Crevio vs Whop: Your own store, or a marketplace listing

Whop is a marketplace and payments platform for selling memberships, communities, and courses, with buyers who can find you through its Discover page. Crevio builds a store that's entirely yours, pays out through your own Stripe account, and has AI run the marketing around it.

Last updated September 2026

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Crevio

Crevio is an AI platform that builds and runs an online business. Your site and checkout run on your own domain and your own Stripe account, and AI bots write and send the email and social posts, with approvals you choose for spending and sending. Choose Crevio when you want a brand and an audience that are yours.

3,000+ integrations
Payments built in
Free plan

Whop

Whop is a marketplace and payments platform for memberships, paid communities, courses, and software. It hosts your product pages, gates Discord and Telegram access, and pays out from a Whop balance. Choose Whop for marketplace reach and community gating.

Crevio and Whop, side by side

FeatureCrevio

Whop

What it isCrevioAn AI platform that builds and runs an online business.WhopA marketplace and payments platform for digital products and communities.

Your siteCrevioA full website and store on your own domain on paid plans.WhopProduct pages hosted on Whop, plus a listing on its Discover marketplace.

Where the money goesCrevioStraight to your own Stripe account, with payouts on Stripe's schedule.WhopInto a Whop balance, with payouts by ACH, instant transfer, crypto, or wire, each with its own fee.

Fees on salesCrevio5% on the free plan, 2.5% on Pro, and 1% on Business, plus Stripe's processing.WhopNo platform fee. Card processing is 2.7% + 30¢, and payouts cost from $2.50.

Courses and communitiesCrevioCourses, memberships, bookings, and paid Discord or Telegram communities.WhopCourses, chat, forums, events, and Discord and Telegram gating.

MarketingCrevioAI bots write and send email campaigns and social posts, and run ads on Business, with your approval.WhopAffiliates and Whop Ads. You or your own AI agent run them through its API.

AICrevioBots that build the site, run the marketing, follow up with customers, and run scheduled work.WhopA command-line tool and API so your own AI agent can manage products, ads, and payouts.

PricingCrevioFree plan. Pro is $20/mo and Business $50/mo.WhopNo subscription. You pay per sale and per payout.

A brand that's yours, not a listing.

On Whop, your product lives on a Whop page and in its marketplace, next to everyone else's. That's great for discovery and less great for building a brand people remember.

Crevio builds your own website on your own domain, with a home page, product pages, a blog, and a link-in-bio page. Your customers buy from you, not from a marketplace.

Build my site for a $39/month trading community, with a free weekly market recap to grow the list.

Creviofinished the work in Crevio

Crevio

Open Range Traders

Site · live at openrangetraders.com

Membership: $39/mo, private Discord access on payment
Free recap: Weekly email, signup form on every page
Checkout: Your own Stripe account, tested
Blog: 3 starter posts drafted

Site live · welcome email waiting for your approval

Your money, in your own account.

Whop collects payments into a Whop balance and pays you out from there, with a fee on each payout. Sellers have reported funds held in reserve, and its Trustpilot page shows recurring complaints about frozen balances.

With Crevio, checkout runs on your own Stripe account and payouts follow Stripe's normal schedule. Crevio never holds your money.

When does this week's membership money reach my bank?

Creviofinished the work in Stripe

Stripe

Upcoming payouts

Date	Amount	Status
Tue, Sep 30	$1,248.60	In transit
Wed, Oct 1	$412.90	Pending
Thu, Oct 2	$655.20	Pending

Paid out to your bank on Stripe's standard schedule

The marketing runs itself.

Whop gives you affiliates, ads, and an API your own AI agent can use. Deciding what to send and when is still your job.

Crevio's bots write the emails and posts, send them once you approve, follow up with members whose cards fail, and tell you on Monday what worked.

Send this week's free market recap, and invite readers to the paid community.

Creviofinished the work in Crevio

Crevio

This week: 3 setups we're watching

From: Open Range Traders
To: 2,140 recap subscribers

Here's the weekly recap. The full breakdown, plus live chat during market hours, is in the members' Discord. It's $39 a month and you can cancel any time.

Waiting for your approval · 2,140 recipients

The honest take

Where Whop is the stronger pick

No tool wins every comparison. Whop is a strong product, and for some people it is the better fit. Here is where we would point you to it.

Buyers come to you

The Discover marketplace brings in buyers you wouldn't reach on your own, at no extra fee.

Lower fees on sales

With no platform fee, Whop costs less per sale than Crevio's free and Pro plans, although payout fees apply.

Built for communities

Mature Discord and Telegram gating, many payout options including crypto, and a large app ecosystem.

Pricing at a glance

Free to start. Pay as the business grows.

Crevio

Free to start

Starter$0/mo · 5% transaction fee
Pro$20/mo · 2.5% transaction fee
Business$50/mo · 1% transaction fee

Paid plans include monthly credits for AI work. Top-ups cost $0.02 per credit. Transaction fees are on top of Stripe's own processing fees.

Whop

No subscription

No platform fee. Card processing is 2.7% + 30¢, international cards add 1.5%, and payouts cost from $2.50 for next-day ACH to 4% + $1 for instant.

When to choose Whop vs Crevio

Choose Crevio if

You want your own website and brand, not a marketplace listing
You want payouts from your own Stripe account
You want AI to write and send your marketing
You sell a mix of courses, downloads, memberships, and services

Choose Whop if

You want buyers from a marketplace
You run a paid Discord or Telegram community
You want the lowest fee on each sale
You want payouts in crypto or other methods

The short version

Whop is a marketplace and payments layer. It's very good at getting a paid community or course in front of buyers, gating Discord and Telegram, and paying out in many ways. The trade-off is that your product lives on Whop's pages and your money sits in a Whop balance until you withdraw it.

Crevio builds a business that's yours. Your site is on your own domain, checkout runs on your own Stripe account, and AI bots write and send the marketing, follow up with members, and report on what sold.

Which one should you pick?

If marketplace discovery and the lowest fee per sale matter most, Whop is a good fit. If you want a brand, a list, and payouts that are all yours, with AI running the marketing, pick Crevio.

Questions people ask before choosing

Per sale, usually not. Whop has no platform fee, while Crevio charges 5% on the free plan, 2.5% on Pro, and 1% on Business. Whop does charge for payouts, from $2.50 per next-day transfer. Crevio's value is in what it does around the sale, meaning your own site, your own Stripe account, and AI that runs the marketing.

No. Payments go to your own connected Stripe account, and Stripe pays out to your bank on its normal schedule.

Yes. Crevio can sell access to a paid Discord or Telegram community and grant it as soon as payment clears.

Yes. Describe your products and communities to Crevio and it rebuilds them with checkout on your own Stripe account.

Yes. The Starter plan is free with a 5% transaction fee. Pro is $20 a month with a 2.5% fee and Business is $50 a month with a 1% fee.