Making the work
Growing an audience
Running the business
6 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
A donation checkout tuned to raise more
Fundraise Up is also free and tunes the checkout itself to raise more per donor, useful for a one-time campaign rather than an ongoing weekly gift.
Donation pages with no monthly fee at all
Anedot is free with no monthly fee either, built around donation pages rather than the profile-and-recurring-gift model Liberapay runs.
One page for tips, memberships and sales
Buy Me a Coffee is free too, but adds memberships and a shop on the same page, for a creator who wants tiers and products alongside plain tips.
Donation pages and recurring giving
Donorbox is free to start, with paid tiers from $150, and builds dedicated donation pages rather than running as a shared non-profit platform the way Liberapay does.
Overlays, alerts and a chatbot, all free
StreamElements is free and built for streamers specifically, adding overlays, alerts and a chatbot around the tipping rather than a plain donation page.
Works with YouTube, Twitch, Kick
Tips, memberships and a shop with no platform cut
Ko-fi starts at $12 for the paid tier but stays free at the core, and it is the pick once perks, tiers or a shop behind a paywall are the point instead of a plain recurring gift.
Works with YouTube, Twitch
