# Leetchi vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Leetchi delivers about £9.75 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£96.85 vs £87.10). Leetchi holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.2/5 across 50,786 reviews, against 2.6/5 across 4 for Steady. Leetchi stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Steady does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Leetchi | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £90.85 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 6% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.25 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.2 (50786) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 82 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 36 | 32 |
| Data residency | EEA | — |
| Languages | 4 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 3 | 4 |

## Choose Leetchi if

> French-speaking fundraisers, group collections among friends, and EU nonprofits comfortable with a longer-established platform.

- Established European brand with strong recognition in France and Belgium
- Free group-pot product for personal collections (gifts, group events, shared expenses)
- EEA data residency
- High Trustpilot rating across 50,000+ reviews


## 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.