Alternatives
Gumroad alternative for selling video.
Stream your films instead of sending files.
Gumroad is one of the simplest ways to sell a digital product, with no monthly fee. It keeps a share of every sale instead, and it is built around files. If what you sell is a film, a series or a video membership, a streaming storefront fits the product and keeps more of each sale.
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By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
What is a good Gumroad alternative for selling video?
A streaming storefront built for video. uncompressed.io sells films as purchases, rentals, downloads or memberships with 0% commission, from a shop under your name. Gumroad charges 10% plus USD 0.50 on each direct sale and 30% on Discover sales, and delivers products mainly as files.
- 0% commission instead of 10% + USD 0.50 a sale
- Purchases, rentals, downloads and memberships
- Films stream in a player, no file to pass around
- Charges land in your own payment account
- Bundles, series, coupons and gifts
- Optional Leak Shield, USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year
The fee
What Gumroad keeps
on a USD 20 film
Gumroad has no monthly fee, so its cost is all in the sale. Here is what 10% plus USD 0.50 comes to on a USD 20 film, direct sales only.
USD 125
50 sales a month
Gumroad fees on USD 1,000 of sales
USD 500
200 sales a month
Gumroad fees on USD 4,000 of sales
USD 2,500
1,000 sales a month
Gumroad fees on USD 20,000 of sales
On uncompressed.io the platform share is 0 at every volume. You pay a plan instead: Lite at USD 9, Pro at USD 39 or Max at USD 99 a month. At a few sales a month Gumroad is cheaper, and that is worth saying plainly. The crossover comes early: at USD 20 a film, Gumroad's fee is USD 3 a sale, so a handful of sales covers a Lite plan.
Card processing applies on both platforms. Gumroad's pricing page does not say whether processing sits inside its fee, so it is left out here.
Side by side
Gumroad and uncompressed.io
for a creator who sells video
Gumroad fees from gumroad.com/pricing, read 12 October 2026. The streaming platform is included with every paid plan for members who switch it on before 31 December 2026, and stays included for them afterwards; after that date new activations add USD 39 a month.
The file problem
Selling a file
is not the same as selling a film
A downloadable file is easy to sell and just as easy to pass on. Once it leaves your store, it can be shared, re-uploaded or posted to a torrent site, with no way to tell which buyer it came from.
Stream instead
Sell streaming access so the film plays in a player on phones, laptops and TVs, and offer the download only where it makes sense.
Rent for less
A rental with a viewing window lets you price a film for someone who will watch once, next to a purchase for those who want to keep it.
Trace a leak
With Leak Shield, every buyer gets their own invisibly marked copy. Protection reduces risk and makes leaks traceable; it cannot guarantee a film never leaks.
When Gumroad is the better choice
What you get instead of 10% a sale
Read from the live price list. Verified 2026-10.
| Commission on sales | 0 percent, at any volume. Buyers pay into your own payment account; your card processor's fee applies. |
|---|---|
| What you can sell | Purchases (stream forever), downloads, rentals with a viewing window, memberships with monthly or yearly tiers, bundles and series. |
| Member tools | Free trials per tier, coupon codes, gift memberships, refunds and free access from your earnings page. |
| Your storefront | A shop under your name at yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand, or on your own domain. Buyers need no account. |
| Picture quality | Films stream as you exported them: no re-encode of video or audio, with an optional lighter copy for slow connections. |
| Viewing hours included | Lite 1,000, Pro 5,000, Max 15,000, Studio 25,000 hours a month, then USD 29 per extra 20,000-hour block. Playback never pauses. |
| Plans | Starter free (5 GB, one film at a time); Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month; yearly is one month free. |
| Leak Shield (optional) | Every buyer gets their own invisibly marked copy; the open web and torrent indexes are searched; a confirmed leak names and blocks the buyer and sends the takedown. USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year, any paid plan. |
| Inclusion window | The streaming platform is included with every paid plan for members who switch it on before 31 December 2026, and stays included for them afterwards; after that date new activations add USD 39 a month. |
Plans and add-ons: pricing. The whole cluster starts at the creator platform guide.
Moving over
How to switch from Gumroad
and keep your buyers
Export your customers
Download your customer emails from Gumroad. Past buyers can be given access again from that list.
Upload the films
Upload each film as exported, then set purchase, rental and download prices.
Bundle what sold together
Group films into bundles or a series with episode order, and add a membership if you release often.
Update your links
Point your bio, site and emails at yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand or your own domain.
Each paid plan includes viewing hours a month for your buyers (Lite 1,000, Pro 5,000, Max 15,000, Studio 25,000); above that, playback never pauses and an extra block is added. For a step by step on pricing a short, read sell a short film online.
Questions
Frequently asked
What is the best Gumroad alternative for selling videos?
For films, episodes and video libraries, a platform that streams the video and sells memberships and rentals fits better than a file store. uncompressed.io charges 0% commission and streams each film as exported. Gumroad remains simpler for one-off files such as e-books, presets, templates and audio.
How much does Gumroad take per sale?
Gumroad's pricing page lists 10% plus USD 0.50 per transaction on direct sales through your profile or links, and 30% on sales to new customers who find you through Gumroad Discover. There is no monthly fee.
Can I rent a film on Gumroad?
Gumroad's pricing page does not describe rentals. On uncompressed.io you can sell a rental with a viewing window, a purchase that streams forever, a download, or a membership that gives access to whole collections.
When is Gumroad cheaper than a monthly plan?
When you sell very little. With no monthly fee, a handful of sales a month costs less on Gumroad. Once your monthly Gumroad fees pass the price of a plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), a flat plan with 0% commission keeps more.
Does uncompressed.io bring me buyers like Gumroad Discover?
No. uncompressed.io has no marketplace. Buyers come from your own audience, links and site. Gumroad Discover can bring new customers, and charges 30% on those sales.
Can buyers download the film?
Yes, if you choose to sell a download. You can also sell streaming only, so the film stays on the platform, and add Leak Shield to give each buyer their own invisibly marked copy.
Sell your films from a shop that takes nothing.
Purchases, rentals, downloads and memberships come with every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), with no commission. Buyers pay into your own payment account.
Sources
- 1.Gumroad pricing (read 12 October 2026)