# Steady vs WhyDonate

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, WhyDonate delivers about £10.75 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£97.85 vs £87.10). WhyDonate holds the stronger Trustpilot record: 4.9/5 across 388 reviews, against 2.6/5 across 4 for Steady. WhyDonate stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Steady does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Steady | WhyDonate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £87.10 | £98.35 |
| Platform fee | 10% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.9% + £0.00 | 1.4% + £0.25 |
| Trustpilot | 2.6 (4) | 4.9 (388) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 77 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 32 | 115 |
| Data residency | — | EEA |
| Languages | 5 | 19 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 24 |

## 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 WhyDonate if

> European nonprofits and individuals who want a transparent, low-fee, GDPR-native crowdfunding platform with broad multilingual and multi-currency support.

- Zero platform fee with a transparent voluntary-tip model
- EEA data residency and GDPR-native compliance
- Broad coverage of local European payment rails (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Twint, Swish, MobilePay, Vipps, Blik, Cartes Bancaires, Satispay, MultiBanco, EPS) plus global rails (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Link, Revolut Pay)
- 19-language interface and 27 supported currencies for cross-border fundraising