# Continue to Give vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about kr2.95 more of every kr100 donated than Continue to Give (kr100.00 vs kr97.05). On the headline numbers, Continue to Give and Spendenportal are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Continue to Give | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | kr97.05 | kr100.00 |
| Platform fee | 2.7% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + kr0.00 | 0% + kr0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 71 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 2 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 0 |

## Choose Continue to Give if

> US and Canadian churches, faith-based nonprofits, and missionaries that want an all-in-one giving platform with recurring and text giving, event tools, and built-in fund accounting.

- All-in-one toolkit: online giving, recurring and text giving, event registration, newsletters, and built-in fund accounting.
- Explicit faith-based positioning with a pledge not to deplatform organizations over their faith.
- Tiered plans including a no-monthly-cost Silver tier and a Gold tier with interchange-plus card rates.
- Optional donor-covers-fees toggle so organizations can receive the full donation amount.


## Choose Spendenportal if

> German donors who want to give to vetted, pre-checked charities, and supporters who want to donate goods as well as money - including via SocialBay's eBay-based resale of in-kind donations.

- Handles both monetary (Geldspenden) and in-kind (Sachspenden) donations, the latter via SocialBay's eBay-based resale.
- Charities are vetted and activated only after a review, supporting donor trust.
- Operated by a nonprofit social enterprise (Sozial-Aktien-Gesellschaft) recognized as a donation-collecting organization.
- Donors can choose whether payment-provider costs are added on top of or deducted from their gift.