See what you really take home from Patreon. Enter your paying members and average pledge, pick your plan and how members pay, and the calculator takes off Patreon’s platform fee, payment processing, currency conversion and payout fees — with every fee itemised.
Example helper: tap an example to see how pledge size changes the fees, then replace it with your own numbers.
Estimate based on Patreon’s published creator fees as checked in October 2026; Patreon can change its fees, so confirm on its creator fees page. Doesn’t include declined payments, refunds, chargebacks, Apple’s App Store fee on iOS in-app purchases, or your own income tax.
Quick answer: On Patreon’s standard plan you pay a 10% platform fee plus payment processing (2.9% + $0.30 per payment for card payments in USD). 100 members at $10 a month is $1,000; fees are $100 + $59 = $159, so you take home $841 a month — about $10,092 a year — before any payout or currency fees.
The calculator applies each of Patreon’s fees in turn. You can see every one in the results, so nothing is hidden in a blended average.
Gross = paying members × average pledge
Platform fee = gross × plan rate (10%, 8%, 11% or 5%)
Processing = gross × processing % + members × fixed fee per payment
Currency conversion = 2.5% × pledges paid in another currency
Tax on fee = platform fee × tax rate
Payout fee = depends on your payout method (once a month)
Take-home = gross − all of the above
The fixed part of the processing fee is charged on every payment, so it costs far more, as a share, on small pledges than on large ones.
These are the main rates from Patreon’s creator fees page, for payments in US dollars. Other currencies have their own processing rates, which the “How members pay” menu includes.
| Fee | Rate | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee — Standard | 10% | Creator pages published after 4 August 2025 |
| Platform fee — legacy plans | Founders 5% · Pro 8% · Pro + Merch 11% | Creators who published on or before 4 August 2025 and kept their plan |
| Processing — card / Apple Pay, US PayPal | 2.9% + $0.30 per payment | Standard plan, and legacy pledges over $3 |
| Processing — PayPal outside the US | 3.9% + $0.30 per payment | Standard plan, and legacy pledges over $3 |
| Micropayment processing | 5% + $0.10 (6% + $0.10 for non-US PayPal) | Legacy plans only, pledges of $3 or less |
| Processing — Founders plan | 1.6% + $0.30 card · 2.65% + $0.28 PayPal | Founders plan (USD) |
| Currency conversion | 2.5% | When a member pays in a different currency from your payout currency |
| Payout (USD) | Stripe US $0.25 · PayPal 1% (min $0.25, max $20) · Payoneer $0.50–$1.00, or $0.25 + 1.55% to a non-US bank | Each payout |
Patreon also adds VAT, GST or sales tax to its platform fee where the law requires it, and purchases made through Patreon’s iOS app carry Apple’s App Store fee. Always confirm current rates on Patreon’s creator fees page.
| Input | Where to find it | Tip |
|---|---|---|
| Paying members and pledges | Your Patreon creator dashboard (Audience and Earnings) | Use paying members, not free members or followers. |
| Plan | Your creator settings | Pages published after 4 August 2025 are on the standard 10% plan. |
| How members pay | Your earnings reports | If members pay in mixed ways, pick the most common one. |
| Payout method | Your payout settings | Fewer, larger payouts mean fewer fixed payout fees. |
Gross: $1,000. Platform fee $100, processing $29 + 100 × $0.30 = $59. Total fees $159 (15.9%), so you take home $841 a month — $10,092 a year.
Gross is also $1,000, but the $0.30 fixed fee is charged 500 times: $150. With the $100 platform fee and $29 processing, fees are $279 (27.9%) and you keep $721.
Gross: $1,250. Fees: $125 platform + $36.25 + $7.50 processing = $168.75 (13.5%). Take-home: $1,081.25 a month.
The creator in example 1, paid out through Payoneer to a local bank account, pays $0.25 + 1.55% of $841 — about $13.29. Monthly take-home falls to about $827.71.
On the standard plan (pages published after 4 August 2025), a 10% platform fee plus payment processing — 2.9% + $0.30 per payment for card payments in USD. Legacy plans pay 5%, 8% or 11%. Currency conversion, payout fees and tax on the fee can apply too.
The 10% is only the platform fee. Payment processing comes on top, and its fixed part ($0.30 per payment in USD) hits small pledges hardest. Currency conversion, payout fees and tax on the fee can add more.
No. Patreon’s micropayment rate (5% + $0.10 on pledges of $3 or less) is only for legacy plans. On the standard plan, the same processing rate applies to every pledge.
Creators who published on or before 4 August 2025 keep their existing plan. If a legacy page is unpublished and later republished, it moves to the standard 10% plan.
Only the optional tax on Patreon’s platform fee. Sales tax or VAT charged to members, and your own income tax, are separate and depend on where you and your members live.
No. It only changes the symbol shown. Pick the “How members pay” option that matches your members’ currency so the right processing rate is used.
Disclaimer: This calculator is a planning tool, not financial or tax advice. Fee rates are taken from Patreon’s published creator fees page as checked in October 2026 and may change. IncomeJets is not affiliated with Patreon.
Last updated: 14 October 2026 · By Udaychandra, IncomeJets