Patreon is a great membership platform for every kind of creator. Melodon is built only for music: your fans stream your songs, join your community and subscribe to your fan club in the same app.
| Melodon | Patreon | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Musicians and their fans | Creators of every kind |
| Platform fee | 10% for founding artists, 15% standard — of net fan club revenue | 10% on the standard plan for pages published after August 4, 2025, plus payment processing |
| Membership pricing | Three fixed tiers: $4.99, $9.99, $24.99 a month, annual plans with 2 months free | You design your own tiers and prices |
| Music streaming | Built in — fans stream your music for free | Not a music streaming app |
| Free fan community | Auto-created for every artist | Membership-focused |
| Direct channel to top fans | Broadcast channel for Superfan and Patron members | Posts and messages to members |
| Fan Q&A | AskMe threads with fan upvotes | Via posts and comments |
| Discovery | Fans find you through your music, communities and Discover | You bring your audience from elsewhere |
Patreon fees as published on Patreon's creator fees overview, checked October 2026. Creators who published before August 4, 2025 may be on older plans.
Founding artists on Melodon keep 90% of net fan club revenue — the same 10% platform fee that Patreon charges new creators on its standard plan. After the founding period, Melodon's standard rate is 15%. Neither platform is dramatically cheaper. The difference is what you get for the fee.
On Patreon, your fee pays for memberships. On Melodon, the same fee also covers the music player, the fan community, AskMe and discovery — the things you'd otherwise piece together from Spotify, Discord and a link-in-bio page.
On Patreon, fans pay you in one app and listen to you in another. On Melodon, they listen, talk about the song and subscribe to your fan club without leaving the app — so the moment a fan falls for a track is the moment they can support you.
Patreon lets you design any tiers you want, which also means deciding prices and perks on your own. Melodon fan clubs use three fixed tiers — Fan, Superfan and Patron — so fans always know what they're getting and you can start on day one.
Every artist on Melodon gets a free community where any follower can post, comment and share. It gives casual listeners a reason to stay, and your fan club a natural next step. How communities work →
Patreon works best when you already have an audience to send there. Melodon is a music app, so fans can discover you through your releases, your community and Discover.
If you make more than music — long video series, podcasts, courses, art — or you want full control over custom tiers and perks, Patreon is built for that. Many artists will use both: Patreon for everything else, Melodon for the music and the fans around it. Melodon is non-exclusive, so you don't have to choose.
For founding artists the platform fee is the same 10% Patreon charges new creators on its standard plan. Melodon's standard rate is 15%. The difference is that Melodon includes music streaming, a free community and AskMe alongside the fan club.
Yes. Melodon is non-exclusive. You can keep your Patreon, your Spotify and your Bandcamp and add Melodon on top.
No. Every fan club uses the same three tiers — Fan $4.99, Superfan $9.99 and Patron $24.99 a month — so you don't have to price anything and fans always know what to expect.
Melodon is coming soon. Join the waitlist and tell us you're an artist — we're onboarding a small group of founding artists by hand.
Join the waitlist and ask about founding artist spots.