# We Solidaire vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | We Solidaire | 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/) | 48 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 115 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 2 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 24 |

## Choose We Solidaire if

> Individuals, associations, and companies in France raising money for solidarity, health, cultural, animal, sports, religious, or memorial causes who want a simple French-language platform with broad international card acceptance.

- Backed by the established Papayoux crowdfunding operator (société Déméter, Paris).
- Payments processed by Lemonway, an institution approved by France's regulator ACPR under number 16568J.
- Registered as an Intermédiaire en Financement Participatif (IFP) with ORIAS, number 17003690.
- Accepts international bank cards from more than 150 countries.


## 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