# leDonenligne.fr vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, leDonenligne.fr delivers about 2.15 more of every 100 donated than WhyDonate (€100.00 vs £97.85 per 100). WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while leDonenligne.fr does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | leDonenligne.fr | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 45 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 115 |
| Data residency | France (OVH) | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 24 |

## Choose leDonenligne.fr if

> Small and mid-sized French associations with public-interest or mecenat status that need a compliant, low-overhead way to collect donations and memberships and issue automatic fiscal receipts.

- Built specifically for French public-interest associations, with eligibility limited to organisations recognised for mecenat - a trust signal for donors.
- Automatic issuance of fiscal receipts (recus fiscaux), emailed to donors without manual work.
- Payments secured by the Credit Mutuel Arkea banking group using 3D-Secure.
- Supports donation forms, membership (adhesion) collection, and custom or peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns.


## 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