# EcoCrowd vs iHelp

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iHelp delivers about €10.25 more of every €100 donated than EcoCrowd (€100.00 vs €89.75). iHelp stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while EcoCrowd does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | EcoCrowd | iHelp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 50 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | DE | EU |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 3 | 1 |

## 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 iHelp if

> Spanish nonprofits and donors who value vetted, legitimacy-checked causes and a commission-light giving model, and who are comfortable with a single Santander payment gateway and a smaller catalogue of campaigns.

- No platform commission charged to nonprofits or donors, per iHelp's FAQ.
- NGOs and causes are vetted for legality and viability before listing.
- Long heritage in Spanish online giving, continuing Cibersolidaridad.org which ran from 2001.
- Post-donation follow-up and a stated focus on transparent, effective altruism.