# Donately vs iDonate.ie

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iDonate.ie delivers about 5.00 more of every 100 donated than Donately (€97.80 vs £92.80 per 100). iDonate.ie holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.9/5 across 494 reviews, against 4.5/5 across 17 for Donately. iDonate.ie stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Donately does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donately | iDonate.ie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | €97.80 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 1.95% + €0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | 4.9 (494) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 4 |

## 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 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.