# Grassrootz vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Grassrootz delivers about 16.00 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (A$100.00 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Grassrootz does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Grassrootz | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$100.00 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + A$0.00 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 76 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 1 |

## Choose Grassrootz if

> Australian and New Zealand registered charities running peer-to-peer campaigns and endurance-event fundraising who want supporter-driven tools and in-person cashless giving rather than personal one-off fundraisers.

- Core fundraising features provided to charity members at no cost, funded by an optional donor contribution at checkout.
- Partnerships with major endurance events including City2Surf and the Sydney, Auckland, Brisbane, and Melbourne marathons.
- Strong peer-to-peer tooling built around supporters' personal networks.
- In-person cashless giving via Tap'n'Donate card readers for physical events.


## 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.