# Raisely vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Raisely delivers about £11.20 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£98.30 vs £87.10). On the headline numbers, Raisely 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 | Raisely | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £98.30 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.4% + £0.30 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 82 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 8 | 32 |
| Data residency | AU/UK/US | — |
| Languages | 1 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 4 |

## Choose Raisely if

> Australian, UK and North American charities and nonprofits that want fully customizable, white-label peer-to-peer and recurring-giving campaigns, full ownership of their donor data and no lock-in contracts.

- Fully customizable, white-label donation pages and campaign websites built without code.
- Strong peer-to-peer, team-fundraising and recurring-giving tooling.
- Donor-data ownership with CRM integrations, automation and a developer API, with no lock-in contracts.
- Funded by optional donor tips rather than a mandatory subscription, with an optional paid plan.


## 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.