Alvarum vs Betterplace

French and European charities and associations running cause-based or sports-challenge fundraising who want donations paid directly to the beneficiary and support for European local payment methods.

• ✓Donations are routed directly to the beneficiary charity and settled on an automated monthly cycle rather than held by the platform.
• ✓Strong fit for sports-challenge and participatory event fundraising such as marathons and cycling events.
• ✓European local payment methods - iDEAL, Bancontact, Sofort, and SEPA direct debit - alongside Visa and Mastercard cards.
• ✓Payments handled by HiPay, a payment institution authorised by France's ACPR; Alvarum registered with ORIAS as a donation crowdfunding intermediary.

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.