# Give Lively vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Give Lively delivers about 13.50 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me ($97.50 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Give Lively does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Give Lively | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | $97.50 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + $0.30 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | 3.3 (1) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 87 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | EEA |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 1 |

## Choose Give Lively if

> US 501(c)(3) nonprofits seeking a fully underwritten, no-cost fundraising toolkit - campaign pages, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, and events - backed by philanthropist founders rather than platform charges.

- Underwritten by philanthropist founders, so member nonprofits are not charged for the software.
- Full toolkit: campaign pages, donation widgets, text-to-donate, peer-to-peer, team fundraising, and events.
- Donors can opt to cover processing, helping organizations keep the full gift.
- Rapid disbursement with no holding period.


## 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.