# GiveWheel vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveWheel delivers about 14.60 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (£98.60 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GiveWheel does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveWheel | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £98.60 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.2% + £0.20 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.7 (92) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 71 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU (Heroku) | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 1 |

## Choose GiveWheel if

> UK fundraisers, charities, companies, and event organisers who want to raise for one or several charities at once, with custom donation splits, Gift Aid, ticketed events, and prize draws.

- Lets fundraisers support an unlimited number of charities from one page, with a custom percentage split.
- Gift Aid is handled via disbursement partner Charities Trust for eligible UK donations.
- Broad feature set: ticketed events, prize draws and raffles, DonorMap, donor messaging, and a public API.
- Accepts donations in GBP, AUD, USD, CAD, and EUR, settled in GBP.


## 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.