# Donately vs EcoCrowd

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Donately delivers about 3.05 more of every 100 donated than EcoCrowd (£92.80 vs €89.75 per 100). On the headline numbers, Donately 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 | Donately | EcoCrowd |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | €89.75 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 8% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 1.9% + €0.35 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 46 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | DE |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 3 |

## Choose Donately if

> Nonprofits, churches, and schools that want embeddable, customizable donation forms and an API to add giving to an existing website, with Stripe and PayPal processing and CRM integrations.

- Customizable, embeddable donation forms and campaign pages that drop into an existing site.
- API access and native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Constant Contact, and Mailchimp.
- Card and ACH processing via Stripe and PayPal, with optional donor cost coverage.
- Peer-to-peer, team fundraising, recurring giving, text-to-give, and event ticketing included.


## 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.