CompareUpdated October 2026
Built for your members.Not just your merch.
Fourthwall starts with the shop. Drate starts with your members: your own website and iOS and Android app, 1:1 support from the team that builds it, and 0% of your memberships on Pro.
Why creators leave Fourthwall.
5%, even on Pro.
Pay Fourthwall $19 a month for Pro and it still takes 5% of every membership.
Paid once a month.
Fourthwall holds your earnings and pays out monthly, for balances over $25, and payouts take 7 to 10 business days to arrive.
A shop with a members tab.
Members get posts, video series, comments and messages. No courses, no member community feed, no coaching bookings, no passes.
What you get on Drate.
0% on memberships.
Pro is $12 a month and takes nothing from your memberships, unlike Fourthwall’s 5% on every plan.
Built around your members.
Courses, a member community feed, coaching bookings and passes, beside your posts, video and merch.
Your own app, and a person to talk to.
Your own iOS and Android app on Pro, not a web app, and 1:1 support from the team that builds Drate.
$12 and 0%, not $19 and 5%.
What you’d pay on $1,000 a month in memberships.
- Drate
- $12Drate Pro, 0% of sales
- Fourthwall
- $69Fourthwall Pro: $19 a month plus 5%
How switching works.
Memberships on Fourthwall can’t be moved for your members, so switching is something you invite them to. Your Fourthwall shop can keep running beside Drate.
Start your site.
Pick a starting point, add your name and choose your look. Your site is ready in minutes, and nothing is public until you publish.
Set up your memberships.
Recreate your tiers as monthly or yearly memberships, add passes, and map each one to Discord roles.
Bring your work over.
Upload members-only posts, video and downloads to your library, and group lessons into courses.
Invite your members.
Share your new site with your members. They join on your site and cancel on Fourthwall when they switch.
Side by side.
Everything below is included in Drate’s free plan unless it says otherwise.
| Feature | drate. | Fourthwall |
|---|---|---|
| Your home | ||
| Your own website, domain and look | Included | Included |
| Your branded iOS & Android app | On Pro | Not offered |
| Memberships & content | ||
| Monthly & yearly memberships | Included | Included |
| Fixed-length passes | Included | Not offered |
| Members-only posts, video & downloads | Included | Included |
| Courses & content library | Included | Video series |
| Members community feed | Included | Comments & DMs |
| Paid coaching & bookings | Included | Not offered |
| Discord roles by membership | Included | Included |
| Keep Patreon connected | Included | Import only |
| Merch | ||
| Merch store | Included | Included |
| Print on demand, no inventory | Included | Included |
| Connect Shopify or Etsy | Included | Not offered |
| Money | ||
| Monthly price | $0 or $12 | $0 or $19 |
| Fee on membership sales | 5%, or 0% on Pro | 5% on every plan |
| Who pays you | Your Stripe, directly | Fourthwall, monthly |
Fourthwall details are from its public pricing and help pages, checked October 2026. Prices exclude payment processing, which applies on every platform. Plans change, so check the latest before you decide.
Drate vs Fourthwall, in full