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Put two or three platforms side by side

Pick the ones you are actually choosing between. The same questions get asked of each, the answers come off the company's own pages, and every figure carries the day we read it.

Places that pay youThings you build on

Ten questions about whether the money reaches you, asked of each one.

Set your country and every row that publishes a country rule gets marked with whether it accepts you. Nothing is removed and nothing moves.

2 PLATFORMS · 10 QUESTIONS · 8 ANSWERED BY ALL

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Medium Partner Program
Ibotta

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?
Medium Partner ProgramSupported countriesEnrollment is open to writers with a bank account and tax residence in a published list of 118 countries, from Albania to Vietnam, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Nigeria and Vietnamsource · checked 2026-09-11
IbottaWhere it worksUnited States and Puerto Rico onlysource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
Where you can be paidTwo lists, and they are not always the same one.
Medium Partner ProgramSet up payouts with StripeThe same list as enrollment: Stripe account setup is available in all countries supported by the Partner Program, and payouts can only be transferred to a bank account, not a debit cardsource · checked 2026-09-11
IbottaUnited States onlyUnited States only. A withdrawal needs a verified phone number, and a number based outside the US cannot be verified.source · checked 2026-09-07
Minimum ageHow old do I have to be, and is it higher for some offers?
Medium Partner ProgramEligibility requirements18 years of age or older, and you must also hold an active Medium membership and have published at least one storysource · checked 2026-09-11
IbottaMinimum age18, and 21 for offers on alcoholsource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page

Getting the money out

What you are paid inCash, or something that is only spendable in one place?
Medium Partner ProgramMedium Partner Program payoutsCash in USD, sent to the Stripe account connected to your Medium account and from there only to a bank accountsource · checked 2026-09-11
IbottaBank, PayPal or gift cardsBank transfer, PayPal or digital gift cards. Cash is paid directly, so there is no points currency and no gift-card-only lock-in.source · checked 2026-09-07
Ways to get paidIf the one method fails, is there a second one?
Medium Partner ProgramSet up payouts with StripeStripe only, as Medium's third-party payout processor; payouts can only be transferred to a bank account, debit cards are not supported, and Stripe requires your legal name and two-factor authenticationsource · checked 2026-09-11
IbottaBank payoutLinked through Plaid, up to 5 business dayssource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
Minimum payoutHow much must pile up before they let go of it?
Medium Partner ProgramMinimum payout thresholdYour total earnings must reach a minimum of $10 USD before a payout is sent; below that the balance rolls over to the following month, and some countries have additional minimums enforced by Stripesource · checked 2026-09-11
IbottaMinimum withdrawal$20.00source · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
Fee taken out of the payoutWhat is deducted that the payout page does not mention?
Medium Partner ProgramWe have not checked this one yet
IbottaWithdrawal feeNone published for bank, PayPal or gift cardsource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
Time from earning to money in handThe whole chain, not the speed they advertise for the last step.
Medium Partner ProgramPayout schedulePayouts are typically initiated by the 10th of each month, covering earnings from the previous month, and once initiated may take an additional 5-7 business days to appear in your bank accountsource · checked 2026-09-11
IbottaPayPal payoutWithin 2 hours, 1 to 3 business days at peak, mobile app onlysource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page

Keeping what you earned

How a balance can be lostDoes it expire, get charged rent, or vanish if I go quiet?
Medium Partner ProgramForfeiture policyIf your Stripe account is inactive or unable to receive payouts for 180 consecutive days, any accumulated unpaid earnings will be forfeited; a balance of $10 or more with incomplete payout settings for 30 days also makes the enrollment inactivesource · checked 2026-09-11
IbottaAccount maintenance fee$3.99 a month, or the balance if it is smaller, after 180 days without qualifying activitysource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page

Who is on the hook

Who is legally on the hookWhich company, and does it publish anything about whether it can pay?
Medium Partner ProgramWe have not checked this one yet
IbottaOperating companyIbotta, Inc., 1400 16th Street, Suite 600, Denver, Colorado 80202, SEC CIK 1538379source · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page

There is no winner at the bottom of this table

Nothing here gets added up. A score would have to decide that these questions weigh the same for everyone, and they do not. A lower cash-out bar is better if you need the money this month and worse if it arrives as a gift card you cannot spend on rent. One payout method is fine right up until it is the one that does not work where you live.

The rows worth your attention are usually the ones where the columns disagree about whether to answer at all. A platform that publishes its fee and a platform that does not are not two platforms with different fees. One of them has told you, and you can hold them to it.

Rows marked as not checked are about us, not about them. They mean nobody here has gone looking yet, and they stay visible for that reason. Found a figure that has moved? Tell us, and it gets a new source and a new date rather than a quiet edit.

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