Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Patreon
The 20 closest creator membership platform alternatives to Patreon, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 20 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Patreon? The closest matches are note, Buy Me a Coffee and Medium. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Patreon
Patreon patreon.com
Where Creator Communities Thrive — Patreon
Build a community, share exclusive work, and turn your passion into a thriving business with Patreon. Get started today!
Wikidata: American crowdfunding platform
Summary by Claude
Patreon is a membership platform where creators sell paid subscriptions and individual digital products to fans. It also provides exclusive content posts, community chat, messaging and fan analytics.
- Who it’s for
- Content creators and their fans
- Business model
- Commission on creator earnings plus payment fees
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Patreon’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Patreon
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Patreon, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Buy Me a Coffee
Buy Me a Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept support and membership from their fans.
Very close cos 0.904 - 02
online publishing platform
Very close cos 0.900 - 03
Substack
Substack is the app for independent voices: a free newsletter, video, and podcast hosting platform with paid subscriptions built in.
Very close cos 0.895 - 04
web patronage service
Close cos 0.891 - 05
YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Close cos 0.890 - 06
impact.com - The All-in-One Partnership Management Platform
Unify affiliate, influencer, creator, and referral programs with impact.com’s partnership management platform. Discover, track, and grow partner revenue.
Close cos 0.886 - 07
DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community
DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.
Close cos 0.887 - 08
Hotmart — Learn what you want, teach what you know
Learn more about Hotmart, the leading platform for selling and distributing digital products.
Close cos 0.885 - 09
Free, Easy Online Stores for Artists & Small Businesses
Start your free online store & scale as you grow. Easily manage your e-commerce business. Join a community of artists & small businesses.
Close cos 0.887 - 10
Proton: Privacy by default
Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.
Close cos 0.882 - 11
Wattpad - Stories to obsess over
Wattpad connects a global community of millions of readers and writers through the power of story
Close cos 0.883 - 12
Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences
The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.
Close cos 0.880 - 13
Piano | Data-Driven Customer Engagement Solutions
Welcome to Piano, the leading platform for data analytics, audience segmentation, and customer engagement. Discover how we help businesses grow through data-driven insights.
Close cos 0.878 - 14
Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud
Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.
Close cos 0.881 - 15
Mixcloud - This is Audio Culture
Join a global community where creators craft a deeper listening experience.
Close cos 0.879 - 16
Client Challenge
American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos
Close cos 0.879 - 17
American crowdfunding website
Close cos 0.877 - 18
Pay, Send and Save Money with PayPal | PayPal US
From paying friends to saving money or getting cash back when you shop, explore what the new PayPal app has to offer.
Close cos 0.877 - 19
Spreaker
Discover a world of captivating podcasts and immersive audio experiences on Spreaker. Dive in and elevate your listening journey today!
Close cos 0.876 - 20
Audiomack - Music platform empowering artists & fans | Audiomack
Audiomack is a youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that allows creators to share unlimited music and podcast content for free.
Close cos 0.879
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to patreon.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Patreon uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Patreon is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Analytics
- Cloudflare Web Analytics asset https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 mx include:_u.patreon.com._spf.dmarclb.com include:mail.zendes…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=79b8a3167f8c41eea099b2892a54e62f
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=38627dce42881d55ace3509f1cabd9f32fb036720f2556f25…
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562fd8b8d52fcbb-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms22586888
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS will.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=95a6bb7782cd6e91261a68e351c4afef00e16c3bb…
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=LN0DZMrJW4aMhP7l
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=fglxbv5n6seaVJXLuMNONEmIr7OF0Hw+10FY2NH…
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=TigT-ZJgiej3HkZK4cBECg
- Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=hrveirsuxymz
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=Kn7Jf0jDTQDvdUZYiNLfPdlOZwlJ80kI02B_lj9zGWQ
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=cz1qrs4uk6yd5nfqm04op173z45tqw
- Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=iYzjIW41GC5Nj3LgiIdQBsPeNkX0xy6UszUPXIuzqID
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-oZwFviofpoTYnuKjOkCrd9GQ
- Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=lUDc1eel2HuMtE16wX2D0sO9YdkmqBVSsFGrNB1C
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Patreon adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 16/20
- Cloudflare 10/20
- Microsoft 365 10/20
- Atlassian 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on patreon.com 8/20
- Cloudflare DNS 8/20
- Apple Business 8/20
- Stripe 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on patreon.com 6/20
- GlobalSign · not on patreon.com 6/20
- Zendesk 6/20
- Miro · not on patreon.com 6/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on patreon.com 5/20
- React 5/20
- Meta Business Suite 5/20