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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 · 6 ANSWERED BY ALL · 1 WHERE ONE STAYS SILENT

You picked one, so a second column was added to give it something to sit next to. Change it above.

Patreon
Ibotta

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?
PatreonWe have not checked this one yet
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.1 of 2 publish this
PatreonDoes not publish thisNot published as a list in the payout guides: your payout method options depend on the payout country you select, with PayPal, Payoneer and bank transfers where available, and the account country must match what you entersource · 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?
PatreonWe have not checked this one yet
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?
PatreonPaying out your earningsCash in a creator balance: your share once membership payments and product sales are processed and fees deducted, held in USD or, outside the US, in a local currency you choosesource · 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?
PatreonHow payouts workPayPal, Payoneer and bank transfers where available, chosen from the options shown for your payout country; adding or editing a method puts a 5-day payout lock on the balancesource · 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?
PatreonPayouts guide for creators outside of the USMinimum payout of $10 or local equivalent for a local-currency bank transfer, and $10 for a USD bank transfersource · 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?
PatreonInternational payout optionsA cross-currency USD bank transfer costs 1.55% of the payout amount plus $0.25 per payout; a local-currency bank transfer costs a small flat fee of about $0.50 local equivalent, varying by currencysource · checked 2026-09-11
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.
PatreonPaying out your earningsDeposits typically arrive within 10 days, depending on your payout method, and you can only initiate a payout once every 24 hours; a brand-new creator also has a 5-day hold from the first payout method or first paymentsource · 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?
PatreonRecovering unclaimed fundsA balance left by an inactive creator is remitted to the state's unclaimed property division once the escheatment period has run, after Patreon's tax team has emailed several times; non-US creators then claim from the State of Delawaresource · 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?
PatreonWe 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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