Growing an audience
Running the business
Both cover monetization & payments. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Infolinks | Ko-fi | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | From $12 |
| Pricing model | Free | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Usage-based | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Not stated |
| Covers | Ad Networks, Monetization & Payments | Monetization & Payments, Memberships & Subscriptions, Tips & Donations |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | YouTube, Twitch |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Display ads with no traffic minimum to join
Infolinks places in-text, in-frame and interstitial ads on sites that the managed networks will not take, because it sets no pageview floor at all. That is its whole reason to exist and it is a real one for a site that is growing. The formats are more intrusive than a standard banner, and the rate it pays is not published anywhere before you apply.
Our note
The lack of a traffic floor is the reason to list it and the reason to be careful: intrusive formats on a small site can cost more in readers than they pay. Run it against AdSense for a month and compare both the revenue and the bounce rate before keeping either.
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Tips, memberships and a shop with no platform cut
Ko-fi takes nothing from tips on the free plan, which no other platform of its size does. Memberships, commissions and digital downloads all work from the same page. It is lighter than Patreon in every direction, which is often the point.
Our note
The best free option for somebody who mostly gets tipped, and worth weighing against Patreon the moment memberships become the larger half of the income. Do the Gold arithmetic yourself rather than taking the upgrade prompt's word for it.
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