🆚 Buy Me a Coffee vs. Ko-fi

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Donation tool
Donation tool

About

Buy Me a Coffee is a creator support platform that lets individuals accept financial support, sell products, and offer services directly to their audience.

It supports one-time contributions styled as virtual coffees, recurring memberships, a built-in shop for digital and physical products, customizable creator pages, supporter messaging, and integration with Stripe and PayPal for payments.

Ko-fi is a creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales.

It supports one-time contributions and monthly memberships, integrates with PayPal and Stripe, offers goal and milestone tracking, supporter-only posts, and a built-in shop for digital products.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom

Website

Pricing

Transaction Fee5%
Ko-fi free
Free version ✔️Donations
Memberships, Shop, Commissions5%
Contributor
Platform Fee5%
* Payment processor fees also apply

Categories

Donations › Rank #5
Donations › Rank #4

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Ko-fi donation tool is 1.1 times more popular than Buy Me a Coffee.
Total websites

Market share

Donations

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Ko-fi is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Buy Me a Coffee is more popular in the Netherlands, Australia, and India.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Vietnam
France
Netherlands
Canada
Italy
Spain
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Ko-fi is more popular among sites focused on entertainment, games, and marketing and merchandising, while Buy Me a Coffee is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, Internet services, and business sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Games
Internet Services
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware
Technical/Business Forums
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#6,740
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See also

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