# DierenDonatie vs iDonate.ie

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, DierenDonatie delivers about €2.20 more of every €100 donated than iDonate.ie (€100.00 vs €97.80). On the headline numbers, DierenDonatie and iDonate.ie are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | DierenDonatie | iDonate.ie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | €97.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.95% + €0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (494) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 38 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 4 |

## Choose DierenDonatie if

> Dutch animal shelters, wildlife-care centres, and animal-welfare foundations that need specific goods funded - food, equipment, or veterinary care - and value a CBF-accredited, transparent donation platform.

- Exclusively focused on animal-welfare causes in the Netherlands
- Recognised as one of the first CBF-accredited donation platforms (CBF-Erkend Donatieplatform)
- Product-fulfilment model: donors fund specific items the platform buys and ships to the foundation
- Flat per-project contribution (EUR 10 up to EUR 300, EUR 25 above) rather than a percentage cut of donations


## Choose iDonate.ie if

> Irish charities, clubs, schools, and community causes that want low transaction-only fees and a broad set of fundraising tools, including donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and events.

- 0% platform fee with a transaction-only cost of 1.95% + EUR0.25 per donation.
- No setup or monthly fees.
- Donor-covers-the-fee option can reduce the net deduction for causes.
- Broad fundraising toolkit: donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and event fundraising.