Stan vs Whop
We give Stan a 2.4 GPA and Whop a 3.4, out of 4.0. Whop grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Stan
Link-in-bio store for creators selling downloads, courses and calls
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAStanFair | 3.4GPAWhopVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CCreator is $300 billed yearly with no cut of sales, so $1,000 a month in sales costs $300 a year, inside this category's usual range. Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30 comes on top and isn't counted. Discount codes, upsells and email need Creator Pro at $948 a year. | BNo monthly fee: 2.7% + 30¢ a domestic card sale, so $1,000 costs $27 plus 30¢ a sale, and that is the card processing, with nothing on top. Cheaper than anything else here at this size, but not an A: tax handling adds 2% and faster payouts cost extra. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan. There's a 14-day trial of either plan, you can sell during it, and the listing doesn't say it needs a card. | ANothing to pay until you sell, with no monthly fee and no plan to upgrade to. Each sale's card fee is the only charge, and the value grade counts that. |
| Features | BDownloads, unlimited courses, coaching calls and webinars with booking, memberships, a community and Instagram auto-replies. The whole job is here, though discount codes, upsells, funnels, affiliates and email all wait for Creator Pro. | BStorefront and checkout in 195 countries, plus chat, courses with quizzes, forums, paid events, files and bookings for each product, license keys, a marketplace and affiliates. It covers the whole job. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. The store is built for a phone screen and a bio link, but you're still setting up products, calendars and Stripe or PayPal. | A4.82 from about 58,000 App Store ratings, among the best here. Building a product means picking apps such as chat or courses to add to it, rather than designing pages. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb and iPhone, with Stripe, PayPal, Zapier, Zoom, Google Meet, Google Calendar, Afterpay and Klarna. There's no Android app and no desktop app. | BWeb and iPhone, with Klarna, Afterpay, Splitit, SeQura and Venmo, an embeddable checkout and SDKs in TypeScript, Python and Ruby. No Android or desktop app is listed. |
| Best for | creators selling from a link in their bio | selling access to paid communities |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Stan and Whop. How we grade
Price against what you get
Stan starts at $29 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Whop has no paid plan and scores 3.3.
Whop scores higher and starts $29 a month lower. Of the other tools for selling digital products on the chart, 2 score higher than Stan for less, and none scores higher than Whop for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Stan starts at $29 per month ($300 billed yearly). Whop is free.
- Whop has a free plan. Stan does not, though it has a free trial.
- Stan also covers email campaigns and appointment booking.
At a glance
| Stan | Whop | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free |
| Starts at | $29 per month ($300 billed yearly) | Free |
| Free plan | None | No monthly fee is listed. Whop charges 2.7% + $0.30 per domestic card sale, plus 1.5% for international cards and 1% for currency conversion. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of either plan, and you can sell during the trial | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Stan | Whop |
| Price read from | help.stan.store | docs.whop.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Stan
- Social media creators who sell from a link in their bio
- Coaches selling calls, courses and downloads in one place
- Creators who want a flat fee with no cut of sales
Whop
- Creators selling paid community access with courses and chat
- Sellers who want marketplace exposure through affiliates
- Developers embedding checkout and payouts in their own app
Worth knowing
Stan
- No free plan; Stan takes 0% of sales, but Stripe charges US sellers 2.9% + $0.30 a sale, plus 1.5% for buyers abroad.
- Discount codes, upsells, funnels, affiliates, email broadcasts and email flows all need Creator Pro at $99 a month.
- Physical products have no shipping or stock tools: sellers collect addresses at checkout and fulfill by hand.
- The mobile app is on iPhone and iPad only; there is no Android app.
Whop
- Optional extras stack on the 2.7% + $0.30 card fee: payment routing 0.8%, billing 0.5%, tax collection 2%, or 6% + $0.30 with all on.
- Products listed on Discover are promoted by affiliates at a default 30% commission unless you change the rate.
- Purchases under $700 made in Whop's iOS app go through Apple, which takes 30%; subscriptions and web checkout avoid that fee.
- Fast payouts cost extra: instant bank deposit 4% + $2.50, crypto 5% + $1 and Venmo 5% + $2.50 per payout.
Key features
Stan
- Bio-link storefront
- A mobile-first store built for a social media bio link, with digital downloads, custom products and links out to other sites.
- Courses, calls and webinars
- Unlimited password-protected courses, 1:1 or group coaching calls and webinars run through Zoom or Google Meet with calendar booking.
- Memberships and community
- Charge members daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, and run a community space with admins and moderators inside Stan.
- Email marketing on Creator Pro
- Import contacts, send broadcasts and build automated email flows with unlimited sends, all on the Creator Pro plan.
- Sales tools on Creator Pro
- Discount codes, limited-quantity offers, upsells, order bumps, funnels, payment plans with Afterpay or Klarna, and an affiliate program.
- Stan AutoDM
- Sends automated replies to Instagram messages and comments, included on both plans.
Whop
- Apps for each product
- Add chat, courses with quizzes, forums, events with paid tickets, file sharing, rich content pages and calendar bookings to what you sell.
- Checkout and payment methods
- Checkout in 195 countries and 135+ currencies with 100+ payment methods, ACH debit, and Klarna or Afterpay financing.
- Discover marketplace and affiliates
- List products on Whop's marketplace, where global affiliates can promote them for a default 30% commission; custom affiliates are also supported.
- Payouts
- Withdraw by next-day ACH, instant bank deposit, crypto, Venmo, wire or local bank transfer, each with its own fee.
- Tax options
- Whop handles tax on Discover sales; for direct sales it can collect tax for you, or collect and remit it in the US, EU and UK, for 2%.
- Developer tools
- Embeddable checkout, wallet and chat components, license keys for downloadable software, and SDKs in TypeScript, Python and Ruby.
Plans
Stan
Creator$29
per month ($300 billed yearly)
Storefront, unlimited courses, calendar booking, recurring subscriptions, lead magnets, community, analytics and Stan AutoDM for Instagram. No transaction fee.
Creator Pro$99
per month ($948 billed yearly)
Adds discount codes, payment plans, upsells, order bumps, funnels, Afterpay and Klarna, affiliate management, email broadcasts and flows, and ad pixels.
Whop
Payments$0
Per-sale pricing: 2.7% + $0.30 for domestic cards, +1.5% international, +1% currency conversion; ACH 1.5% up to $5; financing 15%.
Ways to pay less
Stan
- Annual discount
Lower price with yearly billing
Stan sells Creator at $300 a year instead of $29 a month ($348 over a year), and Creator Pro at $948 a year instead of $99 a month ($1,188).
Whop
No public discounts listed.
