# Givio vs iDonate.ie

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Givio delivers about €2.20 more of every €100 donated than iDonate.ie (€100.00 vs €97.80). iDonate.ie stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Givio does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Givio | iDonate.ie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | €97.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.95% + €0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (494) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 21 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 3 | 4 |

## 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.


## Choose iDonate.ie if

> Irish charities, clubs, schools, and community causes that want low transaction-only fees and a broad set of fundraising tools, including donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and events.

- 0% platform fee with a transaction-only cost of 1.95% + EUR0.25 per donation.
- No setup or monthly fees.
- Donor-covers-the-fee option can reduce the net deduction for causes.
- Broad fundraising toolkit: donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and event fundraising.