🆚 Patreon vs. Recharge

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Patreon is twice as popular as Recharge.
🌎 Patreon is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Recharge is more popular in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.

Patreon

Recharge

Type

Donation tool

Payment service

About

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.

Recharge is a subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Santa Monica, California, United States

Website

patreon.com #47

getrecharge.com #37,881

Pricing

Standard platform fee10%

Legacy platform feesPro8%
Premium12%

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

Free version ❌Free 60-day trial

Starter$99/month
Trasaction fee1.49% + 19¢

Pro$499/month
Trasaction fee1.25% + 19¢

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Patreon donation tool is 1.8 times more popular than Recharge.

Total websites

Market share

Subscriptions

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 Recharge is more popular in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Canada

Australia

France

Netherlands

Spain

Russia

Ukraine

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Donations category.
🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Donations category.
🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Donations category.
🥇 Most popular in Ukraine in the Donations category.
🥇 Most popular in Sweden in the Donations category.

🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Subscriptions category.
🥉 Third most popular in New Zealand in the Subscriptions category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Subscriptions category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Germany in the Subscriptions category.
🔥 15th most popular in Canada in the Payments category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Patreon is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, entertainment, and games, while Recharge is more commonly used on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and fashion and beauty sites.

Online Shopping

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment

Marketing/Merchandising

Games

Fashion/Beauty

Business

Education/Reference

Sports

Health