# I believe in you vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, I believe in you delivers about €4.00 more of every €100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (€88.00 vs €84.00). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while I believe in you does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | I believe in you | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €88.00 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 8% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 4% + €0.00 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 40 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | DE (AWS Frankfurt) | EEA |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 1 |

## Choose I believe in you if

> Austrian athletes, sports clubs, and event organisers raising money for a sporting goal, who are comfortable with an all-or-nothing campaign where funds are released only if the target is met.

- Focuses exclusively on sport - athletes, clubs, and sports event organisers - rather than general crowdfunding.
- All-or-nothing model means backers are only charged for campaigns that reach their goal.
- Operated locally by a Vienna-based entity (I Believe In You Osterreich GmbH) under an established Swiss brand.
- Austrian site is hosted on Amazon Web Services in Frankfurt, Germany - EU data residency.


## 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.