Alternatives
Patreon alternative for video creators.
Memberships with 0% commission, on your own account.
Patreon is built for posts and community, with video as one post type among many. If your members pay mostly to watch, a video-first platform keeps more of the money, shows the film the way you graded it, and can tell you who leaked it.
Video hosting for filmmakers · 5 GB free · Paid plans from USD 9/month
By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
What is a good Patreon alternative for creators who mainly share video?
A video-first membership platform. uncompressed.io lets you sell monthly and yearly memberships, rentals and purchases from a storefront under your own name, takes 0% commission, and streams each film exactly as you exported it. Patreon takes 10% of the income you earn on Patreon before processing, and is built around posts rather than a film library.
- 0% platform commission on memberships, rentals and sales
- Members pay into your own payment account
- Monthly and yearly tiers that unlock collections
- Free trials, coupons and gift memberships
- Films stream as exported, with no re-encode
- Optional Leak Shield, USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year
The fee
What 10% costs
as your membership grows
Patreon's platform fee is a share of what members pay, so it grows with your success. A flat plan does not.
USD 50
Patreon fee on USD 500 a month
10% platform fee, before processing
USD 200
Patreon fee on USD 2,000 a month
10% platform fee, before processing
USD 1,000
Patreon fee on USD 10,000 a month
10% platform fee, before processing
Side by side
Patreon and uncompressed.io
for a video membership
Patreon figures from patreon.com/pricing and Patreon's own announcement of native video, 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.
Who should switch
An honest fit
and who should stay
Switch if
Your members pay to watch: films, episodes, masterclasses, archives, behind-the-scenes cuts. You care how the picture looks, you want the money in your own account, and a leak of paid work would hurt.
Stay if
Your membership is mostly posts, polls, audio or a community chat, or new members find you through Patreon itself. Those are Patreon's strengths, and a video platform will not replace them.
Run both for a while
What you get instead of a 10% fee
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 members
How to switch
without losing them
Upload your library
Upload the films your members already have access to, as exported. Vimeo users can import their whole library in one step.
Recreate your tiers
One tier per Patreon tier, with the same price monthly or yearly, each unlocking the collections that match.
Open with a reason to move
A free trial on each tier, or a coupon for the first month, so switching costs members nothing.
Announce a date
Post the new link to your members with a clear date after which new films appear only there.
Protect the premieres
Turn on Leak Shield for releases you would hate to see on a torrent site.
Questions
Frequently asked
What is the best Patreon alternative for video creators?
For creators whose members pay mainly to watch films, series or behind-the-scenes video, a video-first platform with memberships fits better than a post feed. uncompressed.io charges 0% commission, streams the file as exported and offers per-buyer leak tracing; Patreon remains stronger for text posts, community and discovery inside its own app.
How much does Patreon take?
Patreon's pricing page states a 10% platform fee on the income you earn on Patreon, plus payment processing, currency conversion and payout fees and applicable taxes.
Can I move my Patreon members to another platform?
Your members are your audience, so you can invite them to a new membership. They subscribe again on the new platform; payment details do not transfer between platforms. Announce the move, give a date, and offer a free trial or a first-month coupon to make the switch easy.
Does uncompressed.io have membership tiers like Patreon?
Yes. You create tiers with a monthly price, a yearly price or both, and each tier unlocks whole collections of your films. You can add a free trial per tier, coupon codes and gift memberships of one, three, six or twelve months.
Is there a fee on uncompressed.io memberships?
No platform fee at any volume. You pay for your plan, and your own payment provider charges its card processing fee on each charge.
When is Patreon still the better choice?
When most of what you share is written posts, polls, audio or community chat, or when you rely on members discovering you inside Patreon's app. uncompressed.io has no community feed and no discovery marketplace; it is a video platform and storefront under your own name.
Move your members to a platform that takes nothing.
Memberships, rentals and sales come with every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), with no commission. Members pay into your own payment account.
Sources
- 1.Patreon pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Introducing Patreon Video, Patreon news (dated 3 November 2022, read 12 October 2026)