# Alvarum vs Funraisin

## What the data says.

On the headline numbers, Alvarum and Funraisin are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | Funraisin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 0 |
| Data residency | France | AU/EU/NA |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 7 |

## 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 Funraisin if

> Established nonprofits and charities running event-based, peer-to-peer, and recurring fundraising programmes that want a fully branded, white-label platform and have the capacity to operate it.

- White-label, highly customisable platform that lets nonprofits run fully branded fundraising sites.
- Broad feature suite: donations, peer-to-peer, events and ticketing, raffles, recurring giving, and a built-in CMS.
- Wide payment coverage including cards, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay via Stripe, iDEAL, ACH, and BECS direct debit.
- Multilingual deployments via optional language packs and support for a wide range of currencies.