# Mesenaatti.me vs Raisely

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Raisely delivers about 14.30 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (£98.30 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Raisely does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | Raisely |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | £98.30 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 1.4% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 82 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 8 |
| Data residency | EEA | AU/UK/US |
| 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 Raisely if

> Australian, UK and North American charities and nonprofits that want fully customizable, white-label peer-to-peer and recurring-giving campaigns, full ownership of their donor data and no lock-in contracts.

- Fully customizable, white-label donation pages and campaign websites built without code.
- Strong peer-to-peer, team-fundraising and recurring-giving tooling.
- Donor-data ownership with CRM integrations, automation and a developer API, with no lock-in contracts.
- Funded by optional donor tips rather than a mandatory subscription, with an optional paid plan.