Selling Digital Products

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the Selling Digital Products page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.

Sell downloads, memberships and subscriptions from a simple store page, with the payments handled.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about tools for selling digital products, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 15 tools for selling digital products

   9 of them are free or have a free plan, and 6 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $24.50 a month in the middle

   From $0.83 (Sellfy) to $79 (SamCart), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: Whop and Patreon

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.

4. 4

   3 of 15 have iPhone and Android apps

   15 run in a web browser and 0 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.6

   2 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is Whop, at 3.4.

6. 6

   Best free option: Whop

   Whop has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.4. Storefront, checkout and payouts for paid communities and products.

7. 7

   15 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 15 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 0 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three tools for selling digital products we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   3.4GPA

   Whop

   Free

   For: Most creators starting to sell digital products

   Whop sells downloads, courses, memberships, community access, paid events and bookings, with apps such as chat, courses with quizzes, forums and files added to each product, and checkout in 195 countries. There is no monthly fee: a domestic card sale costs 2.7% + $0.30, which covers card processing, so $1,000 of sales costs $27 plus 30¢ a sale. Its iPhone app averages 4.8 from about 58,000 ratings. Know the limits: collecting and paying sales tax adds 2% and the optional extras stack to 6% + $0.30, Apple takes 30% of purchases under $700 made in the iPhone app, products listed on Discover pay affiliates 30% by default, and there is no Android app.

   The Whop Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   2.6GPA

   Payhip

   Free plan · from $29/mo

   For: Creators who want a classic store with sales tax handled

   Payhip sells downloads, courses, coaching, memberships and physical products from a store on your own domain, or through buy buttons on a WordPress, Squarespace, Wix or Shopify site. The Free Forever plan has every feature with unlimited products and revenue, and Payhip collects and pays EU and UK VAT and US sales tax at no extra charge. It is second because each sale costs more than on Whop: the free plan keeps 5% on top of PayPal or Stripe fees, Plus at $29 a month keeps 2%, and only Pro at $99 a month removes the fee. It has no email campaigns of its own and no phone app.

   The Payhip Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   2.4GPA

   Stan

   Free trial · from $29/mo

   For: Creators who sell from a social bio link and want a flat fee

   Stan turns a social media bio link into a store for downloads, courses, coaching calls, webinars and memberships, with a community space and Instagram auto-replies. Creator is $300 billed yearly ($29 monthly) and takes no cut of sales, and you can sell during the 14-day free trial; for US sellers, Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30 a sale comes on top. It is third because there is no free plan, discount codes, upsells, affiliates and every email tool need Creator Pro at $99 a month, and its app is on iPhone and iPad only, with no Android app.

   The Stan Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, Whop and Patreon give the most for the money among tools for selling digital products: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $24.50 a month across the 10 that charge, from $0.83 (Sellfy) to $79 (SamCart). 4 more cost nothing at all.

6 of the 14 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 2 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded tools for selling digital products, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
Whop	B	A	B	A	B	3.4
Patreon	D	A	B	A	B	3.0
Lemon Squeezy	C	A	B	C	B	2.8
Buy Me a Coffee	C	A	C	C	B	2.6
Gumroad	D	A	B	C	B	2.6
Ko-fi	C	A	C	C	B	2.6
Payhip	C	A	C	C	B	2.6
Polar	C	A	C	C	B	2.6
ThriveCart	B	C	B	C	B	2.6
SamCart	C	C	B	C	B	2.4
Sellfy	C	C	B	C	B	2.4
SendOwl	C	C	B	C	B	2.4

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where tools for selling digital products land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 15

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 0

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every tools for selling digital product we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1WhopFree3.4
2. 2PatreonFree3.0
3. 3Lemon SqueezyFree plan · from $10/mo2.8
4. 4Buy Me a CoffeeFree2.6
5. 5GumroadFree2.6
6. 6Ko-fiFree plan2.6
7. 7PayhipFree plan · from $29/mo2.6
8. 8PolarFree plan · from $20/mo2.6
9. 9ThriveCartFree trial · from $37/mo2.6
10. 10SamCartFree trial · from $79/mo2.4
11. 11SellfyFree trial · from $22/mo2.4
12. 12SendOwlFree trial · from $32.50/mo2.4
13. 13StanFree trial · from $29/mo2.4
14. 14Easy Digital DownloadsFree plan · from $199/yr2.2
15. 15MemberfulFree trial · from $49/mo2.0

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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  tools graded

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  categories

• 426

  price changes on record

• 579

  apps priced in 12 countries