# Alvarum vs Fundraise Up

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Alvarum delivers about 4.35 more of every 100 donated than Fundraise Up (€97.85 vs £93.50 per 100). On the headline numbers, Alvarum and Fundraise Up are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | Fundraise Up |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | £93.50 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 4% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 2.2% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 72 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 46 |
| Data residency | France | US |
| Languages | 2 | 18 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 12 |

## 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 Fundraise Up if

> Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.

- Conversion-optimized donation checkout adapted from e-commerce best practices.
- Broad payment support: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, bank debits, and cryptocurrency.
- International, multi-currency checkout with local bank-debit rails (SEPA, BACS, BECS, iDEAL).
- Used by large global nonprofits, signalling enterprise-grade reliability.