ComparePayhip alternativeUpdated October 2026
More than a store. A website and app made around you.
Payhip gives you a store. Drate gives you a home your members come back to: a website on your own domain, your own iOS and Android app on Pro, and memberships, members-only video, courses and a community.
Why creators leave Payhip.
No app for your members.
Payhip’s app is for sellers, to track sales. Your members sign in on your store instead.
Video costs extra.
Streaming video in courses and memberships is a $5 a month add-on, for up to 16 hours of video. Cancel it, and Payhip deletes your videos within 3 days.
Members lose days they paid for.
When a member cancels, Payhip ends their access right away, even for days they’ve already paid for.
What you get on Drate.
Your own app.
Your own iOS and Android app on Pro, in your look, beside a website on your own domain.
Video on every plan.
Upload members-only video to your posts and courses on Regular or Pro, with no add-on to pay for.
Access that lasts.
A member who cancels keeps access until the end of the period they paid for, so nobody loses days they’ve paid for.
$13 more, for your own app.
What you’d pay on $1,000 a month in memberships.
- Drate
- $62Drate Pro: $12 a month plus 5%
- Payhip
- $49Payhip Plus: $29 a month plus 2%
How switching works.
Switching is something you invite your members to. Keep your Payhip store open while they join you.
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 Payhip plans 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, and group lessons into courses.
Invite your members.
Email your Payhip customers about your new site. Members join on your site and cancel on Payhip when they switch.
Side by side.
Everything below is included in Drate’s Regular plan unless it says otherwise.
| Feature | Drate | Payhip |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Manual only |
| Members-only posts, video & downloads | Included | Video hosting costs extra |
| Courses & content library | Included | Included |
| Members community feed | Included | Comments on posts |
| Paid coaching & bookings | Included | Via Calendly |
| Discord roles by membership | Included | Via Zapier |
| Keep Patreon connected | Included | Not offered |
| Merch | ||
| Merch store | Included | Self-shipped |
| Print on demand, no inventory | Included | Books via Bookvault, others via apps |
| Money | ||
| Monthly price | $9 or $12 | $0, $29 or $99 |
| Fee on membership sales | 5% on every plan | 5%, 2% or 0% |
| Who pays you | Your Stripe, directly | Your PayPal or Stripe |
Payhip 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.