# Donorbox vs Steady

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Donorbox | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €94.55 | €87.10 |
| Platform fee | 2.95% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + €0.30 | 2.9% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | 4 (52) | 2.6 (4) |
| Country coverage | 23 | 32 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 12 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 19 | 4 |

## Choose Donorbox if

> Small-to-medium nonprofits across verticals like churches, healthcare, education, and animal welfare that want recurring-donation tooling, donor fee-cover, and a managed donation-form product without a CRM-scale platform commitment.

- Donor-cover-fees option at checkout — Donorbox frames opt-in as the default, so the recipient can receive the full donation amount.
- Broad payment-rail support: iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA, BACS, Klarna, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, and Link by Stripe.
- Standard plan has no monthly subscription — just per-transaction fees on the 2.95% / 3.95% tier.
- First-class recurring-donation tooling with upsell prompts and donor-management features on the Pro tier.


## 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.