# Steady vs Supp.to

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Supp.to delivers about £12.41 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£99.51 vs £87.10). On the headline numbers, Steady and Supp.to are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Steady | Supp.to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £87.10 | £99.51 |
| Platform fee | 10% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.00 | 0% + £0.49 |
| Trustpilot | 2.6 (4) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 56 |
| Country coverage | 32 | 2 |
| Data residency | — | NL |
| Languages | 5 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 17 |

## 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.


## Choose Supp.to if

> Dutch and Belgian individuals, groups and nonprofits that want a low, predictable per-donation fee with no percentage cut and no mandatory donor tips, plus an optional white-label or schools-focused (Sponsor.school) option.

- Flat per-donation fee on iDEAL and Wero (EUR 0.49) rather than a percentage cut, inclusive of 21% VAT.
- No hidden costs and no mandatory donor tip - you pay only for successful donations.
- Payments via Mollie Payments B.V., licensed under the Wft and supervised by De Nederlandsche Bank.
- Keep-it-all funding model - funds are paid out even if the target is not reached.