Creator platform reviews

Memberships

• Ko-fi review

  Tips, memberships, and a shop for a 0 to 5% fee, paid straight to your own PayPal or Stripe. Scores 7.7 and leaves $929 of $1,000.

• Memberful review

  Membership billing that runs through your own Stripe account and your own website. Scores 7.6 and leaves $843 of $1,000.

• Patreon review

  The most complete membership platform, at the highest platform fee in the category. Scores 7.1 and leaves $841 of $1,000.

• Buy Me a Coffee review

  A tip jar with memberships and a shop, for one flat 5% fee. Scores 6.9 and leaves $886 of $1,000.

Newsletters

• Ghost review

  Open-source publishing with 0% fees, on Ghost(Pro) hosting or your own server. Scores 8.5 and leaves $859 of $1,000.

• beehiiv review

  Flat monthly plans, 0% of paid subscriptions, and the deepest growth and ad tools. Scores 8.1 and leaves $825 of $1,000.

• Kit review

  Email marketing for creators, formerly ConvertKit, with free selling up to 10,000 subscribers. Scores 7.6 and leaves $928 of $1,000.

• Substack review

  Free to publish, 10% of paid subscriptions, and a built-in reader network. Scores 7.2 and leaves $827 of $1,000.

Courses

• Podia review

  Simple all-in-one store for courses, downloads, coaching, and community, from $49 a month. Scores 7.8 and leaves $870 of $1,000.

• Teachable review

  Course-first platform with no transaction fee from $89 a month and daily payouts. Scores 7.5 and leaves $880 of $1,000.

• Kajabi review

  Courses, email, website, and community in one bill, with no cut of sales, from $179 a month. Scores 7.4 and leaves $790 of $1,000.

• Thinkific review

  Structured course platform with strong learning tools and no platform cut, from $109 a month. Scores 7.4 and leaves $855 of $1,000.

Digital products

• Payhip review

  Every feature on every plan, a 5% fee on the free plan, and VAT handled for you. Scores 8.4 and leaves $910 of $1,000.

• Gumroad review

  The fastest way to start selling digital files, with sales tax handled for you. Scores 7.1 and leaves $839 of $1,000.

• Lemon Squeezy review

  A low-fee merchant of record for software and digital goods, now owned by Stripe. Scores 7.1 and leaves $930 of $1,000.

• Stan review

  Stan Store is a link-in-bio storefront for selling downloads, courses, and coaching from social media. Scores 6.9 and leaves $930 of $1,000.

Communities

• Circle review

  An all-in-one community platform with courses, events, and your own Stripe account. Scores 7.8 and leaves $835 of $1,000.

• Mighty Networks review

  Community, courses, and livestreams in one app, paid through your own Stripe account. Scores 7.7 and leaves $876 of $1,000.

• Skool review

  A simple community and course platform with all-in fees and a discovery feed. Scores 7.5 and leaves $881 of $1,000.

• Discord review

  Paid tiers inside the chat app your community already uses. Scores 5.3 and leaves $846 of $1,000.