Gumroad vs Sellfy Comparison 2026
Gumroad charges nothing monthly and takes a flat 10 percent of every sale. Sellfy charges a flat monthly fee instead, from $29 for up to $10,000 of yearly sales, and takes no cut at all, plus prints and ships merchandise like shirts and mugs from the same store. Pick Gumroad when sales are occasional and unpredictable. Pick Sellfy once the shop is turning over a few hundred dollars a month, where the flat fee starts beating the percentage.
At a glance
- Only Gumroad has a free tier.
- Sellfy takes no share of what you earn. Gumroad takes 10%.
Side by side
Gumroad | Sellfy | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | From $29 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing (they differ) | Usage-based | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 14 days |
| API | Not stated |
Gumroad
Sell digital products with almost no setup
Gumroad is the fastest way to put a file behind a payment link. No store to build, no plan to choose, and a flat 10 percent on every sale. That rate is high once you are doing real volume, which is when people usually leave.
Our note
Start here, and do the arithmetic every quarter. The moment 10 percent is more than a competitor's monthly fee plus a lower rate, move. Until then nothing is simpler.
Only on this side
- Covers monetization & payments
Sellfy
A storefront for downloads and merch
Sellfy sells digital files, subscriptions and print-on-demand merchandise from one storefront, prints and ships the merchandise itself, and takes no cut of a sale. The plans are banded by annual sales instead, which is the trade: a flat fee that steps up as you grow rather than a percentage of everything you ever sell.
Our note
Why people weigh these two
- Sellfy instead of Gumroad
- Sellfy gives you an actual storefront for downloads and merch at a flat $29 a month instead of Gumroad's 10 percent cut of each sale.
- Gumroad instead of Sellfy
- Gumroad costs nothing to start and needs no plan chosen up front, useful for testing whether a single product sells before committing to one of Sellfy's paid tiers.
Which one should you pick
Pick Gumroad for a first product, an occasional release, or income that arrives unevenly. The only cost is a flat 10 percent per sale, covering payment processing, and a quiet month costs nothing at all.
Pick Sellfy once monthly sales pass roughly $290, the point where its flat $29-a-month fee undercuts Gumroad's 10 percent cut, or as soon as merchandise is part of the plan. Starter covers up to $10,000 of sales a year with no transaction fee at all, and Business at $59 a month adds cart abandonment emails and your own affiliate program. Sellfy also prints and ships shirts and mugs from the same store, which Gumroad does not offer.
Common questions
- At what point does Sellfy get cheaper than Gumroad?
- Around $290 a month in sales. Below that, Gumroad's flat 10 percent cut costs less than Sellfy's $29-a-month fee. Above it, Sellfy's flat fee is cheaper, since it takes no percentage of the sale at all.
- Does Sellfy take a cut of each sale like Gumroad does?
- No. Sellfy charges only the flat monthly fee, $29 up to $119 depending on annual sales volume, with no transaction fee stated on any tier. Gumroad works the opposite way, no monthly charge but a flat 10 percent of every sale.
- Can I sell physical merchandise on either one?
- Sellfy, yes: it prints and ships shirts and mugs itself from the same storefront as the digital downloads. Gumroad's features are built around digital files and licence keys, with no print-on-demand option mentioned.
- Does Sellfy have a free plan like Gumroad?
- No. Sellfy offers a 14-day trial rather than a free tier, and every plan afterward carries the flat monthly fee. Gumroad has no plan at all, so a month with no sales costs nothing on either side, but Sellfy's trial does end.
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