impactory
Austrian non-profit organisations and associations that want a locally compliant donation tool with automated tax-deductibility receipts and simple card or Klarna giving.
An Austrian online donation platform operated by impactory GmbH that lets vetted non-profit organisations collect donations online, automates Austrian tax-deductibility receipts, and accepts card and Klarna payments.
- Funding model
- Fixed platform fee
- Platform fee
- 6%
- Payment processing fee
- 0% + €0.00
- Recipient gets
- €94.00 / €100
- Data residency
- —
- Countries
- 1
- Languages
- 2
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Our overall editorial assessment. Full weights are published in the methodology.
The review
impactory is a Vienna-based online donation platform operated by impactory GmbH, launched in 2018 to make charitable giving simple and transparent for Austrian donors. It positions itself as Austria's largest donation platform, hosting a few hundred projects from vetted non-profit organisations across causes ranging from social services to community initiatives. Organisations are screened before they can publish, and donors can give either as a guest or through a free account that tracks their cumulative giving.
The platform is run from Vienna and focuses on the Austrian market, where it automates the country's donation tax-deductibility process: for organisations with charitable tax status, donation confirmations can be downloaded as PDFs or emailed automatically. Donations are accepted by credit card and Klarna. impactory does not publish a detailed fee schedule or funding-model breakdown on its own public pages, so prospective organisations should confirm current pricing directly before signing up.
impactory's core strength is depth in the Austrian non-profit ecosystem: automated tax-receipt handling, organisation vetting, and consumer-friendly extras such as donation gift vouchers make it well suited to Austrian charities and the donors who support them. The trade-offs are geographic and linguistic, as the product is built around Austria and a German-language interface, with little public evidence of broad European payment rails or multi-country support. For Austrian organisations these constraints rarely matter; for charities fundraising across several European markets, a platform with wider payment-rail and language coverage may be a better fit.
On the donor side, impactory supports credit-card and Klarna payments and lets supporters give as a one-off guest or build a profile that records their cumulative impact. The platform also runs a separate gift-voucher product that bundles a greeting card with a donation the recipient can direct to a cause of their choice. The interface is primarily German with an English option, reflecting impactory's focus on the Austrian and wider German-speaking donor base.
What’s good, what’s not.
- ✓Automated Austrian tax-deductibility: donation receipts downloadable as PDF or emailed for organisations with charitable status.
- ✓Positions itself as Austria's largest donation platform, hosting a few hundred projects from vetted non-profit organisations.
- ✓Organisations are screened before they can publish, adding a layer of donor trust.
- ✓Donors can give as a one-off guest or through a free account that tracks their cumulative giving.
- ✓Supports credit-card and Klarna payments.
- ✓Offers donation gift vouchers that pair a greeting card with a cause-directed gift.
- −The fee schedule and funding model are not published on impactory's own public pages, so organisations must confirm pricing before signing up.
- −Built around Austria and a German-language interface, with limited public evidence of multi-country or broad multilingual support.
- −Payment options are limited to card and Klarna, without European local rails such as iDEAL, Bancontact, or SEPA Direct Debit.
- −Smaller, regional footprint and brand recognition compared with pan-European or global donation platforms.
Where each €100 actually goes.
Fees vary by payment method. We default to Credit card because that’s the dominant method in the United Kingdom.
impactory doesn’t process payments in GBP. Pricing is shown in EUR, its native currency.
1 countries · 2 languages · 6 payment methods.
Better-fit alternatives to impactory.
Our curated shortlist — the platforms we’d actively recommend instead of impactory for fundraising in the United Kingdom, with the figures behind the call. For the full, neutral index of every side-by-side, see Compare with below.
WhyDonate lets more of each donation through than impactory — £97.85 reaches the recipient per 100, against £94.00.
Zeffy lets more of each donation through than impactory — £100.00 reaches the recipient per 100, against £94.00.
JustGiving lets more of each donation through than impactory — £97.80 reaches the recipient per 100, against £94.00.
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Frequently asked questions
What does impactory charge?
impactory charges a 6% platform fee and 0% + €0.00 in payment processing per donation.
Where is impactory based?
impactory was founded in — and is headquartered in —. Data residency is unspecified.
Which countries does impactory operate in?
impactory operates in 1 countries including major European markets and English-speaking markets.
Is impactory suitable for nonprofits?
impactory’s primary audience is individual fundraisers and groups; nonprofits can use the platform but may find specialized alternatives better suited.
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