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 Ireland.
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 Ireland, 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.
4fund.com 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.
See how impactory stacks up head-to-head.
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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