We Solidaire
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.
A French solidarity crowdfunding platform run by Papayoux for individuals, associations, and companies. Founded in 2014, it takes no platform commission and is funded by voluntary donor tips.
- Headquartered in i
- FR
- Funding model i
- Optional tip
- Platform fee i
- 0% + tip
- Payment processing fee i
- 0% + £0.00
- Recipient gets i
- £100.00 / £100
- Data residency i
- —
- Client funds safeguarding i
- Segregated
- Registered entity i
- DEMETER (SAS), RCS Paris 800087975
- Payout speed i
- Standard
- Countries i
- 1
- Languages i
- 2
- Domain Rating i
- 49 / 100
- Transparency i
- 4 / 5
- Last updated
- 2026-08-12
Our overall editorial assessment. Full weights are published in the methodology.
The review
We Solidaire is a French solidarity crowdfunding platform founded in 2014 and operated by Papayoux, where it is presented as the cause-focused sibling of the original Papayoux money-pot service. It serves individuals, associations, and companies running campaigns for health, the arts, animals, sports, religion, memorials, and children's causes.
The platform applies no platform commission and covers the banking and payment-processing costs itself, so a campaign receives the full value of each donation; the operator is funded only by the voluntary tips, or pourboires, that contributors choose to leave. Payments are handled by Lemonway, an establishment approved by the French prudential regulator ACPR under number 16568J, and the service is registered as an Intermédiaire en Financement Participatif with ORIAS under number 17003690.
We Solidaire fits French and French-speaking fundraisers who want a straightforward, cause-oriented platform with broad international card acceptance. Its trade-offs are geographic and technical focus: it centres on France, accepts card payments rather than local European bank-transfer rails, and routes payouts through the SEPA zone, with transfers outside that area available only on request.
Donations can be made with international bank cards from more than 150 countries, and successful campaigns are paid out by bank transfer to a SEPA-zone account, typically within about four business days. Personal data is stored with the hosting provider PlanetHoster, though the privacy policy does not specify the geographic location of those servers.
What’s good, what’s not.
- ✓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.
- ✓Payouts made by SEPA bank transfer, typically within about four business days.
- ✓Interface available in French and English.
- −Card is the primary payment method, with no European bank-transfer options such as iDEAL or Bancontact at checkout.
- −Primarily oriented to France and French-speaking fundraisers despite an English interface.
- −Data is stored with the hosting provider PlanetHoster, but the privacy policy does not state the geographic location of the servers.
- −Payouts outside the SEPA zone are only available on request and may carry additional charges.
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.
1 countries · 2 languages · 1 payment methods.
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Frequently asked questions
What does We Solidaire charge?
We Solidaire charges a 0% platform fee with an optional voluntary donor tip on top, plus 0% + £0.00 in payment processing per donation.
Where is We Solidaire based?
We Solidaire was founded in — and is headquartered in France. Data residency is unspecified.
Which countries does We Solidaire operate in?
We Solidaire operates in 1 countries, including France.
Which payment methods does We Solidaire support?
We Solidaire accepts Card.
Is We Solidaire suitable for nonprofits?
We Solidaire’s primary audience is individual fundraisers and groups; nonprofits can use the platform but may find specialized alternatives better suited.
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