# HelloAsso vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, HelloAsso delivers about 2.15 more of every 100 donated than WhyDonate (€100.00 vs £97.85 per 100). WhyDonate holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.9/5 across 388 reviews, against 4.3/5 across 620 for HelloAsso. WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while HelloAsso does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | HelloAsso | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 4.3 (620) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 92 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | France (Microsoft Azure) | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 24 |

## Choose HelloAsso if

> French associations, clubs, and nonprofits that want to collect donations, memberships, and event payments with no platform commission and full pass-through of funds.

- Entirely free for associations — zero commission and zero fees.
- Associations receive 100% of the funds they collect.
- Funded by optional voluntary donor contributions rather than mandatory fees.
- HelloAsso absorbs payment-processing costs rather than passing them on.


## Choose WhyDonate if

> European nonprofits and individuals who want a transparent, low-fee, GDPR-native crowdfunding platform with broad multilingual and multi-currency support.

- Zero platform fee with a transparent voluntary-tip model
- EEA data residency and GDPR-native compliance
- Broad coverage of local European payment rails (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Twint, Swish, MobilePay, Vipps, Blik, Cartes Bancaires, Satispay, MultiBanco, EPS) plus global rails (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Link, Revolut Pay)
- 19-language interface and 27 supported currencies for cross-border fundraising