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Indie Payments tools

14 payments products built by independent developers and small teams.

Looking to replace something? Patreon · GoFundMe · Memberful

Buy Me a Coffee

Accept tips, memberships and sales from supporters

Buy Me a Coffee lets creators receive one-time support, run memberships and sell digital items from a simple page.

Commission · Web, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Chargebee

Subscription billing and revenue management

Chargebee manages recurring billing, invoicing, dunning and subscription analytics on top of payment gateways.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

Donorbox

Online donation forms for nonprofits

Donorbox provides donation forms, recurring giving, crowdfunding pages and donor management for nonprofits.

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Every.org

Free donation platform for nonprofits

Every.org is a nonprofit platform where people can donate to charities and nonprofits can set up fundraising pages.

Free · Web · Website ↗

FastSpring

Full-service e-commerce and payments for software sellers

FastSpring is a merchant of record that provides checkout, subscriptions and global tax handling for software and digital goods.

Commission · Web, API · Website ↗

Freemius

Monetization platform for WordPress plugins, themes and SaaS

Freemius handles checkout, licensing, subscriptions, updates and analytics for developers selling WordPress plugins, themes and software.

Commission · Web · Website ↗

Givebutter

Fundraising and donor management for nonprofits

Givebutter is a fundraising platform for nonprofits with donation pages, events, peer-to-peer campaigns and a donor CRM.

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Ko-fi

Accept tips, memberships and shop sales from supporters

Ko-fi lets creators receive one-off donations, monthly memberships, commissions and shop sales from fans through a simple page.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Liberapay

Recurring donations platform run as a non-profit

Liberapay is an open-source, non-profit platform for receiving recurring donations, commonly used by open-source developers and creators.

Free · Web · Website ↗

Memberful

Membership software for creators and publishers

Memberful lets creators sell memberships and subscriptions on their own websites with integrations for WordPress and podcasts.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Memberstack

Add memberships and logins to Webflow sites

Memberstack adds user accounts, gated content and paid memberships to websites, especially Webflow.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

Open Collective

Transparent fundraising and expense management for groups

Open Collective lets communities, open-source projects and groups raise and spend money transparently, with public budgets and fiscal hosting.

Commission · Web · Website ↗

Outseta

All-in-one memberships, billing, CRM and email for SaaS and creators

Outseta bundles payments, subscription billing, authentication, CRM, email and help desk into one tool for membership sites and early-stage SaaS businesses.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

SendOwl

Sell and deliver digital products, subscriptions and memberships

SendOwl is a checkout and delivery platform for selling digital downloads, subscriptions, memberships and courses, with integrations for existing websites.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

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