# Altruism Ireland vs Donorbox

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Altruism Ireland delivers about 4.00 more of every 100 donated than Donorbox (€98.55 vs £94.55 per 100). Altruism Ireland stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Donorbox does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Altruism Ireland | Donorbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €98.55 | £94.55 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 2.95% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.2% + €0.25 | 2.2% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 3.9 (53) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 24 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 23 |
| Data residency | EU | US |
| Languages | 1 | 12 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 19 |

## 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 Donorbox if

> Small-to-medium nonprofits across verticals like churches, healthcare, education, and animal welfare that want recurring-donation tooling, donor fee-cover, and a managed donation-form product without a CRM-scale platform commitment.

- Donor-cover-fees option at checkout — Donorbox frames opt-in as the default, so the recipient can receive the full donation amount.
- Broad payment-rail support: iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA, BACS, Klarna, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, and Link by Stripe.
- Standard plan has no monthly subscription — just per-transaction fees on the 2.95% / 3.95% tier.
- First-class recurring-donation tooling with upsell prompts and donor-management features on the Pro tier.