# Crowdfunder UK vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Crowdfunder UK delivers about £10.38 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£97.48 vs £87.10). Crowdfunder UK holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.1/5 across 2,873 reviews, against 2.6/5 across 4 for Steady. Crowdfunder UK stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Steady does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Crowdfunder UK | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.48 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.28% + £0.24 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 (2873) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 85 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 32 |
| Data residency | UK/EEA/US | — |
| Languages | 1 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 4 |

## Choose Crowdfunder UK if

> UK community projects, charities, social enterprises, and individuals who want match funding and Gift Aid alongside either donation or reward-based crowdfunding and can settle to a UK bank account.

- Supports multiple campaign types - donations, reward-based pledges, and community share offers - on one platform.
- Match funding (+Extra) can unlock grants from corporate, public-sector, and charitable partners on top of money raised.
- Gift Aid is handled through SwiftAid for eligible UK donations.
- Offers both All-or-Nothing and Flexible (keep-what-you-raise) funding models.


## 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.