Compare
Gumroad vs uncompressed.io.
A shop for any digital product, or a store built for film.
Gumroad is a simple way to sell almost anything digital, with no monthly fee: you pay a share of each sale instead. uncompressed.io charges a flat plan and takes nothing from sales, and it is built only for video: streaming, rentals, memberships, series and leak tracing. The cheaper one depends on how much you sell.
Video hosting for filmmakers · 5 GB free · Paid plans from USD 9/month
By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
Gumroad vs uncompressed.io: which is better for selling video?
Gumroad is cheaper when you sell a little and want no monthly bill: it takes 10% plus USD 0.50 per direct sale. uncompressed.io is cheaper once sales add up, because it takes 0% commission on a flat plan, and it is built for film: rentals with a viewing window, memberships, series, as-exported streaming and per-buyer leak tracing.
- Gumroad: no monthly fee, 10% + USD 0.50 per direct sale
- Gumroad Discover sales: 30%
- uncompressed.io: flat plan, 0% commission
- uncompressed.io: rentals, memberships, series, bundles
- Films stream as exported, with no re-encode
- Per-buyer leak tracing with Leak Shield
The fees
Gumroad's share at three sizes
by volume
Gumroad's direct-sale fee of 10% + USD 0.50 per transaction, from its pricing page. Marketplace sales through Discover carry 30% instead.
USD 34
Gumroad fee on 20 sales at USD 12
USD 240 of sales a month
USD 200
Gumroad fee on 100 sales at USD 15
USD 1,500 of sales a month
USD 800
Gumroad fee on 400 sales at USD 15
USD 6,000 of sales a month
On uncompressed.io these lines are all 0. You pay a plan instead, from Lite at USD 9 a month, and your own payment provider charges its card fee on each sale. Gumroad's pricing page lists no separate processing fee, so its 10% + USD 0.50 is the whole published cost.
The break-even is low. Once Gumroad's fee in a month is larger than your plan, every extra sale costs you more on Gumroad. For a filmmaker selling a feature or a series, that point usually comes within the first few dozen sales.
Side by side
Gumroad and uncompressed.io
for selling film
Gumroad figures from gumroad.com/pricing and gumroad.com/features, 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.
Fit
Who should pick which
honestly
Gumroad fits
Creators who sell many kinds of file, from LUTs and presets to ebooks, sell occasionally, want no monthly bill, or hope to pick up new buyers through a marketplace.
uncompressed.io fits
Filmmakers and video creators who sell watching: a feature, a documentary, a series, concert films, a members' library. You want rentals, memberships and series order, the picture as you graded it, and a leaked copy traced to its buyer.
Using both
uncompressed.io for selling film
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 film sales
Five steps
from Gumroad
Upload the films
Upload the masters you sell; they stream as exported.
Set prices
Purchase, rental and download prices, and membership tiers if you want recurring income.
Re-grant past buyers
Export your buyer emails and give them free access from your earnings page.
Share the shop
yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand, or your own domain.
Protect new releases
Leak Shield, USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year, on any paid plan. It reduces risk and makes leaks traceable; it cannot guarantee a film never leaks.
Each paid plan includes viewing hours for your buyers every month (Lite 1,000, Pro 5,000, Max 15,000, Studio 25,000). Above that, playback never pauses and an extra block is added.
Questions
Frequently asked
Is Gumroad or uncompressed.io cheaper for selling video?
At low volume, Gumroad: it has no monthly fee and charges 10% + USD 0.50 per direct sale. As sales grow, the flat plan wins, because uncompressed.io takes 0% commission. On 100 sales of USD 15 a month, Gumroad's fee is USD 200; Lite is USD 9 and Pro USD 39 a month.
What does Gumroad charge?
Gumroad's pricing page lists 10% + USD 0.50 per transaction on direct sales through your profile or links, and 30% on sales made through its Discover marketplace. It states there is no monthly fee. Figures read 12 October 2026.
Can Gumroad stream video?
Gumroad's features page says customers can read, listen or watch their purchase immediately, and it offers simple memberships to a library of content. It does not describe streaming quality, rentals or file size limits on the pages we read.
Can I rent a film on uncompressed.io?
Yes. You can sell rentals with a viewing window, purchases that stream forever, downloads, memberships with monthly or yearly tiers, bundles and series. Buyers need no account; they sign in with the email they bought with.
Does uncompressed.io have a marketplace like Gumroad Discover?
No. uncompressed.io does not bring you buyers. Your shop lives under your own name or domain and you send people to it. Gumroad Discover can bring new customers, at a 30% fee on those sales.
When is Gumroad still the better choice?
When you sell many kinds of digital product (presets, LUTs, ebooks, templates) alongside occasional video, when sales are small and irregular, or when you want marketplace discovery.
Sell films with nothing taken from each sale.
Start free with 5 GB. 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 0% commission.
Sources
- 1.Gumroad pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Gumroad features (read 12 October 2026)
- 3.uncompressed.io pricing (read 12 October 2026)