🆚 Ko-fi vs. Patreon

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Patreon is three times more popular than Ko-fi.
🌎 Patreon is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Ko-fi is more popular in Vietnam, Italy, and the Philippines.

Type

Donation tool

About

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.

Patreon is a membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription-based service for their content and sell digital products directly to their most dedicated fans.

It lets creators set up multiple membership tiers or one-time purchases, publish exclusive posts, videos or audio, manage payments and payouts, host media, and offer community tools like chats and polls.

Headquarters

Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

ko-fi.com #1,132

patreon.com #47

Pricing

Ko-fi freeFree version ✔️Donations
Memberships, Shop, Commissions5%

ContributorPlatform Fee5%

* Payment processor fees also apply

Standard platform fee10%

Legacy platform feesPro8%
Premium12%

Payment processingUSD2.9%-3.9% + $0.30
EUR3.4% + €0.35
GBP3.4% + £0.35

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Patreon donation tool is 2.6 times more popular than Ko-fi.

Total websites

Market share

Donations

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Patreon is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Ko-fi is more popular in Vietnam, Italy, and the Philippines.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Canada

France

Netherlands

Vietnam

Spain

Australia

Italy