# Steady vs We Solidaire

## What the data says.

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

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Steady | We Solidaire |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £87.10 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 10% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 2.6 (4) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 48 |
| Country coverage | 32 | 0 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 5 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 1 |

## 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 We Solidaire if

> Individuals, associations, and companies in France raising money for solidarity, health, cultural, animal, sports, religious, or memorial causes who want a simple French-language platform with broad international card acceptance.

- Backed by the established Papayoux crowdfunding operator (société Déméter, Paris).
- Payments processed by Lemonway, an institution approved by France's regulator ACPR under number 16568J.
- Registered as an Intermédiaire en Financement Participatif (IFP) with ORIAS, number 17003690.
- Accepts international bank cards from more than 150 countries.