WHAT IT COSTS YOU
What it costs to keep alive, every platform side by side
Per year, once the introductory pricing is over.
20 PLATFORMS ANSWERED · SORTED BY NAME, NOT BY BETTER
Amazon KDPCharged per sale, not per year: on the 70% royalty option delivery costs average $0.06 per unit sold and vary by file size.$0.06 per unit sold · source · checked 2026-09-07
Anthropic APINo renewal fee, only per-token spend. Sonnet 5 holds at $2/MTok input and $10/MTok output after the scheduled rise to $3/$15 was cancelled.Developer docs pricing page, Sonnet 5 pricing note · source · checked 2026-09-07
beehiivScale renews at $517 billed annually and Max at $1,151 billed annually, at the entry subscriber tier.$517/year Scale, $1,151/year Max · source · checked 2026-09-07
CloudflarePro is billed per domain at $25/month month-to-month, so the bill scales with the number of sites, not traffic.$25/month per domain on Pro · source · checked 2026-09-07
EzoicEzoic keeps up to 18% of Net Revenue; the publisher receives no less than 82%, less deductions for invalid traffic, traffic quality and chargebacks.82% of Net Revenue to publisher · source · checked 2026-09-07
FlippaFlippa Premium buyer membership renews at $49 per month, or $490 per year.Recurring membership · source · checked 2026-09-07
GhostThe bundled .link domain is free for the first year only, then renews at standard registrar rates.Free domain year one only · source · checked 2026-09-07
Google AdSenseNo recurring fee. The ongoing cost is the revenue share: publishers receive 80% of AdSense for Content revenue after the buy-side platform's fee.Revenue share, not a fee · source · checked 2026-09-07
GumroadNo monthly or annual fee to keep a store open; the only recurring cost is the percentage deducted from each sale.No monthly fee · source · checked 2026-09-07
HetznerEvery listed price is net: German customers pay 19% VAT on top of the monthly figure.VAT on top · source · checked 2026-09-07
Lemon SqueezyNo monthly fee. Running cost is the 5% + 50c platform fee per sale, plus +1.5% international, +1.5% PayPal and +0.5% subscription surcharges.Ongoing platform fee · source · checked 2026-09-07
MediavineNo platform fee to stay on. The recurring cost is the payout fee: $15 per U.S. wire transfer, charged to the publisher.Payout fees only · source · checked 2026-09-07
MonumetricOngoing cost is a revenue share: Monumetric keeps between 15% and 30% of ad revenue, depending on the ad technology running on the site.15%-30% commission · source · checked 2026-09-07
NetlifyNo intro discount: $9/month Personal and $20/month Pro renew at the same rate. Overage credits are sold at $5 per 500 or $10 per 1,500.Netlify pricing page, add-on credits · source · checked 2026-09-07
PayhipPlus tier is $29 a month and cuts the fee to 2%; Pro is $99 a month with no Payhip transaction fee at all.Tra $29 hoac $99/thang de ha phi ve 2% hoac 0% · source · checked 2026-09-07
PorkbunRenewal is the same $11.08 a year as year one: $10.26 registry wholesale + $0.20 ICANN fee + $0.62 card fees, no first-year-only promo.Yearly renewal · source · checked 2026-09-07
RaptiveRaptive keeps up to 25% of ad revenue; the creator is paid at least 75% of ad revenue each calendar month.Revenue share · source · checked 2026-09-07
SubstackNo monthly fee to keep a publication running. Substack keeps 10% of subscription revenue, and card processing fees come out on top of that.10% of revenue · source · checked 2026-09-07
VercelPro costs a $20/month platform fee that carries one deploying seat and $20 of usage credit; usage past that credit is billed on demand.$20/month Pro platform fee · source · checked 2026-09-07
WordPress.comFirst-year domain registration is free with any annual or multi-year plan; the discount does not repeat at renewal.First year free, then list price · source · checked 2026-09-07
The other questions
Ten questions get asked of every platform here. This page answers one of them.
Where you can sign up25 platforms
Where you can be paid29 platforms
Minimum age28 platforms
What you are paid in29 platforms
Ways to get paid26 platforms
Minimum payout29 platforms
Fee taken out of the payout29 platforms
Time from earning to money in hand28 platforms
How a balance can be lost28 platforms
Who is legally on the hook30 platforms
What it really costs to start23 platforms
The gate before it pays anything14 platforms
How long before the first payment17 platforms
Who owns what you build22 platforms
Can you take it with you23 platforms
Can it be sold24 platforms
What takes it all away25 platforms
Why this page is sorted by name
Putting these in an order would mean deciding that one answer beats another, and on most of these questions that depends entirely on who is reading. A lower cash-out bar is better if you want the money soon and worse if it arrives as a gift card. A single payout method is fine until it is the one that does not work in your country.
So the rows sit in alphabetical order and the differences are left where you can see them. Every figure carries the page it came from and the day it was read. Found one that has moved? Tell us.