# Spendenportal vs Spotfund

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about kr3.20 more of every kr100 donated than Spotfund (kr100.00 vs kr96.80). On the headline numbers, Spendenportal and Spotfund are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Spendenportal | Spotfund |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | kr100.00 | kr96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + kr0.00 | 2.9% + kr0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.7 (1775) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 62 | 73 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 0 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 0 |

## 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.


## Choose Spotfund if

> US individuals and small nonprofits running time-sensitive personal or community causes who value next-business-day payouts and a simple, mobile-first, socially shareable giving flow.

- Next-business-day payouts, faster than many peers that settle over several days.
- Mobile-first, consumer-friendly giving flow optimized for social sharing.
- Supports personal causes, nonprofits, community, sports, and business campaigns.
- Nonprofit toolkit includes recurring donations, branded tax receipts, and event ticketing.