# Alvarum vs Give-me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Alvarum delivers about €25.45 more of every €100 donated than Give-me (€97.85 vs €72.40). On the headline numbers, Alvarum and Give-me are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | Give-me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | €72.40 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 24.6% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 3% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 7 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 0 |
| Data residency | France | — |
| Languages | 2 | 0 |
| 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 Give-me if

> Portuguese and Iberian associations and project-holders raising funds for solidarity and social-development causes who want a regionally focused, multilingual crowdfunding platform.

- Solidarity and social-development focus tailored to Iberian causes.
- Operates across the Iberian market, covering both Portugal and Spain.
- Multilingual platform with locale support including Portuguese and Romanian.
- Part of an established Portuguese group, Grupo Globais Servicos.