# Classy vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Classy delivers about 13.30 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (£97.30 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Classy does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Classy | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.30 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.4% + £0.30 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 86 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 4 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 1 |

## Choose Classy if

> Mid-to-large US nonprofits running enterprise-scale peer-to-peer campaigns, ticketed events, and recurring-giving programmes that need depth beyond a basic donation page.

- Enterprise-grade peer-to-peer, events, and recurring-giving tooling.
- Now part of GoFundMe Pro, backed by GoFundMe's reach and 190-million community.
- Essentials plan with zero subscription fees and no setup costs for smaller nonprofits.
- Multi-currency settlement in US dollar, Canadian dollar, pound, Australian dollar, and euro.


## 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.