# Little Phil vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Little Phil delivers about 10.85 more of every 100 donated than Steady (A$97.95 vs £87.10 per 100). On the headline numbers, Little Phil 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 | Little Phil | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$97.95 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.75% + A$0.30 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 51 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 32 |
| Data residency | Outside AU (SG/HK/US) | — |
| Languages | 1 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 4 |

## Choose Little Phil if

> Australian donors, companies, and nonprofits focused on impact transparency and modern giving options such as crypto, workplace giving, and Shopify post-checkout donations, where offshore data storage is not a blocker.

- Built-in impact-tracking so donors can see the effect of their giving first-hand.
- Nonprofits pay no commission on donations, per Little Phil's nonprofits page.
- Modern giving options: Apple Pay, Google Pay, cards, direct debit, internal credit, and cryptocurrency.
- Spans donor, nonprofit, and corporate giving, including workplace-giving programmes.


## 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.