# Donorbox vs I believe in you

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Donorbox delivers about 6.55 more of every 100 donated than I believe in you (£94.55 vs €88.00 per 100). On the headline numbers, Donorbox and I believe in you are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donorbox | I believe in you |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £94.55 | €88.00 |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 8% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 4% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 3.9 (53) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 91 | 40 |
| Country coverage | 23 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | DE (AWS Frankfurt) |
| Languages | 12 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 19 | 2 |

## Choose Donorbox if

> Small-to-medium nonprofits across verticals like churches, healthcare, education, and animal welfare that want recurring-donation tooling, donor fee-cover, and a managed donation-form product without a CRM-scale platform commitment.

- Donor-cover-fees option at checkout — Donorbox frames opt-in as the default, so the recipient can receive the full donation amount.
- Broad payment-rail support: iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA, BACS, Klarna, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, and Link by Stripe.
- Standard plan has no monthly subscription — just per-transaction fees on the 2.95% / 3.95% tier.
- First-class recurring-donation tooling with upsell prompts and donor-management features on the Pro tier.


## Choose I believe in you if

> Austrian athletes, sports clubs, and event organisers raising money for a sporting goal, who are comfortable with an all-or-nothing campaign where funds are released only if the target is met.

- Focuses exclusively on sport - athletes, clubs, and sports event organisers - rather than general crowdfunding.
- All-or-nothing model means backers are only charged for campaigns that reach their goal.
- Operated locally by a Vienna-based entity (I Believe In You Osterreich GmbH) under an established Swiss brand.
- Austrian site is hosted on Amazon Web Services in Frankfurt, Germany - EU data residency.