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See What You’d Save.

Platforms that take a cut of every payment cost more the better your show does. Benecaster charges a fixed annual fee for your plan, so the gap grows as your audience does.

Put in your subscriber count and what they pay each month. The calculator shows your estimated Benecaster cost next to what you’d pay in platform fees on Patreon and Memberful, processing fees included.

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How we calculated this

Patreon cost: (subscribers × monthly price × 12) × 13.5% — the 10% Patreon platform fee plus approximately 3.5% Stripe payment processing.

Memberful cost: $25/month base plan fee plus 4.9% of your total annual subscriber revenue. Memberful replaces your membership plugin as a complete solution.

Benecaster cost: flat annual plan price — no platform fees, no per-subscriber charges, no transaction fees. Annual billing saves approximately 30% versus monthly.

Sources: Patreon 10% platform fee (patreon.com/pricing, August 2025). Memberful Pro $25/month + 4.9% (memberful.com/pricing). Prices may have changed since last verified.

Already run a membership plugin? Tick the box and the calculator leaves the plugin’s cost out of the Benecaster side, because you’re already paying it.

Want to see how the numbers are built? Open How we calculated this under the calculator. Every fee it assumes is listed there, so you can check the arithmetic against your own statements.

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