Altruism Ireland vs Betterplace

Irish donors and registered Irish charities that want zero-platform-fee giving with a strong emphasis on charity transparency and accountability.

• ✓0% platform fee, so listed charities keep the full donation apart from payment-processing costs.
• ✓Operated by a registered Irish charity (CRA 20082475), aligning its incentives with the causes it lists.
• ✓Transparency focus helps donors assess how charities use their funds.
• ✓Education programmes offered to high-performing charities.

German and Austrian nonprofits and social-cause project owners that want a trusted, charitable, German-run donation platform with low pass-through costs and local data handling.

• ✓Operated by the charitable betterplace.org gGmbH — a nonprofit, mission-aligned platform.
• ✓Roughly 2.8% transaction fee, with the large majority of each donation passing to the project.
• ✓Free for organisations to set up and run campaigns.
• ✓Supports credit card, PayPal, SEPA Direct Debit, and bank wire transfer.