Whether you’re just getting started or have been running memberships on Patreon for years, this guide explains all fees you, as a creator, can expect while using Patreon to offer paid memberships or selling digital products through Commerce.
If you’re looking to learn more about fees for Selling digital products, please visit Commerce pricing, fees, and taxes
Platform fees
The platform fee covers the use of Patreon’s platform and is a percentage of successfully processed membership/commerce payments. We calculate your platform fee based on the payment amount, excluding sales tax.
- The platform fee on Commerce digital sales is 5% of successfully processed sales
- For memberships and for selling posts and collections (Early access only), the platform fee percentage depends on your platform plan. Check the platform plans below:
Current platform plans
| Founders | Pro | Premium |
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| Patreon’s original plan only for creators who joined before May 2019. |
A core set of tools to help you earn an income for your creative work directly from your community. |
Dedicated coaching and support, plus premium features that save you time and reward your members. |
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5% of the income you earn on Patreon plus payment processing, currency conversion, payout fees, and applicable taxes. |
8% of the income you earn on Patreon plus payment processing, currency conversion, payout fees, and applicable taxes. |
12% of the income you earn on Patreon plus payment processing, currency conversion, payout fees, and applicable taxes. |
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What is the Founders plan?
In May 2019, we introduced new creator plans and fees: Pro at 8%, and Premium at 12%. Creators who joined before this date were placed on a discounted Founders-only plan, 5%, that gave them the same features as when they first joined without additional costs.
If you joined Patreon before May 7, 2019, and have not updated your plan or currency since then, you’re on the Founders plan.
Payment processing fees
Payment processing fees cover the cost of using our payment infrastructure. This infrastructure includes:
- 24/7 fraud monitoring: Fraud gets caught before it hits your balance, so you never have to worry about it
- Recovering failed payments: Declined payments get chased down with smart retries and reminders for expired card
- Global currency conversion: Your pricing is automatically converted to your customers’ local currencies to facilitate international payments
- Streamlined checkout: A simple checkout experience and quick authorization process make it easy for you to earn directly from fan
- Multiple payment methods: A wide range of payment methods are accepted on Patreon, including PayPal, major credit cards, and Venmo
- Trusted payments provider: Patreon continuously meets the highest global certification and compliance standards to ensure your payments are secure
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Processing fees for Pro and Premium
You can confirm your platform plan from your Settings. If you are on our Pro, or Premium platform plan, your payment processing fees are applied on a per-payment basis and depend on the following factors:
- Your tier price(s): determines whether the standard or micropayment rate is applied
- Sales tax/VAT: Patreon is required by law to add sales tax/VAT to some membership payments
- Currency conversion fees (if applicable): we apply a currency conversion fee of 2.5% on the total amount processed (including sales tax) on all membership payments made in a currency other than your payout currency. Read below for more information about currency conversions
- Your currency: determines what your standard and micropayment rate is. Refer to our Processing rates by Currency table below to find out your standard and micropayment rates
Processing rates by currency for Pro, and Premium plans
The table below includes processing rates for US creators paying out in USD:
| USD | ||
| Member's payment method | Micropayment rate | Standard payment rate |
| Credit card, Apple Pay |
5% + 0.10USD per successful payment $3 or less |
2.9% + 0.30USD per successful payment over $3 |
| PayPal or Venmo (US) |
5% + 0.10USD per successful payment $3 or less |
2.9% + 0.30USD per successful payment over $3 |
| PayPal or Venmo (non-US) |
6% + 0.10USD per successful payment $3 or less |
3.9% + 0.30USD per successful payment over $3 |
If you are not receiving payments in USD, then a member’s payment method does not impact your processing rates. The table below shows micropayment and standard processing rates for all other currencies:
| ⬇️ Currency | Micropayment rate | Standard rate |
| EUR |
5% + €0.15 per successful payment €3 or less |
3.4% + €0.35 per successful payment over €3 |
| GBP |
5% + £0.15 per successful payment £3 or less |
3.4% + £0.35 per successful payment over £3 |
| CAD |
5% + CA$0.10 per successful payment CA$3 or less |
3.2% + CA$0.35 per successful payment over CA$3 |
| AUD |
5% + A$0.10 per successful payment A$3 or less |
3% + A$0.30 per successful payment over A$3 |
| DKK |
5% + DKK 1.10 per successful payment DKK 25 or less |
3.4% + DKK 2.60 per successful payment over DKK 25 |
| NOK |
5% + NOK 1.50 per successful payment NOK 30 or less |
3.4% + NOK 2.80 per successful payment over NOK 30 |
| SEK |
5% + SEK 1.50 per successful payment SEK 30 or less |
3.4% + SEK 3.25 per successful payment over SEK 30 |
| CZK |
5% + CZK 3.85 per successful payment CZK 75 or less |
3.4% + CZK 9 per successful payment over CZK 75 |
| HKD |
5% + HK$1.20 per successful payment HK$25 or less |
3.9% + HK$2.35 per successful payment over HK$25 |
| HUF |
5% + HUF 54.70 per successful payment HUF 1,000 or less |
3.4% + HUF 129 per successful payment over HUF 1,000 |
| NZD |
5% + NZ$0.25 per successful payment NZ$4 or less |
3.9% + NZ$0.45 per successful payment over NZ$4 |
| PLN |
5% + PLN 0.70 per successful payment PLN 15 or less |
3.4% + PLN 1.75 per successful payment over PLN 15 |
| SGD |
5% + SGD 0.20 per successful payment SGD 4 or less |
3.9% + SGD 0.40 per successful payment over SGD 4 |
Processing fees: Founders plan
If you joined Patreon before May, 7 2019 and have not updated your plan or currency since then, you’re on the Founders plan. You can confirm whether or not you’re on the Founders plan from your Settings.
As a founding creator, your payment processing fees depend on the following factors:
- Your tier price: tier amounts can increase or decrease your effective processing rate
- Sales tax/VAT: Patreon is required by law to add sales tax/VAT to some membership payments
Learn more about sales tax/VAT requirements - Currency conversion fees (if applicable): A currency conversion fee of 2.5% on the total amount processed (including sales tax) is applied to all membership payments made in a currency other than your payout currency. Read below for more information about currency conversions
- Shared membership: for payments to multiple creators that are grouped on a single transaction, creators on our Founders plan will share the transaction fee, which may result in reduced processing fees for the creators involved
- A member’s payment method: determines the processing rate for payments. The founders plan processing rates table below details the
Founders plan processing rates
Our Founders plan is only available to creators who receive payouts in USD. As a creator on our Founders plan, payment processing fees are applied on a per-transaction basis according to the table below:
| USD | |
| Member's payment method | Standard payment rate |
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Credit card, Apple Pay |
1.6% + 0.30USD |
| Paypal or Venmo | 2.65% + 0.28USD |
How does shared membership impact my processing rate?
If you are on our Founders plan, you may pay a portion of the standard payment rate rather than all of it. Founders receive aggregation savings on transactions that include memberships to multiple creators.
The amount deducted for payment processing fees for a given month are represented on your Earnings dashboard under the Payment Fees column.
Creator-to-creator membership payments
When a creator’s Patreon balance is used to cover a membership payment to another creator, Patreon’s payment processing fee is not applied. If a creator’s Patreon balance doesn’t cover the full amount of their membership payment, we’ll charge their payment method, and payment processing fees will apply.
App store fee
Apple requires that all new sales (digital goods and memberships) made in the Patreon iOS app use their in-app purchase system. As a result, Apple charges a 30% fee on the price of these sales. Patreon does not charge any additional payment processing fees on iOS transactions, but our platform fee still applies.
- Commerce: In January 2024, we began gradually rolling out iOS in-app purchases for Commerce. Learn more by visiting the iOS in-app purchases for Commerce
- Memberships: Beginning in November 2024, we will begin to roll out Apple’s in-app purchase system for new memberships. Learn more by visiting how iOS in-app purchases work on Patreon
To keep Patreon in the Apple App Store, Apple is requiring Patreon to use their in-app purchase system for new memberships in the Patreon iOS app, beginning in November 2024. The iOS in-app purchase system only supports Patreon’s subscription billing model. Apple has made clear that if creators on Patreon continue to use unsupported billing models or disable transactions in the iOS app, we will be at risk of having the entire app removed from their App Store. This means that creators on billing models other than subscription billing will not be able to sell their new memberships in the iOS app once in-app purchasing rolls out. And as a result of Apple’s requirements, Patreon will begin a 16-month-long migration process to bring all creators onto subscription billing by November 2025. If you’re on 1st-of-the-month or per-creation billing this change applies to you.
Visit our iOS in-app purchases and migrating to subscription billing page to learn more about this change and what steps we’re taking to support creators through this transition.
Currency conversion fees
Patreon applies a 2.5% currency conversion fee on all membership payments made in a currency other than your payout currency. This fee will be reversed on any payments that are refunded to paid members. All fees will be reflected in your payout currency. Currency conversion fees and processing fees are both reflected in your Earnings dashboard under the Payment fees column. You can Export data for a breakdown of the currency conversion fee.
You will receive your portion of membership payments in your payout currency based on the average exchange rate from the day before the payment was successfully processed. This calculation is sometimes referred to as a “spot rate.”
Where supported and as applicable, we automatically convert the prices of offerings and memberships into a patron’s local currency based on a currency conversion rate that may be determined at our sole discretion. You can learn more about How tiers are converted into other currencies.
Please note that if a paid member pays you in your payout currency, then there is no currency conversion fee applied.
Taxes on fees
Patreon may have sales tax and VAT obligations related to the service fees it charges to its creators. This obligation usually depends on the local tax laws applicable to a creator’s jurisdiction.
With the launch of Commerce on the platform in June 2023, Patreon will start collecting applicable VAT/GST/Sales taxes on services provided to creators on a tax-exclusive basis; meaning, on the total transaction. The application of taxes on top of the creator fees will take place in phases, to allow Patreon and creators to ensure the best possible tax compliance.
Visit our Taxes on creator fees article to learn more about where Patreon will apply taxes on fees and how it may affect you.
Payout fees
Funds in your account balance already reflect the deduction of your platform fee, payment processing fees, and currency conversion fees. Patreon deducts a payout transaction fee when your balance is transferred from your Patreon account.
Your payout fee is not listed in the breakdown of fees within your creator earnings dashboard; however, you may find the payout fee for your payout method and currency of choice in the tables below.
Payout fees for creators paying out in US Dollars ($):
| USD | ||
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Payout method |
US creators receiving payouts in Dollars | Non-US creators receiving payouts in Dollars |
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Direct deposit |
$0.25 USD per payout Creators based in the US Virgin Islands or any other US territory or possession — with the exception of Puerto Rico — are not supported by our ACH direct deposit partner. |
Not supported |
| PayPal |
1% of the amount transferred with a minimum of $0.25, capped at $20.00 USD ($10 minimum to be able to pay out) |
1% of the amount transferred with a minimum of $0.25, capped at $20.00 USD ($10 minimum to be able to pay out) |
| Payoneer | Not supported |
$1.00 USD per payout to your Payoneer account. Option to withdraw funds from your Payoneer account to your local bank account or the Payoneer Prepaid Debit MasterCard®, or $3.00 USD per global bank transfer* ($25 minimum to be able to pay out) |
Payout fees for creators by currency (non-USD):
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⬇️ Currency |
Payoneer payout fee | PayPal payout fee |
| EUR |
€0.75 per payout |
€1.00 per payout |
| GBP |
£0.75 per payout |
£1.00 per payout |
| CAD |
$2.00 CAD per payout |
$1 CAD per payout |
| AUD |
$1.00 AUD per payout |
$1.50 AUD per payout |
| DKK |
$5 kr (DKK) per payout |
$7 kr (DKK) per payout |
| NOK |
$7 kr (NOK)per payout |
$9 kr (NOK) per payout |
| SEK |
$7 kr (SEK) per payout |
$9 kr (SEK) per payout |
| HKD |
HK$8 (HKD) per payout |
HK$16.00 (HKD) per payout |
| SGD |
S$1.5 (SGD) per payout |
S$3.00 (SGD) per payout |
| NZD |
$1.5 NZD per payout |
$3.00 (NZD) per payout |
| CZK |
16 Kč (CZK) per payout |
26.00 Kč (CZK) per payout |
| HUF |
235 Ft (HUF) per payout |
365.00 Ft (HUF) per payout |
| PLN |
3 zł (PLN) per payout |
5.00 zł (PLN) per payout |
Note: The payout fees listed above do not include any fees charged by the payment processor associated with converting USD to your native currency. Payment processors may also change their fees at any time without notice.
For answers to frequently asked questions, please visit our Creator fees FAQ.