Comparisons
Two platforms side by side on the numbers that decide it: fees, payout thresholds, and what you keep. Every cell traces back to the company's own page.
Two platforms side by side on the figures that decide which one you keep more of.
Both assign the output to you, both say API data is not used for training by default, and both delete within 30 days. The differences are the price ladder, gpt-4o-mini at $0.15 and $0.60 against Claude Haiku 4.5 at $1 and $5 per million tokens, and the ceiling: OpenAI's usage tiers unlock at $5 paid, Anthropic's Start tier stops at $500 a month and pauses until the 1st. Figures read off both companies' own pages in 2026.
The Free tier costs $0 and prints, under every model, that your content is used to improve Google's products. The Paid tier is pay-as-you-go, $0.75 in and $3.75 out per million tokens on Gemini 3.8 Flash until December 31, 2026, and prints No in the same row. Tier 1 needs a linked billing account, caps the account at $250, and limits spend to $10 every 10 minutes. Figures read off Google's own pages in 2026.
Both act as merchant of record, so neither asks you to register for EU VAT. Gumroad takes 10% + $0.50 and adds card processing on top; Lemon Squeezy takes 5% + 50c with processing inside it. Figures checked 8 Sep 2026.
Mediavine wants $5,000 in annual ad revenue and pays NET 65. Raptive wants 25,000 pageviews a month and sends the fee to its payment processor within 45 days. Both take up to 25% and both contracts are exclusive. Figures checked 8 Sep 2026.
Substack keeps 10% of each transaction. beehiiv Scale is $517 a year and keeps nothing. The crossover sits at $5,170 of subscription revenue a year, about 87 subscribers at $5 a month. Figures checked in 2026.
Fetch lets you cash out at about $3 but never in cash, and points die after 90 idle days. Ibotta pays real money at $20 and takes $3.99 a month after 180. Figures checked 6 Sep 2026.
Prolific forces researchers to pay at least £6.00/$8.00 an hour and cashes out at $6. InboxDollars publishes three different minimums on its own pages. Figures checked 6 Sep 2026.
HasOffers is now TUNE, and CAKE and TUNE share one owner and one leadership team. What each publishes for pricing, and which product fits which business.
Printful and Printify announced their merger in November 2024 and now share a parent. Their prices, shipping models and reprint terms still differ. Figures checked 6 Sep 2026.
Fiverr takes a flat 20% from freelancers. Upwork charges 0% to 15% per contract. Both fee schedules, both client fees, both payout tables, read on 6 Sep 2026.
Voluum's changelog carries a September 2026 entry. ThriveTracker's pricing page has not been modified since 25 September 2024. Prices checked in 2026.
