# Classy vs iHelp

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iHelp delivers about 2.70 more of every 100 donated than Classy (€100.00 vs £97.30 per 100). iHelp stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Classy does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Classy | iHelp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.30 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.4% + £0.30 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 86 | 50 |
| Country coverage | 4 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | EU |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 1 |

## Choose Classy if

> Mid-to-large US nonprofits running enterprise-scale peer-to-peer campaigns, ticketed events, and recurring-giving programmes that need depth beyond a basic donation page.

- Enterprise-grade peer-to-peer, events, and recurring-giving tooling.
- Now part of GoFundMe Pro, backed by GoFundMe's reach and 190-million community.
- Essentials plan with zero subscription fees and no setup costs for smaller nonprofits.
- Multi-currency settlement in US dollar, Canadian dollar, pound, Australian dollar, and euro.


## Choose iHelp if

> Spanish nonprofits and donors who value vetted, legitimacy-checked causes and a commission-light giving model, and who are comfortable with a single Santander payment gateway and a smaller catalogue of campaigns.

- No platform commission charged to nonprofits or donors, per iHelp's FAQ.
- NGOs and causes are vetted for legality and viability before listing.
- Long heritage in Spanish online giving, continuing Cibersolidaridad.org which ran from 2001.
- Post-donation follow-up and a stated focus on transparent, effective altruism.

