# BetterWorld vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, BetterWorld delivers about 12.80 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (£96.80 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while BetterWorld does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | BetterWorld | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.80 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | 2.9 (2) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 81 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 1 |

## Choose BetterWorld if

> Nonprofits, schools, PTOs, and community groups in the US running auctions, raffles, events, and peer-to-peer campaigns that want every fundraising tool available on every plan.

- Exceptionally broad format support: silent and live auctions, raffles, events, donation forms, peer-to-peer, crowdfunding, paddle raise, and a-thons.
- No feature gating - every fundraising tool is available even on the free entry plan.
- Paid Partner ($1,550/year) and Keystone ($5,950/year) tiers lower the platform's percentage cut for higher-volume organizations.
- Most donors (over 95%) opt to cover payment processing, so organizations retain more of each gift.


## 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.