Patreon is a closed-source platform which holds your content and your supporters captive.
Liberapay
Liberapay is an easy-to-use, free open donations platform and lets your fans send you a set amount every week, month or year.
Unlike commercial platforms, Liberapay is open source and is itself also funded through crowdfunding, so it does not take a cut of your donations.
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Open Collective
Open Collective is a more advanced platform specially designed for crowdfunded projects and organisations that want to be as transparent as possible about how donations are spent.
It lets projects accept both one-time and recurring donations/sponsorships, but also lets them give detailed open accounts of expenditure, and helps members of the project file or discuss expenses.
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Ghost
A free and open-source publishing platform which integrates newsletter subscriptions and payment options. Can be used as a service or be self-hosted.
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