CompareMetafy alternativeUpdated October 2026
Your audience, your site. Not a profile on metafy.gg.
You already bring your own audience. Give it a home of your own: a coaching site and app on your domain and in your look, with memberships, passes, courses, members-only guides and Discord roles together.
Why creators leave Metafy.
A cut of every sale.
Metafy Core takes 12% plus $1.79 from every sale, tips included, wherever the student came from. Students also pay 3.7% plus $1.79 and card processing at checkout, unless you cover it.
Fees changed twice in 2026.
In April, Core went from 8% to 15% and Pro from $30 to $99 a month for new subscribers. In August, Core became 12% plus $1.79, more than before on any sale under about $60.
Payments stay on Metafy.
Metafy tells partners to keep all coaching payments and bookings on Metafy, and tells parents it doesn’t allow off-platform transactions. Students need a Metafy account to book.
What you get on Drate.
Your own coaching site.
A site made around you, on your own domain and in your look, where students join your memberships, buy passes and courses, and read your guides.
Your own app.
Students use Metafy in a web browser. On Drate Pro, they get your own iOS and Android app, in your theme, with your posts, library and community.
No cut of your sessions.
Drate takes 5% of memberships and passes and nothing on booked sessions. Students pay into your own Stripe account. Drate Pro is $12 a month or $99 a year.
$12, not 12% plus $1.79.
What you’d pay on $1,000 a month from 20 booked sessions at $50. Metafy’s students pay its card fees.
- Drate
- $47Drate Pro: $12 a month and Stripe’s card fees, no cut of bookings
- Metafy
- $155.80Metafy Core, 12% plus $1.79 a sale
How switching works.
Your audience follows you, so switching starts with where your links point. Metafy’s partner terms say that for 12 months after you last coach someone on Metafy, you can’t coach them anywhere else or contact them to do it.
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 coaching.
Recreate your tiers as monthly or yearly memberships with Discord roles, and sell coaching blocks as fixed-length passes.
Bring your lessons over.
Upload your recorded lessons as courses, and post members-only video and downloads for your members.
Point your audience home.
Change the link in your bio, stream panels and Discord to your own site. New students find you there.
Side by side.
Everything below is included in Drate’s Regular plan unless it says otherwise.
| Feature | Drate | Metafy |
|---|---|---|
| Your home | ||
| Your own website, domain and look | Included | metafy.gg profile |
| Your own iPhone and Android app | On Pro | Not offered |
| Memberships & content | ||
| Monthly & yearly memberships | Included | Monthly tiers |
| Fixed-length passes | Included | Session packages |
| Members-only posts, video & downloads | Included | Included |
| Courses & content library | Included | Included |
| Members community feed | Included | Included |
| Paid coaching & bookings | Included | Included |
| Discord roles by membership | Included | Included |
| Keep Patreon connected | Included | Patron discounts |
| Merch | ||
| Merch store | Included | Self-shipped, by approval |
| Print on demand, no inventory | Included | Not offered |
| Money | ||
| Monthly price | $9 or $12 | $0 or $99 |
| Fee on membership sales | 5% on every plan | 12% + $1.79, or 0% on Pro |
| Who pays you | Your Stripe, directly | Metafy, fee per withdrawal |
Metafy 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.