# Alvarum vs BetterWorld

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Alvarum delivers about 1.05 more of every 100 donated than BetterWorld (€97.85 vs £96.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, Alvarum and BetterWorld are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | BetterWorld |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | £96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.9 (2) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 81 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 0 |
| Data residency | France | — |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 5 |

## 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 BetterWorld if

> Nonprofits, schools, PTOs, and community groups in the US running auctions, raffles, events, and peer-to-peer campaigns that want every fundraising tool available on every plan.

- Exceptionally broad format support: silent and live auctions, raffles, events, donation forms, peer-to-peer, crowdfunding, paddle raise, and a-thons.
- No feature gating - every fundraising tool is available even on the free entry plan.
- Paid Partner ($1,550/year) and Keystone ($5,950/year) tiers lower the platform's percentage cut for higher-volume organizations.
- Most donors (over 95%) opt to cover payment processing, so organizations retain more of each gift.