Fee calculator

Patreon Fee Calculator

Calculate Patreon’s 10% fee and see how much you could save with HopMembers.

Patreon is free to start — you only pay when you start earning. Their platform fee is 10% of the income you earn on Patreon, plus payment processing, currency conversion, payout fees, and applicable taxes. This calculator models the 10% platform fee versus HopMembers’ flat plan with 0% transaction fees.

HopMembers vs Patreon

Keep an extra $9,012/year

At $7,800/month in sales.

Patreon

$780

/mo in transaction fees

10% of earnings

Getting one subscriber is hard — fees eat the revenue of 20 subscribers every month

HopMembers

Best value

transaction fees

Flat $29/mo

You keep every dollar you earn

Switching saves you $751 every month—that’s $9,012 every year back in your business.

Based on Patreon pricing: 10% of the income you earn on Patreon. Payment processing, currency conversion, payout fees, and taxes are extra and excluded from this comparison. See Patreon pricing.

Also worth knowing about Patreon

Payment processing fees on top of the 10% platform fee
Currency conversion fees for some creators
Payout fees depending on country and method
Applicable taxes

With200subscribers at$

17,000

Compare

Patreon vs HopMembers

Side-by-side features and pricing — after you’ve run your numbers above.

HopMembers

$29/mo · 0% fees

Patreon

10% of earnings

Transaction fees

0%, always

10% of earnings

Monthly plan

$29/mo after trial

Free to start (pay when you earn)

Included

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Included

—

Discord

Included

—

Slack

—

Paid straight to your bank

Included

Unlimited members

Included

No coding required

Included

Direct community access (chat apps)

Included

Feed / membership focused

Understanding Patreon Fees

Patreon takes 10% of the income you earn on the platform, with no monthly subscription for that core fee — plus payment processing and related costs. At scale, that 10% compounds every month. HopMembers charges $29/mo flat after trial with 0% transaction fees — ideal if you want community access control without a growing take rate.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Patreon fees vs HopMembers.

Why Choose HopMembers Over Patreon?

Own your membership checkout and community access without giving Patreon 10% of every pledge.

0% transaction fees — keep what you earn on every sale
Flat $29/mo after a free trial — costs stay predictable as you grow
Paid straight to your bank via Stripe — HopMembers never holds your member payments
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