# Alvarum vs Doare

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Alvarum delivers about 4.10 more of every 100 donated than Doare (€97.85 vs £93.75 per 100). On the headline numbers, Alvarum and Doare are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | Doare |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | £93.75 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 5.8% + £0.45 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 72 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | France | — |
| Languages | 2 | 3 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 8 |

## 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 Doare if

> Brazilian nonprofits and third-sector organizations that want hosted donation pages, recurring-giving tools, and a donor CRM to build a sustained local donor base, rather than a one-off campaign.

- Purpose-built nonprofit toolkit: donation pages, recurring giving, and donor CRM.
- Supports Brazilian rails including boleto and PIX, plus automatic recurring PIX.
- Tiered plans with per-transaction costs that decrease at higher tiers.
- Peer-to-peer ambassador fundraising and corporate ESG and matching products.