosted in France, with French customer support available seven days a week.
- Funded by an optional donor tip rather than a mandatory platform charge.
- Systematic identity-document checks on organisers for fraud control.


## 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