Discord paid role bot fees compared
What ten ways to sell Discord roles take from each sale, from Discord's own 10% to Bond's 0%, whose account the money lands in, and what costs extra.
· 6 min read · the Bond team
Bond and flatpass take 0% of each sale, and Bond charges no monthly price for paid roles. Of the tools that take a platform share, the share runs from 2.5% to 10% per sale. Whop's fee is its card processing rather than a cut, and LaunchPass's free Basic plan charges none. Stripe's own fee comes on top almost everywhere. We build Bond, an AI Discord bot.
Prices change. Check the source before you pick a tool, and read what the percentage leaves out, below, because the headline share is only part of what you pay.
What each tool takes per sale
Every figure below was read on the tool's own page, linked from its name, on 15 November 2026. "None stated" and "not stated" mean we did not find it there, and we left out figures we only found second-hand.
| Tool | Takes per sale | Monthly price | Whose payment account | One-time and recurring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discord Server Subscriptions | 10%, plus "various fees". US-based owners only | None stated | A new Stripe account made for Discord | Server Subscriptions and Server Shop |
| Upgrade.chat | 5.9% free plan, as low as 2.9% on paid plans | Paid plans, no clear monthly price | Stripe or PayPal | Subscriptions and donations |
| Whop | 2.7% + $0.30 per domestic card payment, card processing included | None listed | Whop's own payments, paid out to you | One-time and subscription |
| LaunchPass | Premium 3.5%, Basic none | Premium $29, Basic $0 | Your connected Stripe account | Both, on Premium |
| PayBot | 3% | None | Your own Stripe account | Both |
| flatpass | 0% | Free to 15 paid members, then $29 to $399 | Your own Stripe account | Both |
| DoorFee | Free 10%, Pro 2.5% | Pro $28, or $236 a year | Your Stripe account, through Stripe Connect | Recurring; one-time not stated |
| Patreon | 10%, plus processing, conversion and payout fees | None stated | Patreon's own payments | Both |
| Ko-fi memberships | 5%, plus processor fees | Free to use | Your own PayPal or Stripe account | Monthly memberships |
| Bond | 0% | None for paid roles, on any plan | Your own Stripe account | Monthly, yearly and one-time |
A few cells need a sentence more than a table gives them.
- Discord. Its FAQ says "Server Subscriptions will not be available outside of the United States." Everywhere else it is not an option. More in Discord Server Subscriptions outside the US.
- Upgrade.chat. We could not tell from its pricing page whether a plan's price is monthly or one payment, so we left the dollar figures out.
- Whop. International cards add 1.5% and currency conversion 1%. Getting the money out costs extra: next-day ACH is $2.50 a payout, and crypto payouts are 5% + $1.00.
- LaunchPass. Basic is free with no transaction fee, but its pricing FAQ says that for charging members "the premium plan is the way to go". Premium is the plan with "One-time & recurring billing options".
- flatpass. Its plans are priced by paid members: Starter is $29 a month for up to 80, Growth $79 for up to 200, Scale $149 for up to 750, and Max $399 for more than 750.
- Patreon. Its page adds "applicable taxes" to the fees above.
What the percentage leaves out
The share a tool takes is not the whole fee. Someone also has to process the card.
When the sale runs through your own Stripe account, Stripe charges you its own fee on top. In the United States that is 2.9% + 30¢ per successful domestic card transaction (stripe.com/pricing, read 15 November 2026), and it differs by country. That applies with Bond, flatpass and PayBot. LaunchPass says so too: "Stripe charges a separate processing fee of 2.9% + 30 cents that applies to all transactions." Patreon and Ko-fi add processing fees, and Discord mentions "various fees". Upgrade.chat's pricing page does not say whether its rate includes the processor's fee. Whop is the exception, because its rate is the processing.
A subscription in your own Stripe account pays one more Stripe fee. Stripe Billing, the part of Stripe that renews it each month, costs 0.7% of what it bills on the pay-as-you-go plan (stripe.com/billing/pricing, read 15 November 2026). A one-time purchase does not pay it.
Here is what that means for a $5 monthly role with 100 paying members, all on US domestic cards, before payout fees and tax:
- Bond: Stripe takes $44.50 in card fees and $3.50 for Billing, $48.00 in all. Bond takes nothing.
- Whop: $43.50, a little less than Stripe's standard rate, before you pay to withdraw.
- PayBot: $15 to PayBot plus $44.50 to Stripe.
- LaunchPass Premium: $29 plus $17.50 to LaunchPass, plus $44.50 to Stripe.
- flatpass: 100 paid members is past Starter, so $79 a month on Growth, plus $44.50 to Stripe.
- Upgrade.chat free plan: $29.50 to Upgrade.chat, plus whatever processing costs.
The $44.50 on the PayBot, LaunchPass and flatpass lines is the card fee alone. If the tool runs the subscription in your Stripe account, the $3.50 for Billing comes on top there as well.
So no cut does not mean Bond always costs the least to run. On Stripe's fees alone, Whop's published rate is lower. Where Bond saves money is the platform's share and the monthly plan.
What the fees pay for
Some of that money pays for things Bond does not do. Each item below was on the tool's own page linked in the table, on 15 November 2026. If you need one of them, a dedicated payment tool is worth its cut.
- Free trials and coupon codes. LaunchPass Premium offers "free trials & coupons", flatpass lists "Promo codes & trials", and DoorFee lists "Coupon codes" and trials. Bond has neither.
- PayPal or crypto. Upgrade.chat lists "PayPal and Venmo Payments", and LaunchPass lists a "Wide range of Cryptocurrencies". Bond adds no payment methods of its own; members can pay with what your Stripe account accepts at checkout.
- Tax handling. Whop will collect and remit tax for 2% of each transaction, and Patreon says "We take care of most applicable tax collections and remittance for you". With Bond you are the seller and tax is yours.
- A page to sell from. Upgrade.chat lists a "Custom Branded Storefront", LaunchPass a branded invite page, DoorFee a page builder and PayBot payment pages. Bond sells from a panel inside your server.
- More than Discord. LaunchPass also sells Telegram and Slack access, and Upgrade.chat lists Telegram.
Paid roles is one plugin of a bot that also builds and runs the server: channels, roles, permissions, moderation and automations, from plain sentences. If that is not what you need, pick the tool from the table whose fee and features fit, and check its page first.