# Alvarum vs Donorbox

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Alvarum delivers about 3.30 more of every 100 donated than Donorbox (€97.85 vs £94.55 per 100). On the headline numbers, Alvarum and Donorbox are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | Donorbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | £94.55 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 2.95% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 2.2% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 3.9 (53) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 23 |
| Data residency | France | US |
| Languages | 2 | 12 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 19 |

## 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 Donorbox if

> Small-to-medium nonprofits across verticals like churches, healthcare, education, and animal welfare that want recurring-donation tooling, donor fee-cover, and a managed donation-form product without a CRM-scale platform commitment.

- Donor-cover-fees option at checkout — Donorbox frames opt-in as the default, so the recipient can receive the full donation amount.
- Broad payment-rail support: iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA, BACS, Klarna, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, and Link by Stripe.
- Standard plan has no monthly subscription — just per-transaction fees on the 2.95% / 3.95% tier.
- First-class recurring-donation tooling with upsell prompts and donor-management features on the Pro tier.