# Mesenaatti.me vs OnParticipe

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | OnParticipe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 3 (21) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | France |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 1 |

## 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 OnParticipe if

> French and European organisers running cagnottes, ticketed events, or association fundraising who want a no-commission, French-hosted platform with identity controls, and who will read the terms for inactivity and refund charges.

- No commission on collections, so organisers keep the entire amount raised and ticket revenue.
- Designed and hosted in France, with French customer support available seven days a week.
- Funded by an optional donor tip rather than a mandatory platform charge.
- Systematic identity-document checks on organisers for fraud control.