# La Cagnotte des Proches vs Mesenaatti.me

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, La Cagnotte des Proches delivers about €13.53 more of every €100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (€97.53 vs €84.00). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while La Cagnotte des Proches does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | La Cagnotte des Proches | Mesenaatti.me |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.53 | €84.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 15% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.3% + €0.17 | 0% + €1.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 61 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 5 | 1 |
| Data residency | France (OVH) | EEA |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 3 | 1 |

## Choose La Cagnotte des Proches if

> Families, friends, and colleagues in France raising a solidarity cagnotte to support a loved one facing illness, disability, an accident, end-of-life care, or bereavement.

- Tightly focused on solidarity and health-related causes - illness, accidents, end-of-life, and bereavement collections.
- Operated by a French company (SAS, Aix-en-Provence) and certified as a social-utility enterprise (ESUS) in 2024.
- Donations are processed securely by Stripe, with withdrawals paid to the beneficiary by bank transfer.
- Offers fundraiser support beyond hosting - advice and help creating visuals, videos, and media outreach.


## 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.