PPL
Portuguese entrepreneurs, creatives, and social or humanitarian causes that want a local, Portuguese-language crowdfunding platform offering both reward-based campaigns and a dedicated donations area.
A Portuguese crowdfunding platform founded in 2011 for entrepreneurs, creatives, and social causes, offering reward-based campaigns and a dedicated 'PPL Causas' area for donations to humanitarian projects.
- Headquartered in
- PT
- Funding model
- Fixed platform fee
- Platform fee
- 6.15%
- Payment processing fee
- 2.46% + €0.00
- Recipient gets
- €91.39 / €100
- Data residency
- —
- Countries
- 1
- Languages
- 2
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Our overall editorial assessment. Full weights are published in the methodology.
The review
PPL is one of Portugal's longest-running crowdfunding platforms, operating since 2011. It serves a community of entrepreneurs, creatives, and socially active people, hosting campaigns that range from creative and product projects to social causes, animal welfare, and sports.
The platform supports more than one funding approach. Reward-based campaigns let creators offer a product or experience to backers, while a dedicated 'PPL Causas' area is reserved for humanitarian and social-impact projects where supporters can give donations. Campaigns can run on an all-or-nothing basis or as flexible funding, and for causes, supporters may choose to give unconditionally, so their contribution transfers even if the project does not reach its full goal.
PPL's strength is its established position in the Portuguese-language market and its explicit separation of cause-based giving from reward crowdfunding, which gives social projects a tailored home. The trade-off is scale and scope: it is focused on Portugal and the Portuguese language, with a minimum project size that makes it better suited to substantive campaigns than very small collections.
Operating under Portugal's regulatory framework for donation- and reward-based collaborative financing, PPL pairs project pages with a community emphasis, positioning itself as a civic, locally rooted alternative to international crowdfunding sites for Portuguese creators and causes.
What’s good, what’s not.
- ✓Long-established in Portugal, operating since 2011.
- ✓Supports both reward-based crowdfunding and a dedicated 'PPL Causas' donations area for social causes.
- ✓Offers all-or-nothing and flexible funding models.
- ✓Supporters can give unconditionally to causes, transferring even if the goal is not met.
- ✓Strong local, Portuguese-language community focus across creative, social, and civic projects.
- −Focused on Portugal and the Portuguese language, with limited international reach.
- −A minimum project size makes it less suited to very small or ad-hoc collections.
- −Smaller scale and brand recognition than major international crowdfunding platforms.
- −Pricing is not yet captured in this catalog and should be confirmed via a verify pass.
Where each €100 actually goes.
Fees vary by payment method. We default to Credit card because that’s the dominant method in the United Kingdom.
PPL doesn’t process payments in GBP. Pricing is shown in EUR, its native currency.
1 countries · 2 languages · 4 payment methods.
Better-fit alternatives to PPL.
Our curated shortlist — the platforms we’d actively recommend instead of PPL for fundraising in the United Kingdom, with the figures behind the call. For the full, neutral index of every side-by-side, see Compare with below.
WhyDonate lets more of each donation through than PPL — £97.85 reaches the recipient per 100, against £91.39.
Zeffy lets more of each donation through than PPL — £100.00 reaches the recipient per 100, against £91.39.
JustGiving lets more of each donation through than PPL — £97.80 reaches the recipient per 100, against £91.39.
See how PPL stacks up head-to-head.
Frequently asked questions
What does PPL charge?
PPL charges a 6.15% platform fee and 2.46% + €0.00 in payment processing per donation.
Where is PPL based?
PPL was founded in — and is headquartered in PT. Data residency is unspecified.
Which countries does PPL operate in?
PPL operates in 1 countries including major European markets and English-speaking markets.
Is PPL suitable for nonprofits?
PPL’s primary audience is individual fundraisers and groups; nonprofits can use the platform but may find specialized alternatives better suited.
Rankings are produced by a public editorial methodology — open to peer review. We disclose ownership, scoring weights, and every change.