Donations, tips & crowdfunding Platforms
The software you run a method on and get paid through. Everything below pays for donations, tips & crowdfunding; ranked with traffic minimums, revenue share, payout terms and popularity rank.
Updated September 2026 · 14 listings · web ranks refreshed daily
How to choose platforms & tools for donations, tips & crowdfunding
Shortlist two or three platforms and price them at the revenue you expect in a year, not today: a 10% revenue share is cheap at $500/month and ruinous at $50,000. Check what you own when you leave (customer list, email addresses, files), whether the platform is the merchant of record for tax, and how fast payouts arrive.
Stripe 🧰 PlatformFree
The payments and billing platform behind most creator and SaaS checkouts; 2.9% + 30c, tax on you unless you add Stripe Tax.
Patreon 🧰 PlatformFree
The best-known membership platform for creators: tiers, posts, community and merch, at 8-12% plus fees.
Kit (ConvertKit) 🧰 PlatformFreemium
Email marketing for creators with paid newsletters, digital product checkout, tip jars and a sponsor network.
GitHub Sponsors 🧰 PlatformFree
Recurring and one-time sponsorship for open-source maintainers and developers, with zero fees for individuals.
Ko-fi 🧰 PlatformFreemium
Tips, memberships, commissions and a shop with 0% platform fee on donations; Ko-fi Gold at $8 a month.
Buy Me a Coffee 🧰 PlatformFree
Tip jar, memberships and digital extras for creators; 5% fee, instant payouts.
Kickstarter 🧰 PlatformFree
All-or-nothing crowdfunding for creative projects; 5% fee plus payment processing on successful campaigns.
PayPal 🧰 PlatformFree
The payout method most networks use and a checkout buyers already trust; 3.49% + 49c on commerce payments.
Open Collective 🧰 PlatformFree
Transparent funding for open-source projects and communities, with fiscal hosting and public budgets.
BitCart 🧰 PlatformOpen source
Self-hosted, non-custodial crypto payment processor for BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT and more
Liberapay 🧰 PlatformFree
Non-profit recurring donation platform with no platform fee, popular in open source.
Bigcapital 🧰 PlatformOpen source
Open-source accounting and invoicing software with double-entry bookkeeping, self-hostable or cloud.
Zoneless 🧰 PlatformOpen source
Self-hosted, open-source stablecoin payments stack with a Stripe-compatible API
Epusdt 🧰 PlatformOpen source
Self-hosted crypto payment gateway (USDT and other chains) with a hosted checkout page and EPay-compatible API.
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