Buy Me a Coffee
Buy Me a Coffee
Role
Second "creator" donation channel — on the family-wide /support
page next to Ko-fi. Some donors strongly prefer one brand; the cost
of running both is two buttons.
Free tier
- No monthly fee, no setup fee
- 5% platform fee on transactions (donor-side processing fees on top)
- Stripe + PayPal payouts; payouts in INR, USD, or other supported currencies
- Membership tiers, one-off "coffees", and a built-in shop on the free plan
Card / subscription required?
NO. Email-only sign-up; payout via Stripe Connect or PayPal. No card on file from us.
Methods exposed to the donor
Card (Stripe), Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal. No UPI — Indian donors
who want UPI use upi-direct instead.
Alternatives
- Ko-fi — 0% platform fee, otherwise similar
- GitHub Sponsors — developer-targeted, 0%
Swap cost
Low — single button on the /support page; deep-link is
https://buymeacoffee.com/<handle>.
Why this is our pick
Brand recognition is meaningfully different from Ko-fi's; some donors will only use one or the other. 5% is acceptable as a "long tail" channel — the marginal donation lost to fees is still strictly better than not having the button.