# GlobalGiving vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GlobalGiving delivers about 8.00 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (£92.00 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while GlobalGiving does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GlobalGiving | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.00 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 5% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 3% + £0.00 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 84 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 11 | 1 |

## Choose GlobalGiving if

> Donors and companies wanting to give to vetted grassroots nonprofits worldwide, and smaller international NGOs seeking a due-diligence stamp and access to US donors and corporate giving programs.

- Rigorous due-diligence vetting of every nonprofit, a strong trust signal for donors.
- Global reach connecting donors and companies with grassroots nonprofits worldwide.
- Established track record since 2002 with more than a million donors.
- Corporate-giving and disaster-relief programs beyond individual donations.


## 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.