# Mesenaatti.me vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Steady delivers about 3.10 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (£87.10 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Steady does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 32 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 1 | 5 |
| 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 Steady if

> European creators, independent journalists, podcasters, and publishers who want recurring income from paying members rather than one-off donation campaigns.

- Purpose-built recurring-membership tooling for creators, journalists, and publishers.
- Free to register and create a project; fees apply only once you earn.
- European data handling with multi-currency support (euro, pound, Swiss franc, US dollar).
- Members can pay by card, PayPal, Apple Pay, and SEPA direct debit.