# Rete del Dono vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, WhyDonate delivers about £3.95 more of every £100 donated than Rete del Dono (£97.85 vs £93.90). WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Rete del Dono does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Rete del Dono | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £93.90 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 6.1% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 24 |

## Choose Rete del Dono if

> Italian registered nonprofits (ETS) and the individuals, athletes, and companies fundraising on their behalf — especially charity-sport campaigns tied to major Italian marathons and tax-deductible giving.

- Beneficiaries are always vetted registered Italian nonprofits (ETS).
- Italian fiscal receipts with IRPEF deductions and Art Bonus support.
- Deep charity-sport program tied to major Italian marathons.
- Broad payment support: cards, PayPal, Stripe, Satispay, Apple Pay, Google Pay.


## 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