# I believe in you vs iDonate.ie

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iDonate.ie delivers about €9.80 more of every €100 donated than I believe in you (€97.80 vs €88.00). iDonate.ie stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while I believe in you does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | I believe in you | iDonate.ie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €88.00 | €97.80 |
| Platform fee | 8% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 4% + €0.00 | 1.95% + €0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (494) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 40 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | DE (AWS Frankfurt) | EEA |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 4 |

## Choose I believe in you if

> Austrian athletes, sports clubs, and event organisers raising money for a sporting goal, who are comfortable with an all-or-nothing campaign where funds are released only if the target is met.

- Focuses exclusively on sport - athletes, clubs, and sports event organisers - rather than general crowdfunding.
- All-or-nothing model means backers are only charged for campaigns that reach their goal.
- Operated locally by a Vienna-based entity (I Believe In You Osterreich GmbH) under an established Swiss brand.
- Austrian site is hosted on Amazon Web Services in Frankfurt, Germany - EU data residency.


## 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.