# Donately vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Donately delivers about £5.70 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£92.80 vs £87.10). Donately holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.5/5 across 17 reviews, against 2.6/5 across 4 for Steady.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donately | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £92.80 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.5 (17) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 32 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 0 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 4 |

## Choose Donately if

> Nonprofits, churches, and schools that want embeddable, customizable donation forms and an API to add giving to an existing website, with Stripe and PayPal processing and CRM integrations.

- Customizable, embeddable donation forms and campaign pages that drop into an existing site.
- API access and native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Constant Contact, and Mailchimp.
- Card and ACH processing via Stripe and PayPal, with optional donor cost coverage.
- Peer-to-peer, team fundraising, recurring giving, text-to-give, and event ticketing included.


## 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.