# Payzone Fundraising vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about £3.69 more of every £100 donated than Payzone Fundraising (£100.00 vs £96.31). On the headline numbers, Payzone Fundraising 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 | Payzone Fundraising | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.31 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 3.69% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 71 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 0 |

## Choose Payzone Fundraising if

> Irish charities, clubs, schools, and community organisations that want simple cashless fundraising, including donation pages, events, and recurring giving, backed by an established Irish payments company.

- Backed by Payzone, an established Irish payments company, with familiar payment infrastructure.
- Transparent transaction fee of 3% + VAT (about 3.69%) with no setup or monthly fees.
- Option to pass the transaction charge to donors so the cause receives the full amount.
- Supports campaigns, events, one-off and recurring donations, and merchandise sales.


## 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.