# Mesenaatti.me vs We Solidaire

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, We Solidaire 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 We Solidaire does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | We Solidaire |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 48 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 0 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 1 |

## 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 We Solidaire if

> Individuals, associations, and companies in France raising money for solidarity, health, cultural, animal, sports, religious, or memorial causes who want a simple French-language platform with broad international card acceptance.

- Backed by the established Papayoux crowdfunding operator (société Déméter, Paris).
- Payments processed by Lemonway, an institution approved by France's regulator ACPR under number 16568J.
- Registered as an Intermédiaire en Financement Participatif (IFP) with ORIAS, number 17003690.
- Accepts international bank cards from more than 150 countries.