# Givelify vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Givelify delivers about £9.70 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£96.80 vs £87.10). On the headline numbers, Givelify 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 | Givelify | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.80 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 86 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 32 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 0 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 4 |

## Choose Givelify if

> US churches, places of worship, and faith-based nonprofits that want a polished mobile giving app and simple donation pages with donor analytics, rather than complex campaign tooling.

- Highly rated, widely downloaded donor app that lowers friction for mobile and repeat giving.
- Online donation pages, text-to-give, and QR giving alongside the app.
- Donor management and analytics with a dedicated giving-success coach.
- Accepts major card brands: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express.


## 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.