What is the best alternative to Patreon?

By number of websites, the most widely used alternatives to Patreon are Shop Pay, Stripe, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Apple Pay. The right one depends on your needs; compare them on adoption, authority, and audience above.

How many alternatives to Patreon are there?

Site Stats Database tracks 21 other payment processors used by 100 or more websites, plus a long tail of rarer ones. Patreon itself is used by 570 websites.

Which payment processor has the most websites?

Shop Pay leads this category with 18,635 websites in our catalog.

Where does this data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; authority (Ahrefs Domain Rating) and traffic come from Ahrefs and DataForSEO. Everything reflects the sites we track and refreshes at least monthly.

Patreon Alternatives & Competitors

Last updated July 1, 2026 · refreshes automatically as new data lands.

Looking for an alternative to Patreon? Site Stats Database tracks 21 other payment processors; the top ones are below, ranked by adoption, with authority and traffic for each and the leading sites that use them. Patreon itself is used by 570 websites. Back to Patreon.

Payments	Websites	Share	Median DR	Median traffic	Compare
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The top Patreon alternatives in depth

Shop Pay

#1 in Payment Processors · 18,635 websites

Shop Pay is Shopify's accelerated checkout and wallet.

18,635

Websites

44.3%

Share of Payments

Median DR

4,527

Median traffic

Top sites using Shop Pay

christmasinamerica.com windsorstore.com shop.mattel.com adriannapapell.com stevemadden.com

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Stripe

#2 in Payment Processors · 6,774 websites

Stripe is a developer-first payments platform for online businesses. Its APIs handle card processing, subscriptions, and payouts, making it the default for many SaaS products and modern stores. It is one of the most detected checkout providers on the web.

6,774

Websites

16.1%

Share of Payments

Median DR

5,818

Median traffic

Top sites using Stripe

aldi.us scribd.com resy.com americanpregnancy.org

PayPal

#3 in Payment Processors · 6,439 websites

PayPal is a global online payments system that lets sites accept payments without handling card details directly. It is one of the oldest and most widely offered checkout options online. It often appears alongside another processor as an alternative payment button.

6,439

Websites

15.3%

Share of Payments

Median DR

4,207

Median traffic

Top sites using PayPal