# Coral vs iHelp

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iHelp delivers about €3.15 more of every €100 donated than Coral (€100.00 vs €96.85). iHelp stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Coral does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Coral | iHelp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €96.85 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + €0.25 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 40 | 50 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EU |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 1 |

## 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 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.