# Snowball Fundraising vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Snowball Fundraising delivers about 9.70 more of every 100 donated than Steady ($96.80 vs £87.10 per 100). On the headline numbers, Snowball Fundraising 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 | Snowball Fundraising | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | $96.80 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + $0.30 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 59 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 32 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 0 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 4 |

## Choose Snowball Fundraising if

> Small and mid-sized US nonprofits that want donation forms, text-to-give, online auctions and event ticketing in one platform with US-based bilingual support, fundraising domestically in US dollars.

- All-in-one toolkit: donation forms, text-to-give and text-to-bid, online auctions, event ticketing, recurring gifts and donor CRM.
- Free Starter tier available, with paid annual plans that remove the platform fee and speed payouts to 1-2 days.
- Used by more than 15,000 US nonprofits, with US-based bilingual (English/Spanish) support.
- Payments processed by Stripe; the company states no hidden platform fees beyond the chosen plan and processing.


## 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.