# Alvarum vs RallyUp

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Alvarum delivers about 1.05 more of every 100 donated than RallyUp (€97.85 vs £96.80 per 100). On the headline numbers, Alvarum and RallyUp are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | RallyUp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | £96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.1 (9) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 0 |
| Data residency | France | US |
| Languages | 2 | 0 |
| 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 RallyUp if

> US nonprofits running game-based and event fundraising - raffles, sweepstakes, auctions and a-thons - that want multiple campaign types in one platform with no contracts and a free, donor-tip-funded option.

- More than a dozen mix-and-match campaign types, from donation pages to raffles, auctions, sweepstakes, peer-to-peer and a-thons.
- Free plan with no platform fee, funded by optional donor tips; no contracts, setup fees or minimum fees.
- Built-in legal compliance for raffles and sweepstakes, including prewritten rules and a review before going live.
- Reports over 55,000 nonprofits served and more than $1 billion raised.