CompareGumroad alternativeUpdated October 2026
Members, not just buyers. Your own website and app.
Drate is for the fans who stay: a website and app made around you, with memberships, members-only posts and video, courses and a community, ready in minutes.
Why creators leave Gumroad.
10% plus 50¢ a sale.
Card processing comes on top, and sales to new customers from Gumroad’s Discover marketplace pay 30%. The rate only drops, to 5% plus 50¢, after $20,000 of sales in a month.
Your money waits at Gumroad.
Most sales wait in your Gumroad balance until it reaches $100, and weekly payouts hold each sale for at least 7 days. Instant payouts cost 3%.
A checkout, not a home.
Buyers get Gumroad’s receipts and find what they bought in Gumroad’s library. Community is a plain-text chat for each product.
What you get on Drate.
Your website and your app.
A site on your own domain, in your look, and your own iOS and Android app on Pro.
5%, and no 50¢.
Drate takes 5% of membership sales on every plan, nothing on shop sales or downloads, and no fee per sale. Members pay through your own Stripe account, and Stripe pays out to your bank.
Everything you sell, together.
Memberships, passes, members-only posts, video and downloads, courses and a community feed, with one sign-in for your fans.
5% and $12, not 10% plus 50¢.
What you’d pay on $1,000 a month, from 100 members at $10.
- Drate
- $62Drate Pro: $12 a month plus 5%
- Gumroad
- $150Gumroad, 10% plus 50¢ a sale
How switching works.
Nothing to export and no big move. Your members join you on your site, and your Gumroad products can keep selling until you’re ready.
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 Gumroad memberships as monthly or yearly plans, add passes, and map each one to Discord roles.
Bring your work over.
Upload your files, members-only posts and video, and group lessons into courses.
Invite your customers.
Email your Gumroad customers and link your site from your Gumroad profile. Members join on your site and cancel on Gumroad when they switch.
Side by side.
Everything below is included in Drate’s Regular plan unless it says otherwise.
| Feature | Drate | Gumroad |
|---|---|---|
| Your home | ||
| Your own website, domain and look | Included | Included |
| Your own iPhone and Android app | On Pro | Not offered |
| Memberships & content | ||
| Monthly & yearly memberships | Included | Included |
| Fixed-length passes | Included | Included |
| Members-only posts, video & downloads | Included | Included |
| Courses & content library | Included | Included |
| Members community feed | Included | Product chat |
| Paid coaching & bookings | Included | Included |
| Discord roles by membership | Included | Invites, no roles |
| Keep Patreon connected | Included | Not offered |
| Merch | ||
| Merch store | Included | Not offered |
| Print on demand, no inventory | Included | Not offered |
| Money | ||
| Monthly price | $9 or $12 | $0 |
| Fee on membership sales | 5% on every plan | 10% + 50¢ |
| Who pays you | Your Stripe, directly | Gumroad |
Gumroad 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.