# Altruism Ireland vs Betterplace

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Altruism Ireland delivers about €1.35 more of every €100 donated than Betterplace (€98.55 vs €97.20). Altruism Ireland stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Betterplace does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Altruism Ireland | Betterplace |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €98.55 | €97.20 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.2% + €0.25 | 2.8% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.8 (851) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 24 | 87 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 2 |
| Data residency | EU | — |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 6 |

## Choose Altruism Ireland if

> Irish donors and registered Irish charities that want zero-platform-fee giving with a strong emphasis on charity transparency and accountability.

- 0% platform fee, so listed charities keep the full donation apart from payment-processing costs.
- Operated by a registered Irish charity (CRA 20082475), aligning its incentives with the causes it lists.
- Transparency focus helps donors assess how charities use their funds.
- Education programmes offered to high-performing charities.


## Choose Betterplace if

> 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.