# Funraise vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Funraise delivers about £4.40 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£91.50 vs £87.10). On the headline numbers, Funraise 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 | Funraise | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £91.50 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 5% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.60 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 79 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 32 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 0 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 4 |

## Choose Funraise if

> Small and mid-size US nonprofits, especially those under about a million dollars in revenue, that want donation forms, recurring giving, peer-to-peer, events, and a donor CRM in one connected platform.

- All-in-one suite: donation forms, recurring giving, peer-to-peer, events, auctions, and donor CRM.
- Unusually broad donor payment options: cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, DAFpay, stock, and crypto.
- Built by nonprofit veterans, with workflows tuned to sector needs.
- Optional donor cost-coverage so organizations keep more of each donation.


## 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.