⚡ Donation Tools in Germany

Donation tools enable individuals and organizations to collect financial contributions online through one-time, recurring, membership-based, or campaign-driven donations.

Germany is a Central European country with a population of around 84 million people.

According to our research, donation tools are used on 0.8% of websites from Germany.

Statistics based on 244K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top donation tools in Germany in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal Donate with an impressive share of 35.3%, followed by PayPal.Me with 20.6% and Patreon with 14.8%.

PayPal Donate 35.3%
PayPal.Me 20.6%
Patreon 14.8%
GiveWP 9.1%
Ko-fi 8.3%
Betterplace.org 6.9%
Buy Me a Coffee 5.2%
GitHub Sponsors 2.3%
Liberapay 2.1%
Open Collective 1.3%
Donorbox 0.9%
HelloAsso 0.7%
Bonterra 0.6%
Interledger Payment Pointer 0.5%
Tipeee 0.4%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top tools that are more popular in Germany than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. PayPal Donate ^(-1)
2. PayPal.Me ^(-2)
6. Betterplace.org ^(-16)
8. GitHub Sponsors ^(-3)
9. Liberapay ^(-8)
10. Open Collective ^(-2)
14. Interledger Payment Pointer ^(-4)
15. Tipeee ^(-4)
20. Streamlabs ^(-5)
21. Cash App ^(-2)

✨ Best Donation Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 22 donation tools used on sites from Germany, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPal Donate San Jose, California, United States An online donation service that allows organizations and individuals to collect contributions through hosted donation pages, shareable links, and embedded donation buttons. $$$	35.3%
2	PayPal.Me San Jose, California, United States A personal payment link service that lets individuals and businesses receive money through PayPal by sharing a simple URL. $$$	20.6%
3	Patreon San Francisco, California, United States A membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription-based service for their content and sell digital products directly to their most dedicated fans. $$$	14.8%
4	GiveWP Lansing, Michigan, United States A WordPress donation plugin that adds online fundraising and donor management features for nonprofits, charities, and fundraising campaigns. Free$199+/year	9.1%
5	Ko-fi Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom A creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales. Free$$$	8.3%
6	Betterplace.org Berlin, Germany A German charitable online donation platform. $$$	6.9%
7	Buy Me a Coffee San Francisco, California, United States A creator support platform that lets individuals accept financial support, sell products, and offer services directly to their audience. $$$	5.2%
8	GitHub Sponsors San Francisco, California, United States A platform that allows users to financially support open-source software developers and maintainers through one-time or recurring payments. $$$	2.3%
9	Liberapay Querrien, France A French platform for recurring donations with open-source code that enables creators to receive ongoing financial support. $$$	2.1%
10	Open Collective Walnut, California, United States A platform that enables open-source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work. Free$$$	1.3%
11	Donorbox Alexandria, Virginia, United States An online fundraising platform that helps nonprofits collect donations through recurring giving, crowdfunding campaigns, peer-to-peer fundraising, memberships, and text-to-give. $$$	0.9%
12	HelloAsso Bègles, France A French online fundraising and payment platform designed specifically for nonprofit organizations to collect donations, manage members, and run campaigns. Free	0.7%
13	Bonterra Austin, Texas, United States A fundraising platform that helps nonprofits, corporations, and public agencies manage online giving, donor engagement, and fundraising campaigns. $$$	0.6%
14	Interledger Payment Pointer A persistent identifier on Interledger that allows websites to receive payments from visitors with Web Monetization enabled.	0.5%
15	Tipeee Paris, France A French online crowdfunding platform based on the principle of tipping. $$$	0.4%
16	Ecologi London, United Kingdom A subscription service focused on planting trees to restore forests worldwide, as well as investing in certified carbon reduction projects.	0.3%
17	Boosty Amsterdam, Netherlands An author content monetization platform that allows people to support their favorite creators through monthly subscriptions. $$$	0.2%
18	Patronite Warsaw, Poland A Polish relationship-building platform that helps talented individuals obtain funding on a subscription basis. $$$	0.1%
19	GoFundMe Pro San Diego, California, United States A fundraising platform for nonprofits that supports online donations, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, and donor engagement. $$$	0.1%
20	Streamlabs San Jose, California, United States A live streaming and crowdfunding platform owned by Logitech. Free$27/month	0.1%
21	Cash App Oakland, California, United States A peer-to-peer payment service and mobile digital wallet that lets users send, receive, and store money, set up direct deposits, invest in stocks and Bitcoin, and use a linked debit card for everyday spending. Free$$$	0.05%
22	Crowdfunder St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom A rewards-based crowdfunding platform based in the United Kingdom. Free$$$	0.05%

👉 See Also

🌎 Donations in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 244,913 websites from Germany.
We currently track the presence of 27 donation tools across the web.
Of these, 22 were detected on websites from Germany.
Statistics were last calculated on August 4, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.