# iHelp vs mycause

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iHelp delivers about 2.50 more of every 100 donated than mycause (€100.00 vs A$97.50 per 100). iHelp stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while mycause does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | iHelp | mycause |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | A$97.50 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 2.5% + A$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 50 | 75 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU | Australia (US backup) |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 0 |

## Choose iHelp if

> Spanish nonprofits and donors who value vetted, legitimacy-checked causes and a commission-light giving model, and who are comfortable with a single Santander payment gateway and a smaller catalogue of campaigns.

- No platform commission charged to nonprofits or donors, per iHelp's FAQ.
- NGOs and causes are vetted for legality and viability before listing.
- Long heritage in Spanish online giving, continuing Cibersolidaridad.org which ran from 2001.
- Post-donation follow-up and a stated focus on transparent, effective altruism.


## Choose mycause if

> Australian individuals, registered charities, and schools running domestic donation campaigns who value a long-established, locally owned platform with Australian data residency and a donor-tip funding model for personal causes.

- Long-established Australian pioneer of crowdfunding, operating since 2009.
- Wholly Australian owned and operated, with primary servers based in Sydney.
- Personal fundraisers carry no platform charge, funded by an optional donor tip.
- Donations receipted to the chosen Australian charity.