# mycause vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, mycause delivers about 10.40 more of every 100 donated than Steady (A$97.50 vs £87.10 per 100). On the headline numbers, mycause 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 | mycause | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | A$97.50 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.5% + A$0.00 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 75 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 32 |
| Data residency | Australia (US backup) | — |
| Languages | 1 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 4 |

## Choose mycause if

> Australian individuals, registered charities, and schools running domestic donation campaigns who value a long-established, locally owned platform with Australian data residency and a donor-tip funding model for personal causes.

- Long-established Australian pioneer of crowdfunding, operating since 2009.
- Wholly Australian owned and operated, with primary servers based in Sydney.
- Personal fundraisers carry no platform charge, funded by an optional donor tip.
- Donations receipted to the chosen Australian charity.


## 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.