# iDonate.ie vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iDonate.ie delivers about 1.00 more of every 100 donated than Snowball Fundraising (€97.80 vs $96.80 per 100). iDonate.ie stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Snowball Fundraising does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | iDonate.ie | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.80 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.95% + €0.25 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | 4.9 (494) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 78 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 1 |

## 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.


## Choose Snowball Fundraising if

> Small and mid-sized US nonprofits that want donation forms, text-to-give, online auctions and event ticketing in one platform with US-based bilingual support, fundraising domestically in US dollars.

- All-in-one toolkit: donation forms, text-to-give and text-to-bid, online auctions, event ticketing, recurring gifts and donor CRM.
- Free Starter tier available, with paid annual plans that remove the platform fee and speed payouts to 1-2 days.
- Used by more than 15,000 US nonprofits, with US-based bilingual (English/Spanish) support.
- Payments processed by Stripe; the company states no hidden platform fees beyond the chosen plan and processing.