# Altruism Ireland vs Givio

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Givio delivers about €1.45 more of every €100 donated than Altruism Ireland (€100.00 vs €98.55). Altruism Ireland stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Givio does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Altruism Ireland | Givio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €98.55 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.2% + €0.25 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 24 | 21 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 3 |

## 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 Givio if

> German nonprofits and associations that want to collect donations and tap an additional passive income stream through the linked Gooding charity-shopping service.

- Operated by a Stuttgart-based nonprofit limited company (Givio gGmbH).
- Donation collection combined with the Gooding charity-shopping channel for passive, shopping-based giving.
- Payments handled by established partners including Stripe, PayPal, and the Bank für Sozialwirtschaft.
- Focus on transparent, secure donation handling for German nonprofits.