Betterplace vs Payzone Fundraising

German and Austrian nonprofits and social-cause project owners that want a trusted, charitable, German-run donation platform with low pass-through costs and local data handling.

• ✓Operated by the charitable betterplace.org gGmbH — a nonprofit, mission-aligned platform.
• ✓Roughly 2.8% transaction fee, with the large majority of each donation passing to the project.
• ✓Free for organisations to set up and run campaigns.
• ✓Supports credit card, PayPal, SEPA Direct Debit, and bank wire transfer.

Irish charities, clubs, schools, and community organisations that want simple cashless fundraising, including donation pages, events, and recurring giving, backed by an established Irish payments company.

• ✓Backed by Payzone, an established Irish payments company, with familiar payment infrastructure.
• ✓Transparent transaction fee of 3% + VAT (about 3.69%) with no setup or monthly fees.
• ✓Option to pass the transaction charge to donors so the cause receives the full amount.
• ✓Supports campaigns, events, one-off and recurring donations, and merchandise sales.