CompareWhop alternativeUpdated October 2026
Your own website and app. Not another whop.
On Whop, members sign up for Whop and find you on whop.com or in Whop’s app. On Drate, they join you: a website and app made around you, on your domain and in your look, with memberships, members-only posts and video, courses and a community together.
Why creators leave Whop.
Your members live in Whop.
Whop ties every purchase to the buyer’s Whop account, and buyers reach what they bought on whop.com or in Whop’s app.
Pay to get paid.
A payout to a US bank costs $2.50 by next-day ACH, 4% + $2.50 for an instant deposit or $23 by wire. New sales take 1 to 4 business days to become withdrawable.
Apple takes 30% of some sales in Whop’s app.
One-time purchases under $700 in Whop’s iPhone app go through Apple, which takes 30%. Whop raises those prices by 42.86% in the app, and the sale can show as pending for up to 75 days.
What you get on Drate.
Your own website.
A site made around you, on your own domain and in your look. Members sign up on your site, not on Whop.
Your own app.
On Pro, members get your iOS and Android app, in your theme, with your posts, library and community. Not Whop’s app.
Paid to your own Stripe.
Members pay into your own Stripe account, not a Whop balance, and Stripe pays out to your bank.
$54.50 more, for your own app.
What you’d pay on $1,000 a month from 100 members at $10 by US card, with each platform’s card fees.
- Drate
- $121Drate Pro: $12 a month, 5% and Stripe’s card fees
- Whop
- $66.50Whop: card and fraud fees, plus one $2.50 payout
How switching works.
Drate can’t move Whop memberships for you, so switching is something you invite your members to. Your whop can keep running beside Drate while they move.
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 products as monthly or yearly memberships, add fixed-length 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.
Share your new site with your members. They join on your site and cancel on Whop when they switch.
Side by side.
Everything below is included in Drate’s Regular plan unless it says otherwise.
| Feature | Drate | Whop |
|---|---|---|
| Your home | ||
| Your own website, domain and look | Included | Whop-hosted site, member area on whop.com |
| 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 | Included |
| Paid coaching & bookings | Included | Included |
| Discord roles by membership | Included | Included |
| Keep Patreon connected | Included | Not offered |
| Merch | ||
| Merch store | Included | You fulfill orders |
| Print on demand, no inventory | Included | Not offered |
| Money | ||
| Monthly price | $9 or $12 | $0 |
| Fee on membership sales | 5% on every plan | 0%, plus Whop’s processing |
| Who pays you | Your Stripe, directly | Whop, fee per withdrawal |
Whop 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.