# Fundraise Up vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about kr6.50 more of every kr100 donated than Fundraise Up (kr100.00 vs kr93.50). On the headline numbers, Fundraise Up 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 | Fundraise Up | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | kr93.50 | kr100.00 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + kr0.30 | 0% + kr0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 46 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 18 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 12 | 0 |

## Choose Fundraise Up if

> Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.

- Conversion-optimized donation checkout adapted from e-commerce best practices.
- Broad payment support: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, bank debits, and cryptocurrency.
- International, multi-currency checkout with local bank-debit rails (SEPA, BACS, BECS, iDEAL).
- Used by large global nonprofits, signalling enterprise-grade reliability.


## 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.