# Betterplace vs Leetchi

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Leetchi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | €90.85 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 6% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 2.9% + €0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 4.2 (50676) |
| Country coverage | 2 | 36 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 2 | 4 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 3 |

## Choose Betterplace if

> 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.

- 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.


## Choose Leetchi if

> French-speaking fundraisers, group collections among friends, and EU nonprofits comfortable with a longer-established platform.

- Established European brand with strong recognition in France and Belgium
- Free group-pot product for personal collections (gifts, group events, shared expenses)
- EEA data residency
- High Trustpilot rating across 50,000+ reviews