# Alvarum vs leDonenligne.fr

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, leDonenligne.fr delivers about €2.15 more of every €100 donated than Alvarum (€100.00 vs €97.85). On the headline numbers, Alvarum and leDonenligne.fr are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | leDonenligne.fr |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 45 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | France | France (OVH) |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 1 |

## 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 leDonenligne.fr if

> Small and mid-sized French associations with public-interest or mecenat status that need a compliant, low-overhead way to collect donations and memberships and issue automatic fiscal receipts.

- Built specifically for French public-interest associations, with eligibility limited to organisations recognised for mecenat - a trust signal for donors.
- Automatic issuance of fiscal receipts (recus fiscaux), emailed to donors without manual work.
- Payments secured by the Credit Mutuel Arkea banking group using 3D-Secure.
- Supports donation forms, membership (adhesion) collection, and custom or peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns.