# Givelify vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about kr3.20 more of every kr100 donated than Givelify (kr100.00 vs kr96.80). On the headline numbers, Givelify 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 | Givelify | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | kr96.80 | kr100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + kr0.30 | 0% + kr0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 86 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 0 |

## Choose Givelify if

> US churches, places of worship, and faith-based nonprofits that want a polished mobile giving app and simple donation pages with donor analytics, rather than complex campaign tooling.

- Highly rated, widely downloaded donor app that lowers friction for mobile and repeat giving.
- Online donation pages, text-to-give, and QR giving alongside the app.
- Donor management and analytics with a dedicated giving-success coach.
- Accepts major card brands: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express.


## 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.