# Mesenaatti.me vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about 16.00 more of every 100 donated than Mesenaatti.me (£100.00 vs €84.00 per 100). Mesenaatti.me stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while TotalGiving does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 3 |

## 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 TotalGiving if

> UK registered charities and their supporters who want fundraising and sponsorship pages where donations pass directly to the charity, with Gift Aid and multi-currency donations.

- Donations are transferred directly to the recipient charity rather than held by the platform.
- Supports Gift Aid, claimable on eligible UK donations and approved by HMRC.
- Donors can give in many currencies (around 140), converted to GBP for the charity.
- Charity directory and search covering thousands of UK registered charities, with fundraising and sponsorship pages.