Gumroad vs Tebex Comparison 2026
Gumroad sells any digital file to any audience for a flat 10 percent, no monthly cost. Tebex does one specific job: selling ranks, cosmetics and subscriptions to the players on a game server, also with no monthly cost on its entry tier and a flat 5 percent instead. The two rarely compete for the same sale. Pick Gumroad for a file sold to a general audience. Pick Tebex only if there is a game server and a player list behind the store.
Sell digital products with almost no setup
Game server monetization at a flat five percent
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
- Tebex takes 5% of what you earn against Gumroad's 10%.
Side by side
Gumroad | Tebex | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | Free |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Usage-based | Usage-based |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Yes |
| Data export |
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 digital products & storefronts
Tebex
Game server monetization at a flat five percent
Tebex sells ranks, cosmetics and subscriptions to the players on a game server, and handles the billing, renewals and plan changes that a community running its own payments ends up doing by hand. The entry tier has no monthly cost and takes a flat five percent instead, so a quiet month costs nothing. Store layouts are customisable and the checkout is theirs rather than a redirect somewhere else. Anybody outside game communities is the wrong audience, because everything here assumes a server and its players.
Why people weigh these two
- Tebex instead of Gumroad
- Tebex is built for game server monetization at a flat five percent, free to start, the pick if the digital goods are in-game items rather than files.
- Gumroad instead of Tebex
- Gumroad sells digital products with almost no setup, storefront included.
Which one should you pick
Pick Gumroad for a digital product, an ebook, a preset pack, a course, sold to whoever finds it. The fee is a flat 10 percent per sale, covering payment processing, with a product page ready as soon as a file is uploaded.
Pick Tebex if what is being sold is ranks, cosmetics or subscriptions to players on a game server you run. The entry tier has no monthly cost and takes a flat 5 percent, half of Gumroad's rate, and handles billing cycles, renewals and in-game delivery that a general storefront was never built for. Outside a game community this model does not apply at all, since everything assumes a server and a player list.
Common questions
- Is Tebex cheaper than Gumroad?
- On its entry tier, yes: a flat 5 percent against Gumroad's flat 10 percent. But Tebex only sells to players on a game server you run, so the comparison only matters if that is what you are selling.
- Can I sell an ebook or a preset pack on Tebex?
- No, not in any practical sense. Its whole model assumes a game server, a player list and in-game delivery. A general digital product with a general audience belongs on Gumroad instead.
- Does Tebex have a paid tier above the free one?
- Yes, with added features for a monthly fee quoted in pounds rather than dollars, still at the same flat 5 percent. Gumroad has only the one plan, so there is no tier to move up to.
- Does either charge extra for a quiet month?
- No. Both take their cut only when something sells: Gumroad's flat 10 percent and Tebex's flat 5 percent on its entry tier. A month with no sales costs nothing on either platform.
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