# Doneerveilig vs iDonate.ie

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iDonate.ie delivers about €5.46 more of every €100 donated than Doneerveilig (€97.80 vs €92.34). iDonate.ie holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.9/5 across 494 reviews, against 2.9/5 across 44 for Doneerveilig. iDonate.ie stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Doneerveilig does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Doneerveilig | iDonate.ie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €92.34 | €97.80 |
| Platform fee | 6.7% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.95% + €0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 2.9 (44) | 4.9 (494) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 21 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 4 |

## Choose Doneerveilig if

> Dutch and Belgian individuals running personal fundraising campaigns who prioritise a security-focused, PSD2-compliant platform with escrow handling and a simple, quick setup.

- Security-focused framing: PSD2 compliance supervised by De Nederlandsche Bank, escrow handling, and SSL.
- Donations held on a third-party escrow account (derdengeldenrekening) before payout.
- Quick, simple campaign setup aimed at individual causes.
- Account verification via a one-cent micro-transfer.


## 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.