# Coral vs EcoCrowd

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Coral delivers about €7.10 more of every €100 donated than EcoCrowd (€96.85 vs €89.75). On the headline numbers, Coral and EcoCrowd are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Coral | EcoCrowd |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €96.85 | €89.75 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 8% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + €0.25 | 1.9% + €0.35 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 40 | 46 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | DE |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 3 |

## Choose Coral if

> Spanish associations, foundations, and grassroots social or animal-welfare causes that want a zero-commission platform where donors can cover processing fees so the cause receives the full donation.

- 0% platform commission, sustained by voluntary donor tips (propinas)
- Stripe payment processing at 2.9% plus EUR 0.25 per donation, with donors able to cover the fee at checkout
- Automatic donation certificates for nonprofits accredited under Spain's Law 49/2002
- Specialised in solidarity causes: NGOs, foundations, animal rescue, and social projects


## Choose EcoCrowd if

> German environmental and sustainability nonprofits - associations, foundations, and gGmbHs - seeking community-backed funding for SDG-aligned projects through a curated monthly donation pool.

- Operated by the Deutsche Umweltstiftung, an established German environmental foundation.
- Sharp focus on sustainability and UN Sustainable Development Goal-aligned projects.
- Distinctive monthly donation-pool model with a community vote on which project is funded.
- Accepts PayPal and bank transfer, with donations starting from one euro.