# Fundraise Up vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Fundraise Up delivers about £6.40 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£93.50 vs £87.10). On the headline numbers, Fundraise Up and Steady are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Fundraise Up | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £93.50 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 72 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 46 | 32 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 18 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 12 | 4 |

## Choose Fundraise Up if

> Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.

- Conversion-optimized donation checkout adapted from e-commerce best practices.
- Broad payment support: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, bank debits, and cryptocurrency.
- International, multi-currency checkout with local bank-debit rails (SEPA, BACS, BECS, iDEAL).
- Used by large global nonprofits, signalling enterprise-grade reliability.


## 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.