Betterplace
German and Austrian nonprofits and social-cause project owners that want a trusted, charitable, German-run donation platform with low pass-through costs and local data handling.
A German donation crowdfunding platform run by the charitable betterplace.org gGmbH, serving Germany and Austria on a transaction-fee model that passes the bulk of each donation to the project.
- Grundlagt
- 2007
- Hovedkontor i
- DE
- Forretningsmodel
- Behold hele beløbet
- Platformgebyr
- 0%
- Transaktionsgebyr
- 2.8% + €0.00
- Modtager får
- €97.20 / €100
- Datalagring
- —
- Lande
- 2
- Sprog
- 2
- Trustpilot
- 4.8 / 5
- Senest opdateret
- 2026-06-02
Vores samlede redaktionelle vurdering. De fulde vægtninger er offentliggjort i metoden.
Anmeldelsen
betterplace.org is Germany's best-known donation crowdfunding platform, founded in 2007 and operated by the charitable betterplace.org gGmbH. It connects donors with nonprofit projects and social causes, primarily across Germany and Austria, and is built around organisations and individual project owners collecting for public-benefit causes.
The platform is free for organisations to use: betterplace.org retains roughly 2.8% of each donation to cover payment-provider and technical processing costs, passing the remaining share directly to the supported project. Its own operating costs are funded separately through voluntary additional donor contributions, corporate partnerships, and private funding rather than from that transaction share. Supported payment methods include credit card, PayPal, SEPA Direct Debit, and bank wire transfer.
betterplace.org's strength is its standing as a trusted, nonprofit-run platform in the German-speaking market, where charitable status and German data handling matter to donors and organisations. The trade-offs are a narrow geographic footprint and limited language coverage: it centres on Germany and Austria with a German and English interface, which makes it less suited to cross-border or multilingual fundraising than internationally focused competitors.
For German and Austrian nonprofits that want a recognised, charitable platform with low pass-through costs, betterplace.org is a natural fit; organisations fundraising across multiple European countries or in additional languages may find its coverage limiting. Donations flow to projects on a keep-what-is-raised basis rather than an all-or-nothing model.
Hvad der er godt, og hvad der ikke er.
- ✓Operated by the charitable betterplace.org gGmbH — a nonprofit, mission-aligned platform.
- ✓Roughly 2.8% transaction fee, with the large majority of each donation passing to the project.
- ✓Free for organisations to set up and run campaigns.
- ✓Supports credit card, PayPal, SEPA Direct Debit, and bank wire transfer.
- ✓Established, widely recognised platform in the German-speaking donation market.
- −Narrow geographic footprint — focused on Germany and Austria rather than pan-European coverage.
- −Limited interface language coverage (German and English) for cross-border fundraising.
- −Single-currency (EUR) settlement may not suit organisations collecting in other currencies.
Hvor hver €100 faktisk ender.
Gebyrerne varierer efter betalingsmetode. Vi bruger MobilePay som udgangspunkt, fordi det er den dominerende metode i Danmark.
Betterplace håndterer ikke betalinger i DKK. Priserne vises i EUR, platformens egen valuta.
| Betalingsmetode | Per transaktion | Af €100 får modtageren | Noter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Pay · Bank Transfer · Card · Google Pay · PayPal · SEPA | 2.8% + €0.00 | €97.20 | 0% platformgebyr |
2 lande · 2 sprog · 6 betalingsmetoder.
Bedre alternativer til Betterplace.
Vores udvalgte liste — de platforme, vi aktivt ville anbefale i stedet for Betterplace til indsamling i Danmark, med tallene bag vurderingen. Det fulde, neutrale indeks over alle direkte sammenligninger finder du under Sammenlign med nedenfor.
WhyDonate lader mere af hver donation slippe igennem end Betterplace — kr97.85 når frem til modtageren per 100 mod kr97.20.
4fund.com lader mere af hver donation slippe igennem end Betterplace — kr100.00 når frem til modtageren per 100 mod kr97.20.
Donorbox opererer i flere lande end Betterplace (23 mod 2), så den når donorer, Betterplace ikke kan.
Se, hvordan Betterplace klarer sig i en direkte dyst.
Ofte stillede spørgsmål
Hvad koster Betterplace?
Betterplace tager et platformgebyr på 0% og 2.8% + €0.00 i transaktionsgebyr per donation.
Hvor ligger Betterplace?
Betterplace blev grundlagt i 2007 og har hovedkontor i DE. Datalagringen er unspecified.
Hvilke lande opererer Betterplace i?
Betterplace opererer i 2 lande, herunder store europæiske markeder og engelsksprogede markeder.
Egner Betterplace sig til nonprofit-organisationer?
Betterplace retter sig primært mod private indsamlere og grupper; nonprofit-organisationer kan godt bruge platformen, men finder måske bedre egnede specialiserede alternativer.
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