# Alvarum vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Alvarum | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.85 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.25 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 69 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | France | US |
| Languages | 2 | 0 |
| 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 Snowball Fundraising if

> Small and mid-sized US nonprofits that want donation forms, text-to-give, online auctions and event ticketing in one platform with US-based bilingual support, fundraising domestically in US dollars.

- All-in-one toolkit: donation forms, text-to-give and text-to-bid, online auctions, event ticketing, recurring gifts and donor CRM.
- Free Starter tier available, with paid annual plans that remove the platform fee and speed payouts to 1-2 days.
- Used by more than 15,000 US nonprofits, with US-based bilingual (English/Spanish) support.
- Payments processed by Stripe; the company states no hidden platform fees beyond the chosen plan and processing.