# iDonate.ie vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iDonate.ie delivers about €13.80 more of every €100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (€97.80 vs €84.00). On the headline numbers, iDonate.ie and Mesenaatti.me are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | iDonate.ie | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.80 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.95% + €0.25 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.9 (494) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 78 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 1 |

## Choose iDonate.ie if

> Irish charities, clubs, schools, and community causes that want low transaction-only fees and a broad set of fundraising tools, including donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and events.

- 0% platform fee with a transaction-only cost of 1.95% + EUR0.25 per donation.
- No setup or monthly fees.
- Donor-covers-the-fee option can reduce the net deduction for causes.
- Broad fundraising toolkit: donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and event fundraising.


## 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.