# Mesenaatti.me vs Zeffy

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Zeffy 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 Zeffy does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Mesenaatti.me | Zeffy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €84.00 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 15% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €1.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.5 (441) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 91 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 4 |
| Data residency | EEA | CA |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| 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 Zeffy if

> Nonprofits and charitable organisations in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia that want donation forms, event ticketing, auctions, and donor management together in one tool without per-tool software costs.

- Combines donation forms, event ticketing, raffles, auctions, peer-to-peer campaigns, memberships, and donor management in one platform.
- Accepts credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and ACH bank transfers.
- Used by more than 100,000 nonprofit organisations across North America.
- Available in English and French, suiting both US and Canadian (including Québec) organisations.