# Alvarum vs Betterplace

## What the data says.

On the headline numbers, Alvarum and Betterplace are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | Betterplace |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | €97.20 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 2.8% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.8 (851) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 87 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 2 |
| Data residency | France | — |
| Languages | 2 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 6 |

## Choose Alvarum if

> French and European charities and associations running cause-based or sports-challenge fundraising who want donations paid directly to the beneficiary and support for European local payment methods.

- Donations are routed directly to the beneficiary charity and settled on an automated monthly cycle rather than held by the platform.
- Strong fit for sports-challenge and participatory event fundraising such as marathons and cycling events.
- European local payment methods - iDEAL, Bancontact, Sofort, and SEPA direct debit - alongside Visa and Mastercard cards.
- Payments handled by HiPay, a payment institution authorised by France's ACPR; Alvarum registered with ORIAS as a donation crowdfunding intermediary.


## 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.