# GiveNow vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveNow delivers about 14.24 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (A$98.24 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GiveNow does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveNow | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.24 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 1.5% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 0.26% + A$0.00 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 78 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | Australia | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 1 |

## Choose GiveNow if

> Small to medium-sized Australian charities, not-for-profits, and community groups that want a low-overhead, no-lock-in donation platform with local Australian data storage and an optional donor-covers-cost model.

- Purpose-built for small to medium-sized Australian charities and not-for-profits.
- Operated by Our Community, a long-running Australian social enterprise (since 2001).
- Percentage-based pricing with no subscription, lock-in, or upfront cost.
- Optional donor-covers-cost model, which the platform reports most donors choose.


## 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.