# GoFundraise vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GoFundraise delivers about 11.12 more of every 100 donated than Steady (A$98.22 vs £87.10 per 100). On the headline numbers, GoFundraise 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 | GoFundraise | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$98.22 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.4% + A$0.38 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 32 |
| Data residency | Australia | — |
| Languages | 1 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 2 | 4 |

## Choose GoFundraise if

> Australian individuals, charities, and event organisers running personal or peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns who want Australian-hosted, PCI-secure infrastructure and DGR-aware tax receipting.

- Established Australian platform for donation and peer-to-peer fundraising.
- Strong event-based and community-fundraising tooling with multi-beneficiary support.
- Payments via Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, and Stripe.
- All data encrypted at rest and hosted in Australia, with PCI-secure infrastructure and third-party penetration testing.


## 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.