fee receipts · 2026-06-04
Patreon tier pricing in 2026: what creators actually keep
Patreon tier prices look straightforward on the settings page. What you keep after platform fees, Stripe processing, and — after November 1, 2026 — Apple's 30% iOS billing cut is a different number. This page shows the exact receipts at the four most common price points.
TL;DR
On the Patreon Pro plan (8%), a $15 web-subscriber pledge leaves you with $13.06. The same $15 pledge from an iOS-billed patron after November 2026 leaves you with $8.56 — a 34% drop with no change to the listed price. The math gets worse at lower price points because the Stripe per-transaction fee is flat.
Fee structure in 2026
Every Patreon tier pledge passes through three fee layers:
- Patreon platform fee: 12% (Lite), 10% (Premium), or 8% (Pro). The receipts below use Pro (8%), the most common plan for mid-tier creators.
- Stripe processing: 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. This is the payment processor fee — it applies regardless of Patreon plan and regardless of web vs iOS billing.
- Apple IAP (iOS-billed subscribers only, from November 1, 2026): 30% of the pledge amount, deducted before Patreon's and Stripe's cuts.
The receipt: web subscribers
What you keep · Patreon Pro (8%) · web-billed patron
The receipt: iOS-billed subscribers (from November 1, 2026)
What you keep · Patreon Pro (8%) · iOS-billed patron · post-Nov 2026
How to avoid the iOS cut
Patreon added a web-only billing toggle to creator settings in response to the Apple IAP policy. When enabled, new iOS subscribers see a prompt directing them to subscribe on the web. Existing iOS-billed subscriptions are not retroactively moved — they continue on iOS billing until the patron cancels and re-subscribes on the web.
A web-only membership platform — one that has no iOS app subscription surface — avoids the problem structurally. KeepTier's subscription pages are web-only Stripe Checkout: the Apple IAP billing layer doesn't exist, so there's no toggle to enable and no retroactive conversion problem.
CALCULATE YOUR GAP
Paste your Patreon revenue and iOS audience share into the calculator — it outputs your exact November fee delta.
Open the calculator →Related questions
What is the minimum Patreon tier price?
Patreon's minimum tier price is $1. However, after Patreon's 8% cut and Stripe's flat $0.30 + 2.9%, a $1 pledge leaves the creator with roughly $0.62. The $0.30 Stripe per-transaction fee makes sub-$5 price points economically poor for the creator — you're collecting administrative overhead costs more than revenue at $1–$3.
Does changing Patreon tier prices affect existing patrons?
No. Existing patrons are grandfathered at their original pledge price when you edit a tier. Patreon does not push price increases to active pledges. To bring existing patrons to a new price, you need to communicate the change directly and ask them to update voluntarily.
How does Patreon tier pricing compare to KeepTier?
On Patreon Pro, you pay 8% of every pledge. KeepTier charges a flat $9/mo platform fee and 0% of each patron's payment — only Stripe's standard processing applies. At $1,000/mo in patron revenue, Patreon's 8% costs $80/mo; KeepTier costs $9/mo. The break-even is around $113/mo in total patron revenue.
Further reading
- How to set up Patreon tiers in 2026 — tier count, names, perk selection, and worked examples by creator type.
- Patreon fees explained (2026) — the complete fee breakdown: all three platform plans, Stripe, Apple IAP, payout fees, and currency conversion.
- The Patreon Apple tax, explained — why November 1 is the deadline and how the 30% cut stacks with Patreon's existing fees.
Fee calculations use Patreon Pro (8%) and Stripe standard US rate (2.9% + $0.30) as of 2026-06-04. Apple IAP fee of 30% applies to Patreon iOS subscriptions from November 1, 2026.