# Alvarum vs Little Phil

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | Little Phil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | A$97.95 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 1.75% + A$0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 51 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | France | Outside AU (SG/HK/US) |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 4 |

## 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 Little Phil if

> Australian donors, companies, and nonprofits focused on impact transparency and modern giving options such as crypto, workplace giving, and Shopify post-checkout donations, where offshore data storage is not a blocker.

- Built-in impact-tracking so donors can see the effect of their giving first-hand.
- Nonprofits pay no commission on donations, per Little Phil's nonprofits page.
- Modern giving options: Apple Pay, Google Pay, cards, direct debit, internal credit, and cryptocurrency.
- Spans donor, nonprofit, and corporate giving, including workplace-giving programmes.