# Gandee vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Gandee delivers about €10.00 more of every €100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (€94.00 vs €84.00). On the headline numbers, Gandee 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 | Gandee | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €94.00 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 6% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 56 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 1 |

## Choose Gandee if

> French individuals and companies who want to raise money for vetted associations through solidarity pots, corporate social-responsibility campaigns, or event-based giving, with automatic tax receipts.

- Donors give without charge; organisers create solidarity pots without a platform commission
- Partner associations are vetted before they can receive funds
- Automatic tax-deduction receipts for individual and corporate donors
- Corporate social-responsibility (RSE) campaigns and sponsor matching for companies


## 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.

