# Mesenaatti.me vs PPL

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, PPL delivers about €7.39 more of every €100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (€91.39 vs €84.00). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while PPL does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | PPL |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | €91.39 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 6.15% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 2.46% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 57 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 4 |

## 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 PPL if

> Portuguese entrepreneurs, creatives, and social or humanitarian causes that want a local, Portuguese-language crowdfunding platform offering both reward-based campaigns and a dedicated donations area.

- Long-established in Portugal, operating since 2011.
- Supports both reward-based crowdfunding and a dedicated 'PPL Causas' donations area for social causes.
- Offers all-or-nothing and flexible funding models.
- Supporters can give unconditionally to causes, transferring even if the goal is not met.