beehiiv Fee Calculator
Choose the beehiiv revenue stream you want to inspect. This calculator separates paid-subscription platform share, Stripe-style processing, foreign-card or FX adjustments, Ad Network creator share, Boost payout models, plan cost, and other monthly costs so you can see the selected gross revenue and what reaches the creator.
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Estimate what beehiiv keeps from each sale before you set a price or list a product. It covers beehiiv paid-subscription, Ad Network, or Boosts costs with editable US planning assumptions for platform share, processing, plans, and operating costs.
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Inputs
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Revenue source
Select the stream for the fee-only view. Other stream inputs stay available for quick scenario changes.
Paid subscriptions
Monthly paid subscribers in the modeled subscription stream.
Price paid by each monthly subscriber.
Paid subscription costs
Provisional processing default of 2.9%, kept editable.
Provisional $0.30 per paid subscription payment.
When enabled, applies the editable surcharge to modeled paid-subscription revenue.
Provisional 1% scenario. Adjust for the share of charges affected in your account.
Plan and overhead
Monthly plan price scenarios are provisional and editable through the custom option.
Used when Custom plan is selected.
Editing, design, software, research, or other newsletter costs.
Ad Network
Monthly advertiser revenue before the creator share.
Boosts
Compare direct creator payout with gross advertiser budget less a platform share.
Expected referrals in the modeled month.
Provisional $1.50 creator payout per referred subscriber.
Use this when Gross advertiser budget is selected.
Results
Live estimates based on your inputs and editable fee assumptions.
Selected source
Paid subscriptions
Selected gross revenue
$2,500.00
Gross revenue for the selected stream before modeled costs.
beehiiv or platform cost
$250.00
Payment processing
$147.50
Monthly plan fee
$49.00
Other monthly costs
$100.00
Net creator revenue
$1,953.50
Effective cost rate
21.9%
All selected costs divided by selected gross revenue.
Platform share
10.0%
For Ad Network and gross-budget Boosts, this is the complement of creator share.
Boost model
Direct payout per referral
What this means
Paid subscriptions produces $2500.00 gross and $1953.50 net after $546.50 in modeled costs. The effective cost rate is 21.9%.
beehiiv selected-stream cost breakdown
Interactive breakdown of fees, costs, and remaining profit.
Distribution
- Platform share$250.0010.0%
- Payment processing$147.505.9%
- Plan fee$49.002.0%
- Other costs$100.004.0%
- Net creator revenue$1,953.5078.1%
Total $2,500.00 · 5 segments · interactive
Line-item breakdown
Dollar amounts, share of revenue, and visual proportion.
- Selected gross revenue
- $2,500.00
- Platform cost
- $250.00
- Payment processing
- $147.50
- Plan fee
- $49.00
- Other costs
- $100.00
- Net creator revenue
- $1,953.50
- Effective cost rate
- 21.9%
Assumptions used
- • Paid subscriptions gross is $2500.00 using the selected source inputs.
- • Platform cost is $250.00; the selected platform share is 10.0%.
- • Paid processing includes 250 fixed charges at $0.30 and no FX surcharge.
- • Grow-like plan is $49.00 monthly plus $100.00 other monthly costs.
- • Rates and plan scenarios remain provisional, editable planning context.
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Generated 9/11/2026, 3:17:34 AM · Currency USD
Inputs
- Revenue source: paidSubscriptions
- Paid subscribers: 250
- Monthly subscription price: 10
- beehiiv share of paid subscriptions (%): 10
- Stripe-style processing (%): 2.9
- Processing fixed fee per subscriber: 0.3
- Include foreign-card or FX surcharge: false
- Foreign-card or FX surcharge (%): 1
- beehiiv plan scenario: grow
- Custom monthly plan fee: 49
- Other monthly costs: 100
- Ad Network gross revenue: 1500
- Ad Network creator share (%): 75
- Boost payout model: directPayout
- Boost referred subscribers: 100
- Direct payout per referral: 1.5
- Gross Boost advertiser budget: 500
- Boosts platform share (%): 25
Results
- Selected gross revenue: $2,500.00
- Platform cost: $250.00
- Payment processing: $147.50
- Plan fee: $49.00
- Other costs: $100.00
- Net creator revenue: $1,953.50
- Effective cost rate: 21.9%
Interpretation
Paid subscriptions produces $2500.00 gross and $1953.50 net after $546.50 in modeled costs. The effective cost rate is 21.9%.
How it works
Methodology & formulas
This calculator is transparent by design. Review the steps and formulas so you can trust the estimate and adjust assumptions when your dashboard differs.
Calculation steps
- 1Read the selected source and calculate its gross revenue.
- 2For paid subscriptions, apply beehiiv share, processing percent, fixed processing, and the optional FX surcharge.
- 3For Ad Network, calculate platform share as the complement of creator share.
- 4For Boosts, use direct payout or gross budget less Boosts platform share according to the selected model.
- 5Add the selected plan fee and other monthly costs once.
- 6Subtract modeled costs from selected gross revenue and divide costs by gross for effective cost rate.
Formulas
- PaidGross = paidSubscribers × monthlyPrice
- PaidProcessing = gross × (Stripe% + FX% when enabled) + subscribers × fixed
- AdPlatformShare = adGross × (1 − creatorShare%)
- BoostCreatorRevenue = referrals × payoutPerReferral, or grossBudget × (1 − platformShare%)
- TotalSelectedCosts = platformCost + paymentProcessing + planFee + otherCosts
- NetCreatorRevenue = selectedGross − totalSelectedCosts
- EffectiveCostRate = totalSelectedCosts ÷ selectedGross × 100
Important assumptions
- All rates and plan prices are provisional US planning assumptions. Edit them before relying on a forecast or comparing plans.
- Paid subscriptions start at a 10% beehiiv share plus 2.9% and $0.30 Stripe-style processing. The optional 1% foreign-card or FX surcharge applies only when enabled.
- Ad Network starts at a 75% creator share, so the platform share is 25% of gross ad revenue. The share is editable.
- Boosts use either direct referrals × $1.50 payout or gross advertiser budget × (1 − 25% platform share). Both values are editable planning inputs.
- Plan cost and other monthly costs are included once in the selected-source view. Taxes are not automatically withheld; add a tax reserve under other costs if needed.
Sources & review
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Official references
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Defaults are editable estimates. Match them to your current account, provider statement, official authority, lender, or adviser before making a pricing or investment decision.
Calculator model reviewed: August 9, 2026. This date covers the page and calculator guidance, not a guarantee that every live platform rate or term was re-audited on that date.
Worked example
250 paid subscribers at $10/month
Paid subscriptions with 10% beehiiv share, 2.9% plus $0.30 processing, Grow-like $49 plan, and $100 other monthly costs.
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