# GiveSendGo vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveSendGo delivers about 13.00 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (£97.00 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GiveSendGo does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveSendGo | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.00 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.7% + £0.30 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | 2.4 (633) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 80 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 0 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 1 |

## Choose GiveSendGo if

> US-based faith communities, churches, and individual fundraisers — including those running legal-defense or politically sensitive campaigns that mainstream platforms may decline to host.

- Funded by optional donor tips and give-back rather than a mandatory platform fee.
- Distinctive faith-based positioning with a unique 'Pray' button for supporters.
- Permissive content policy hosts causes some mainstream platforms decline.
- Supports cards, bank transfers, Google Pay, and Link one-click checkout.


## 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.