# Altruism Ireland vs Donately

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Altruism Ireland delivers about 5.75 more of every 100 donated than Donately (€98.55 vs £92.80 per 100). Altruism Ireland stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Donately does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Altruism Ireland | Donately |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €98.55 | £92.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 4% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.2% + €0.25 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.5 (17) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 24 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 0 |
| Data residency | EU | — |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 5 |

## 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 Donately if

> Nonprofits, churches, and schools that want embeddable, customizable donation forms and an API to add giving to an existing website, with Stripe and PayPal processing and CRM integrations.

- Customizable, embeddable donation forms and campaign pages that drop into an existing site.
- API access and native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Constant Contact, and Mailchimp.
- Card and ACH processing via Stripe and PayPal, with optional donor cost coverage.
- Peer-to-peer, team fundraising, recurring giving, text-to-give, and event ticketing included.