# Mesenaatti.me vs mycause

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, mycause delivers about 13.50 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (A$97.50 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while mycause does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | mycause |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | A$97.50 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 2.5% + A$0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 75 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | Australia (US backup) |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 0 |

## 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.


## Choose mycause if

> Australian individuals, registered charities, and schools running domestic donation campaigns who value a long-established, locally owned platform with Australian data residency and a donor-tip funding model for personal causes.

- Long-established Australian pioneer of crowdfunding, operating since 2009.
- Wholly Australian owned and operated, with primary servers based in Sydney.
- Personal fundraisers carry no platform charge, funded by an optional donor tip.
- Donations receipted to the chosen Australian charity.