# PIFworld vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, WhyDonate delivers about 4.25 more of every 100 donated than PIFworld (£97.85 vs €93.60 per 100). WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while PIFworld does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | PIFworld | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €93.60 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 6.05% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.35 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 56 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 2 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 24 |

## Choose PIFworld if

> Dutch nonprofits and companies running social-impact and employee-giving campaigns, plus individuals who want to fundraise for projects rather than simply make a one-off donation.

- Combines personal fundraising with structured corporate and employee-giving programmes.
- Connects individuals, nonprofits, and companies on a single platform.
- Participation-led model: supporters can donate, fundraise, or spread a project's message.
- Dutch and English interface for a Netherlands and European audience.


## 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