# EcoCrowd vs Givio

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Givio delivers about €10.25 more of every €100 donated than EcoCrowd (€100.00 vs €89.75). On the headline numbers, EcoCrowd and Givio are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | EcoCrowd | Givio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €89.75 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 8% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.35 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 46 | 21 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | DE | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 3 | 3 |

## 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.


## Choose Givio if

> German nonprofits and associations that want to collect donations and tap an additional passive income stream through the linked Gooding charity-shopping service.

- Operated by a Stuttgart-based nonprofit limited company (Givio gGmbH).
- Donation collection combined with the Gooding charity-shopping channel for passive, shopping-based giving.
- Payments handled by established partners including Stripe, PayPal, and the Bank für Sozialwirtschaft.
- Focus on transparent, secure donation handling for German nonprofits.