Suet balls vs pellets (mess?)

Hi, I’m currently feeding suet balls which works well on my small-bird feeder, but the starlings make an absolute mess of theirs, throwing most of it below them for the pigeons as they eat. I tried attaching a tray but a small tray didn’t catch any food from the top of the feeder and a large tray allowed pigeons to perch… Would feeding suet pellets create less mess? Would I put these in a seed feeder or a peanut feeder? I also saw a suet cake feeder from Supa that had a decent tray attached but the small size of it would limit how many starlings can eat at once, plus I’d like something I can easily top up.