B
Evidence Grade B
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5%
5% -- transaction fee rate for Ko-fi (2025)
Ko-fi charges a 5% transaction fee on memberships, digital downloads, and commissions.
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Value
5%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
Source
Ko-fi
Primary
Tier B
https://passion.io/blog/passion-io-pricing-branded-app-alternative-to-patreon ↗
Source Article
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Ko-fi
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Vendor-published fee structure cited in comparison article
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Ko-fi: 5% transaction fee rate. Source: Ko-fi (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/kofi-transaction-fee-5pct
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