# EcoCrowd vs impactory

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, impactory delivers about €4.25 more of every €100 donated than EcoCrowd (€94.00 vs €89.75). On the headline numbers, EcoCrowd and impactory are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | EcoCrowd | impactory |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €89.75 | €94.00 |
| Platform fee | 8% | 6% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.35 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 46 | 39 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | DE | — |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 3 | 6 |

## 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 impactory if

> Austrian non-profit organisations and associations that want a locally compliant donation tool with automated tax-deductibility receipts and simple card or Klarna giving.

- Automated Austrian tax-deductibility: donation receipts downloadable as PDF or emailed for organisations with charitable status.
- Positions itself as Austria's largest donation platform, hosting a few hundred projects from vetted non-profit organisations.
- Organisations are screened before they can publish, adding a layer of donor trust.
- Donors can give as a one-off guest or through a free account that tracks their cumulative giving.