# RallyUp vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, RallyUp delivers about £9.70 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£96.80 vs £87.10). On the headline numbers, RallyUp 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 | RallyUp | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £96.80 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.30 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 (9) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 0 | 32 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 0 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 4 |

## Choose RallyUp if

> US nonprofits running game-based and event fundraising - raffles, sweepstakes, auctions and a-thons - that want multiple campaign types in one platform with no contracts and a free, donor-tip-funded option.

- More than a dozen mix-and-match campaign types, from donation pages to raffles, auctions, sweepstakes, peer-to-peer and a-thons.
- Free plan with no platform fee, funded by optional donor tips; no contracts, setup fees or minimum fees.
- Built-in legal compliance for raffles and sweepstakes, including prewritten rules and a review before going live.
- Reports over 55,000 nonprofits served and more than $1 billion raised.


## 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.