# Betterplace vs Steady

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Betterplace | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €97.20 | €87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + €0.00 | 2.9% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8 (851) | 2.6 (4) |
| Country coverage | 2 | 32 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 4 |

## Choose Betterplace if

> German and Austrian nonprofits and social-cause project owners that want a trusted, charitable, German-run donation platform with low pass-through costs and local data handling.

- Operated by the charitable betterplace.org gGmbH — a nonprofit, mission-aligned platform.
- Roughly 2.8% transaction fee, with the large majority of each donation passing to the project.
- Free for organisations to set up and run campaigns.
- Supports credit card, PayPal, SEPA Direct Debit, and bank wire transfer.


## 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.