🆚 Patreon vs. Venmo

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Patreon is much more popular than Venmo.
🌍 Patreon is more popular in all countries.

Patreon

Venmo

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.

Venmo is a social payments platform owned by PayPal that lets users send, receive, and request money from friends, split bills, pay businesses online, and manage a balance in its mobile app.

It supports peer-to-peer transfers, a social transaction feed, QR code payments, mobile wallet tap-to-pay, and a Mastercard-branded Venmo Debit Card with cash-back rewards.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

San Jose, California, United States

Website

patreon.com #47

venmo.com #7,207

Pricing

Standard platform fee10%

Legacy platform feesPro8%
Premium12%

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

Sending moneyFrom Venmo, debit cards, bank accountsFree ✔️
From credit cards3%

Receiving moneyPersonal profilesFrom VenmoFree ✔️
For goods and services2.99%
Charity profiles1.9% + $0.10
Business profiles1.9% + $0.10
Tap to Pay2.29% + $0.09

Venmo MastercardIssuance feeFree ✔️
ATM withdrawalsMoneyPass networkFree ✔️
Non-MoneyPass$2.50

Cryptocurrency purchase or sale fee$1.00 - $74.992.2%
$75.00 - $200.002%
$200.01 - $1,0001.8%
>$1,0001.5%

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Patreon donation tool is 19 times more popular than Venmo.

Total websites

Market share

Donations

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Patreon is more popular than Venmo in all countries.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Canada

France

Netherlands

Spain

Australia

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.

⭐ 9th most popular in the United States in the Donations category.
⬆️ 28th most popular in the United States 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 Venmo is more commonly used on non-profit, advocacy and NGO sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment

Games

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Software/Hardware

Sports

Business

Humor/Comics

Technical/Business Forums