Patreon: The 5 Best Alternatives

There are various alternatives to the Patreon Crownfunding platform. You can find out which of the five best are in this practical tip.

The Patreon Alternative Steady

Steady is the German alternative to Patreon.

• It is also a crowdfunding platform to finance digital works.
• It can be paid in euros using PayPal, credit card or direct debit.
• Content providers can create funding goals and write messages to their supporters.
• Steady retains 10% of the support. Fees must also be paid to payment service providers such as PayPal.

Crowdfunding alternative tipeee

The website Tipeee comes from France.

• Just like with Patreon, you can support authors from various media.
• It can be paid in euros and PayPal, credit card or direct debit is accepted.
• In addition to one-off payments, regular monthly payments are also supported.
• Authors can thank their supporters with rewards depending on the size of the donation.
• Tipeee keeps 8% of donations.

Kickstarter offspring Drip

The Drip platform launched by Kickstarter is also a crowdfunding platform for artists.

• Currently Drip for artists can only be used by invitation.
• It allows you to create rewards as you are used to from Kickstarter.
• In contrast to Kickstarter, it is intended for regular payments.
• Drip fees vary by country. They vary between 3% and 4.5%. A table with the fees can be found here.
• At Drip you can only pay with a credit card.

Liberapay as an alternative to Patreon

Liberapay is a nonprofit platform.

• It is financed through its own Liberapay account, where people donate.
• Fees like Patreon and other providers are not required. Only the payment service provider's fee has to be paid.
• Liberapay focuses on regular donations.
• Due to problems with the payment service providers, only Stripe and PayPal are currently supported.

Pay coffee with Ko-fi

The PayPal subsidiary Ko-fi enables a quick donation for a coffee.

• The platform is intended for one-time donations of USD 3.
• Creative people can create their own page on which paid coffees are listed. You can also define funding goals.
• There are no fees, but gold membership can be purchased for $ 6. The amount of the donation can then also be varied.

What exactly Patreon is and how you can stop supporting an artist on Patreon can be found in other practical tips.