# Alvarum vs Crowdfunding voor Clubs

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Alvarum delivers about €5.65 more of every €100 donated than Crowdfunding voor Clubs (€97.85 vs €92.20). On the headline numbers, Alvarum and Crowdfunding voor Clubs are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | Crowdfunding voor Clubs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | €92.20 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 7.5% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 0% + €0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 33 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | France | — |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 1 |

## 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 Crowdfunding voor Clubs if

> Dutch sports clubs and cultural organisations that want to combine donation crowdfunding with bond-based club financing, and that prefer iDEAL payments with predictable per-donation or subscription pricing.

- Purpose-built for Dutch sports clubs and cultural organisations
- Combines donation crowdfunding with club-bond (obligatie) financing on one platform
- Two pricing tracks: a 7.5% per-donation fee (VAT-inclusive) or a fixed annual subscription
- iDEAL payments processed through Mollie, the standard Dutch online payment rail