# Fundraise Up vs iHelp

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iHelp delivers about 6.50 more of every 100 donated than Fundraise Up (€100.00 vs £93.50 per 100). iHelp stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Fundraise Up does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Fundraise Up | iHelp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £93.50 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 72 | 50 |
| Country coverage | 46 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | EU |
| Languages | 18 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 12 | 1 |

## Choose Fundraise Up if

> Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.

- Conversion-optimized donation checkout adapted from e-commerce best practices.
- Broad payment support: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, bank debits, and cryptocurrency.
- International, multi-currency checkout with local bank-debit rails (SEPA, BACS, BECS, iDEAL).
- Used by large global nonprofits, signalling enterprise-grade reliability.


## 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.