# Altruism Ireland vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Altruism Ireland delivers about €14.55 more of every €100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (€98.55 vs €84.00). On the headline numbers, Altruism Ireland and Mesenaatti.me are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Altruism Ireland | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €98.55 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.2% + €0.25 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 24 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 1 |

## Choose Altruism Ireland if

> 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.


## Choose Mesenaatti.me if

> Finnish artists, associations, nonprofits, and startups running reward-based or donation crowdfunding in euro who want a domestic platform that handles Finnish fundraising-permit requirements.

- Finland's largest home-grown crowdfunding platform, established since 2012.
- Supports both reward-based and donation-based crowdfunding.
- Handles the Finnish fundraising-permit requirements for donation campaigns.
- All-or-nothing model refunds backers in full if a campaign misses its target.