# Steady vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about £12.90 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£100.00 vs £87.10). On the headline numbers, Steady and TotalGiving are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Steady | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £87.10 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 10% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 2.6 (4) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 32 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 5 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 3 |

## 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 TotalGiving if

> UK registered charities and their supporters who want fundraising and sponsorship pages where donations pass directly to the charity, with Gift Aid and multi-currency donations.

- Donations are transferred directly to the recipient charity rather than held by the platform.
- Supports Gift Aid, claimable on eligible UK donations and approved by HMRC.
- Donors can give in many currencies (around 140), converted to GBP for the charity.
- Charity directory and search covering thousands of UK registered charities, with fundraising and sponsorship pages.