# Petje Af vs Pledge

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Pledge delivers about 2.80 more of every 100 donated than Petje Af ($96.80 vs £94.00 per 100). On the headline numbers, Petje Af and Pledge are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Petje Af | Pledge |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £94.00 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 6% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 63 | 76 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 10 |

## Choose Petje Af if

> Dutch-speaking content creators — podcasters, educators, journalists, and niche communities — who want recurring membership and donation income while keeping ownership of their audience and payment data.

- Supports both recurring memberships and one-off donations in one platform.
- Creators retain ownership of payments, content, and customer data.
- No lock-in contract; creators pay only when they earn.
- Each creator connects their own Mollie or Stripe payment account.


## Choose Pledge if

> US-based individuals, nonprofits and purpose-driven companies that want a free-to-start fundraiser with a wide range of giving methods - cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, stock, donor-advised funds and crypto - plus Shopify and API-based embedded giving.

- No mandatory platform fee - funded by optional donor tipping, with most donors choosing to cover the fees.
- Exceptionally broad giving methods: cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, stock, donor-advised funds and cryptocurrency.
- Donations are regranted through the Pledgeling Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) public charity, with multi-state US fundraising compliance.
- Shopify "Give & Grow" app and embedded-giving APIs and widgets for e-commerce and product integrations.