# iDonate vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

On the headline numbers, iDonate and Spendenportal are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | iDonate | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £100.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 72 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 0 |

## Choose iDonate if

> Mid-sized and larger US nonprofits that want conversion-optimised, embeddable donation and recurring-gift tools with enterprise-grade donor-data security, and are comfortable with custom, sales-quoted pricing.

- Conversion-focused giving tools: pop-up forms, hosted donation pages, embeddable website forms, and recurring-gift prompts.
- Enterprise donor-data security with annual SOC 2 Type 2 audits, third-party penetration testing, and a zero-trust design.
- Operates in accordance with GDPR standards per its privacy disclosures.
- Multiple donation rails: credit card, debit card, and ACH bank transfer.


## Choose Spendenportal if

> German donors who want to give to vetted, pre-checked charities, and supporters who want to donate goods as well as money - including via SocialBay's eBay-based resale of in-kind donations.

- Handles both monetary (Geldspenden) and in-kind (Sachspenden) donations, the latter via SocialBay's eBay-based resale.
- Charities are vetted and activated only after a review, supporting donor trust.
- Operated by a nonprofit social enterprise (Sozial-Aktien-Gesellschaft) recognized as a donation-collecting organization.
- Donors can choose whether payment-provider costs are added on top of or deducted from their gift.