# Mesenaatti.me vs Papayoux

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Papayoux delivers about €13.80 more of every €100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (€97.80 vs €84.00). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Papayoux does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | Papayoux |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | €97.80 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 1.9% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.6 (434) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 53 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 1 | 6 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 2 |

## 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 Papayoux if

> French and EU individuals organizing group collections for gifts and events, plus associations running solidarity campaigns, who want a regulated French platform with flexible fee handling.

- Two products in one brand: group-pot collections and solidarity donations.
- Regulated French crowdfunding intermediary (ORIAS) backed by Lemonway.
- Group-pot creation and SEPA-zone withdrawals carry no transfer charge.
- Organizer can absorb or pass per-contribution costs to contributors.