# GiveNow vs Steunactie

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GiveNow delivers about 4.84 more of every 100 donated than Steunactie (A$98.24 vs £93.40 per 100). On the headline numbers, GiveNow and Steunactie are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | GiveNow | Steunactie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.24 | £93.40 |
| Platform fee | 1.5% | 6% |
| Payment processing fee | 0.26% + A$0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.5 (723) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 78 | 66 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 2 |
| Data residency | Australia | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 4 |

## Choose GiveNow if

> Small to medium-sized Australian charities, not-for-profits, and community groups that want a low-overhead, no-lock-in donation platform with local Australian data storage and an optional donor-covers-cost model.

- Purpose-built for small to medium-sized Australian charities and not-for-profits.
- Operated by Our Community, a long-running Australian social enterprise (since 2001).
- Percentage-based pricing with no subscription, lock-in, or upfront cost.
- Optional donor-covers-cost model, which the platform reports most donors choose.


## Choose Steunactie if

> Dutch- and French-speaking community fundraisers in the Netherlands and Belgium - sports clubs, schools, churches and local nonprofits - that want a simple, VAT-transparent platform with weekly payouts and no minimum goal.

- Built for Benelux community causes - clubs, schools, churches and nonprofits - with simple setup.
- Clear, VAT-inclusive pricing on a small set of common Benelux payment methods.
- Keep-it-all funding with no minimum target, and weekly payouts that can be paused.
- Payments handled by PSD2-licensed providers (Mollie, PayPal, Payaut).