Making the work
Growing an audience
Running the business
8 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Membership tiers with the fees printed
SubscribeStar publishes its membership fees plainly instead of folding them into a broader tips-and-shop page, and costs nothing to join like Ko-fi's free plan.
Works with YouTube, Discord
Sell access to a community with no monthly fee
Whop sells access to a community with no monthly fee, free to start, built for recurring membership rather than one-off support.
Overlays, alerts and a chatbot, all free
StreamElements is free at every tier and bundles stream overlays, alerts and a chatbot, tools Ko-fi does not build, for a streamer who needs the broadcast software too.
Works with YouTube, Twitch, Kick
One page for tips, memberships and sales
Buy Me a Coffee has no paid tier at all, one free page for tips, memberships and sales together, where Ko-fi's shop and membership extras sit behind $12 a month.
Paid Discord memberships with a sales funnel
DoorFee is built specifically around paid Discord memberships with a sales funnel attached, at $28 a month, narrower than Ko-fi's mix of tips, shop and memberships.
Works with Discord
Recurring donations with no platform cut
Liberapay takes recurring donations with no platform cut, free, narrower than Ko-fi's mix of tips, memberships and a shop.
Membership tiers and posts for paying supporters
Patreon is the fuller membership platform Ko-fi is deliberately lighter than, with tiers and posts as the entire product instead of one feature next to tips and a shop.
Works with YouTube, Podcast, Discord
Donation pages and recurring giving
Donorbox is built around recurring giving and nonprofit-style donation pages rather than creator tips, with a paid tier from $150 a month once a free page needs more.
