# Pledge vs Steunactie

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Pledge delivers about 3.40 more of every 100 donated than Steunactie ($96.80 vs £93.40 per 100). On the headline numbers, Pledge 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 | Pledge | Steunactie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | $96.80 | £93.40 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 6% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + $0.30 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.5 (723) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 76 | 66 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 2 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 10 | 4 |

## Choose Pledge if

> US-based individuals, nonprofits and purpose-driven companies that want a free-to-start fundraiser with a wide range of giving methods - cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, stock, donor-advised funds and crypto - plus Shopify and API-based embedded giving.

- No mandatory platform fee - funded by optional donor tipping, with most donors choosing to cover the fees.
- Exceptionally broad giving methods: cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, stock, donor-advised funds and cryptocurrency.
- Donations are regranted through the Pledgeling Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) public charity, with multi-state US fundraising compliance.
- Shopify "Give & Grow" app and embedded-giving APIs and widgets for e-commerce and product integrations.


## 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).