Memberships
Membership platform for creators.
Choose by fee model and by what members get.
A membership platform takes a recurring payment from your supporters and gives them access to something in return. The platforms differ in two ways that matter more than the logo: how they charge you, and what kind of thing a member actually receives.
Video hosting for filmmakers · 5 GB free · Paid plans from USD 9/month
By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
What is the best membership platform for creators?
The best membership platform is the one built for what your members receive: Patreon for posts and community, Substack for writing, Memberful for memberships on your own website, and a video-first platform such as uncompressed.io when members pay to watch films. After that, compare fee models, because a percentage fee grows with every member while a flat plan does not.
- Percentage fee: Patreon 10% of income earned
- Plan plus percentage: Memberful USD 49 a month plus 4.9%
- Per-member fee: Uscreen Growth USD 1.99 per subscriber
- Flat plan, 0% commission: uncompressed.io
- Card processing applies on every platform
Fee models
Four ways platforms charge
and who uses each
Every membership platform makes money in one of four ways. The model matters more than the headline rate once you have a few hundred members.
Figures from each platform's own pricing page, read 12 October 2026. Card processing applies on every model and is left out. 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 money
What you keep
on USD 2,000 a month
Two hundred members at USD 10 a month. Platform share only. uncompressed.io is shown on the Pro plan.
USD 1,961
uncompressed.io Pro
0% commission, after the USD 39 plan
USD 1,800
Patreon
after the 10% platform fee
USD 1,853
Memberful Standard
after USD 49 and 4.9%
USD 1,602
Uscreen Growth
after USD 1.99 per subscriber, before the plan
What members get
The features that matter
for a video membership
Tiers that open collections
Members on a tier see a whole set of films or series, not a scattered list of posts.
Monthly and yearly prices
Two prices per tier, so committed fans can pay once a year.
Free trials and coupons
A trial per tier and codes with a percent or amount off, a use limit and an expiry date.
Gift memberships
Fans buy one, three, six or twelve months for someone else.
Watching that feels like TV
Series with episode order, continue watching and a watchlist, on phones, laptops and TVs.
Your name on the door
A storefront under your name or your own domain, and members who sign in with the email they paid with.
Who this is not for
uncompressed.io memberships, in one table
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.
Questions
Frequently asked
What is a membership platform for creators?
A membership platform is a service that charges your supporters a recurring fee, usually monthly or yearly, and gives them access to content or perks in return. It handles sign-up, billing, cancellations and access, so you do not have to build them.
What is the best membership platform for creators?
It depends on what members receive. For posts and community, Patreon. For writing and podcasts, Substack. For memberships on a website you already run, Memberful. For a library of films and video, a video-first platform such as uncompressed.io, which takes 0% commission and streams films as exported.
Which membership platform has no transaction fees?
uncompressed.io charges no commission at any volume; you pay a flat plan and your own card processor's fee. Of the platforms read for this page, Patreon states 10% of income earned, Memberful Standard 4.9% plus USD 49 a month, and Buy Me a Coffee 5%.
Should I charge monthly or yearly?
Offer both if your platform allows it. Monthly lowers the barrier to joining; yearly gives you cash up front and fewer cancellations. A common pattern is a yearly price worth about two months free.
Can a membership platform host my videos?
Some can. Patreon hosts video natively, described as HD. Memberful's website builder hosts video up to 1080p, with a 2 hour limit per post. uncompressed.io is built around video and streams the file as exported.
When is a video membership platform the wrong choice?
When members mostly want to talk to you and each other. uncompressed.io has no community feed or forums; if that is the core of your membership, a community-first platform fits better.
A membership platform for video, with no commission.
Monthly and yearly tiers, free trials, coupons and gift memberships come with every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month). Members pay into your own payment account.
Sources
- 1.Patreon pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Memberful pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 3.Memberful docs: video processing (read 12 October 2026)
- 4.Uscreen pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 5.Buy Me a Coffee FAQ (read 12 October 2026)
- 6.Substack: going paid (read 12 October 2026)
- 7.Introducing Patreon Video, Patreon news (dated 3 November 2022, read 12 October 2026)