# Mesenaatti.me vs PIFworld

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, PIFworld delivers about €9.60 more of every €100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (€93.60 vs €84.00). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while PIFworld does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | PIFworld |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | €93.60 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 6.05% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 0% + €0.35 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 56 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| 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 PIFworld if

> Dutch nonprofits and companies running social-impact and employee-giving campaigns, plus individuals who want to fundraise for projects rather than simply make a one-off donation.

- Combines personal fundraising with structured corporate and employee-giving programmes.
- Connects individuals, nonprofits, and companies on a single platform.
- Participation-led model: supporters can donate, fundraise, or spread a project's message.
- Dutch and English interface for a Netherlands and European audience.