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Berrytap vs Circle

A Circle alternative where the fee actually reaches zero

Circle charges $89 a month before your first member and takes 2% of everything you make — 0.5% at best, on no plan ever 0%. Berrytap starts free and ends at 0%.

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What it costs, side by side

Platform fees only. Card processing — around 2.9% + 30¢ — is charged by the payment provider on both, so it’s left out of both.

Berrytap
Before your first member
$0/mo, no card
Cut of your revenue
10% on Free, 5% on Growth, 0% on Scale
Can the cut reach 0%
Yes — Scale, $299/mo
Circle
Before your first member
$89/mo (Professional, billed annually)
Cut of your revenue
2% on Professional, 1% on Business, 0.5% on Circle Plus
Can the cut reach 0%
No — no plan takes it to zero

On $1,000 a month of member revenue

$79/mo

Berrytap, on the Growth plan

$109/mo

Circle, $89 Professional plus 2% of your revenue

Past roughly $2,000 a month, Circle's 2% beats Growth's 5% — until Scale takes our fee to 0%, which no Circle plan does at any price.

Circle pricing as published, checked August 2026, and subject to change. Circle is a trademark of its respective owner.

Berrytap vs Circle at a glance

The money first, then what you get for it.

FeatureBerrytapCircle
Cost before your first paying member$0/mo, no card required$89/mo (Professional, annual)
Monthly plansFree, then $29/mo or $299/mo$89/mo, $199/mo, or custom
Cut of your member revenue10% on Free, 5% on Growth, 0% on Scale2%, 1%, or 0.5% by plan
Any way to a 0% cutYes — Scale, $299/moNo — every plan takes a cut
Where the money landsStraight to your own Stripe accountStripe, connected through Circle
CoursesBuilt inBuilt in
Live roomsBuilt-in live roomsBuilt in
Extra admin seatsIncluded$10/mo each
GamificationPoints, levels & leaderboardsLimited
Currencies at checkoutCard in USD worldwide, or QPay in MNTCard in USD

Based on Circle’s publicly available pricing and documentation, checked August 2026. Both may change.

Why creators switch

0% is a plan you can actually buy

Circle's cut shrinks as you pay more but never disappears — 0.5% on its top tier. Berrytap's Scale plan takes nothing at all, so past a certain size your bill stops growing with your revenue.

$29 against $89

Growth costs a third of Circle's entry plan and lifts the member cap, so the step up from free doesn't require a business behind it.

One bill, not a base plan plus add-ons

Circle prices extra admin seats, branded email and additional spaces separately. Every Berrytap plan includes its whole feature set — the price on the page is the price.

For a creator who wants Circle's essentials without $89 a month up front and a cut that never reaches zero, Berrytap is the cheaper end of the same idea.

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