# EcoCrowd vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, EcoCrowd delivers about €5.75 more of every €100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (€89.75 vs €84.00). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while EcoCrowd does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | EcoCrowd | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €89.75 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 8% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.9% + €0.35 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 46 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | DE | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 3 | 1 |

## Choose EcoCrowd if

> German environmental and sustainability nonprofits - associations, foundations, and gGmbHs - seeking community-backed funding for SDG-aligned projects through a curated monthly donation pool.

- Operated by the Deutsche Umweltstiftung, an established German environmental foundation.
- Sharp focus on sustainability and UN Sustainable Development Goal-aligned projects.
- Distinctive monthly donation-pool model with a community vote on which project is funded.
- Accepts PayPal and bank transfer, with donations starting from one 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.