Make more money from memberships plus one-time tips, sales, commissions and streaming tools. All in one place and just 0-5% platform fees.
Join a community of 1M creators
Ko-fi is the friendly way to receive one-off or monthly income from fans. Use Ko-fi as an alternative to Patreon or use both!
Get paid instantly and directly
Sell physical and digital items
Sell commissions
Friendly, easy and drama-free
0-5% platform fees
0-5%
Donations are free!
+ card processing fees.
5-12%
Publish new content each month & maintain multiple tiers of rewards.
Publish as much or as little as you want. No pressure.
Publish new content each month & maintain multiple tiers of rewards.
Creators who want flexibility to offer memberships, one-time donations, shop items or services all from one place.
Creators who only want to offer monthly memberships.
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Digital product only
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Creators directly
Patreon
Immediately
Usually monthly
PayPal, Venmo, Credit Cards, Apple/Google Pay, local payment methods
PayPal, Venmo, Credit Cards
We’ll waive all platform fees for the first 12 months!
Ko-fi’s saved me and my supporters a fortune because they don’t charge huge fees. Switching was an easy decision! The excellent customer service is a bonus 😁
I had been searching for an alternative to Patreon for quite some time and Ko-fi seemed like the best fit for my channel and my viewers.
I really like the flexibility it offers.
Ko-fi's emphasis on ease of use leads to a conversion rate that blows Patreon out of the water. I literally get 10x the number of donations on Ko-fi over Patreon!
I began to grow tired of being viewed as a commodity rather than a person…
Ko-fi allowed me the freedom I wanted without the pressure
FAQS
Ko-fi is the all-in-one platform for creators. Like Patreon you can set up membership tiers, but on Ko-fi you can also accept donations, open a shop and take commissions with low or no platform fees.
Yes absolutely. Create tiers, add benefits like Discord roles, exclusive content or even physical rewards.
Coffee is just a friendly metaphor to represent the gesture of support, you don’t have to buy coffee.
Ko-fi charges 0% platform fees on one-time donations, and just 5% platform fees for everything else.
Thousands of creators choose to become a contributor and unlock more features and support the development of the platform. Ko-fi Shop, Commissions and Memberships incur a 5% platform fee.
Sure, complementing Patreon with Ko-fi for one-off tips or commissions is a great way to increase your earnings without having to produce new content.
Connect to PayPal or Stripe and get paid instantly and directly from supporters. It takes less than a minute to setup your page.
