Patreon Fee Calculator
Patreon charges a platform percentage based on your plan plus payment processing. Enter your monthly earnings before fees, select your Patreon plan, and adjust processing rates to see platform fee amount, processing fee, total fees, net earnings, effective fee rate, and how much you keep.
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Inputs
Values update results instantly. Adjust fee assumptions to match your seller dashboard.
Earnings
Gross Patreon revenue for the month.
Plan
Your current Patreon plan determines platform percentage.
Processing
Payment processing percent, usually 2.9%.
Used to calculate total $0.30 fixed fees. Enter 0 to ignore fixed part.
Fixed processing fee per patron, typically $0.30.
Results
Live estimates based on your inputs and editable fee assumptions.
Patreon platform fee
$80.00
Plan percent of gross earnings.
Payment processing fee
$59.00
Processing percent + fixed per patron.
Total Patreon fees
$139.00
Platform plus processing.
Net earnings
$861.00
Gross minus all Patreon fees.
Effective fee rate
13.9%
Total fees as percent of gross.
You keep
86.1%
Net as percent of gross.
What this means
Fees $139.00 on $1000.00 gross: platform $80.00 (8%) + processing $59.00. Net $861.00 you keep 86.1%, effective 13.9%.
Patreon fee breakdown
Interactive breakdown of fees, costs, and remaining profit.
Distribution
- Platform fee$80.008.0%
- Processing fee$59.005.9%
- Net earnings$861.0086.1%
Total $1,000.00 · 3 segments · interactive
Line-item breakdown
Dollar amounts, share of revenue, and visual proportion.
- Monthly earnings before fees
- $1,000.00
- Plan percent
- 8.0%
- Platform fee
- $80.00
- Patrons for fixed
- 100
- Fixed per patron
- $0.30
- Processing fee
- $59.00
- Total fees
- $139.00
- Net earnings
- $861.00
- Effective fee rate
- 13.9%
- You keep %
- 86.1%
Assumptions used
- • Platform 8%×$1000.00=$80.00
- • Processing 1000.00×2.9%+100×$0.30=$59.00
- • Effective 13.9% when gross>0
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Patreon Fee Calculator
Generated 7/30/2026, 5:17:43 AM · Currency USD
Inputs
- Monthly earnings before fees: 1000
- Patreon plan: pro
- Processing %: 2.9
- Number of paying patrons (for fixed fee): 100
- Fixed per transaction: 0.3
Results
- Monthly earnings before fees: $1,000.00
- Plan percent: 8.0%
- Platform fee: $80.00
- Patrons for fixed: 100
- Fixed per patron: $0.30
- Processing fee: $59.00
- Total fees: $139.00
- Net earnings: $861.00
- Effective fee rate: 13.9%
- You keep %: 86.1%
Interpretation
Fees $139.00 on $1000.00 gross: platform $80.00 (8%) + processing $59.00. Net $861.00 you keep 86.1%, effective 13.9%.
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
- 1Get plan percent from selected plan
- 2Calculate platform fee as monthlyEarnings × planPercent
- 3Calculate processing as monthlyEarnings × processingPercent + patrons × fixed
- 4Add to get total fees
- 5Subtract from gross to get net
- 6Calculate effective rate as totalFees ÷ monthlyEarnings ×100
Formulas
- PlatformFee = gross × plan%
- Processing = gross × proc% + patrons×fixed
- TotalFees = platform + processing
- Net = gross − totalFees
- Effective% = totalFees ÷ gross ×100
Important assumptions
- Platform fee equals monthlyEarnings × planPercent (Lite 5%, Pro 8%, Premium 12%)
- Processing fee equals monthlyEarnings × processingPercent + patrons × processingFixed
- Total fees equals platformFee plus processingFee
- Net earnings equals monthlyEarnings minus totalFees
- Effective fee rate equals totalFees ÷ monthlyEarnings ×100 when monthlyEarnings>0
- Does not include tax or payout fees
Worked example
$1000 monthly on Pro with 100 patrons
Monthly earnings $1000, Pro 8%, processing 2.9% + $0.30 fixed, 100 patrons
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