# Alvarum vs impactory

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Alvarum delivers about €3.85 more of every €100 donated than impactory (€97.85 vs €94.00). On the headline numbers, Alvarum and impactory are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | impactory |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | €94.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 6% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 39 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | France | — |
| Languages | 2 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 6 |

## 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 impactory if

> Austrian non-profit organisations and associations that want a locally compliant donation tool with automated tax-deductibility receipts and simple card or Klarna giving.

- Automated Austrian tax-deductibility: donation receipts downloadable as PDF or emailed for organisations with charitable status.
- Positions itself as Austria's largest donation platform, hosting a few hundred projects from vetted non-profit organisations.
- Organisations are screened before they can publish, adding a layer of donor trust.
- Donors can give as a one-off guest or through a free account that tracks their cumulative giving.