# Mesenaatti.me vs Spotfund

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spotfund delivers about 12.80 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (£96.80 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Spotfund does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | Spotfund |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | £96.80 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.7 (1775) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 73 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 0 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| 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 Spotfund if

> US individuals and small nonprofits running time-sensitive personal or community causes who value next-business-day payouts and a simple, mobile-first, socially shareable giving flow.

- Next-business-day payouts, faster than many peers that settle over several days.
- Mobile-first, consumer-friendly giving flow optimized for social sharing.
- Supports personal causes, nonprofits, community, sports, and business campaigns.
- Nonprofit toolkit includes recurring donations, branded tax receipts, and event ticketing.