Gumroad vs Beamly

Beamly is a powerful, modern alternative to Gumroad with 0% platform fees.

Gumroad helps creators generate revenue online by selling digital product – from templates, video lessons ebooks and more. Gumroad provides basic product pages and checkouts/storefronts. They don’t charge a monthly fee, but do take 10%-30% in revenue-share.

Beamly is an all-in-one creator platform that puts a spotlight on your content. You can publish and monetize podcasts, videos, blogs, courses, memberships, and sell digital products on a fully customizable website that you own and control. All with 0% platform fees.

Both platforms help creators get paid, but for serious creators who run their own business, there’s really a simple answer – Beamly is the platform to create, publish and monetize your content.

What's the difference between Beamly and Gumroad?

Gumroad is product-first. You upload a file, write a description, set a price, and get yourself a digital product page. They offer a hosted checkout so essentially it’s just a way to sell products online.

Beamly, on the other hand, offers a full range of features beyond the product + checkout part. Sure, you can sell digital products, but on top of that you get a fully integrated content management platform for your posts, podcasts, videos, courses and website. Beyond selling products, you can also set up paywalls and offer memberships directly on your website and for your own content.

From a business model standpoint, Gumroad charges a percentage on each sale, while Beamly runs on predictable subscriptions with 0% platform transaction fees (Stripe payment processing fees do apply). That difference becomes more important as your volume and average order value grow.

Build a business, not just product pages

On Gumroad, each product has a dedicated page with a description, media, and a checkout. You can group products into a simple storefront that lives on a Gumroad domain or is embedded from your own site.

Beamly starts with the website itself. You get a visual builder, reusable sections, SEO tools, translations, and unlimited landing pages so your podcast archive, video library, blog, and courses all share the same branding and same URL.

For creators who publish consistently and rely on their content to grow a business, that difference matters.

Pricing and monetization options

Gumroad supports one-time purchases, recurring subscriptions, and fixed-length payment plans, all processed through its own checkout with support for multiple currencies.

Creators typically pay between 10% + $0.50 all the way up to 30% per sale in platform and processing fees. This can feel flexible for early experiments but takes a growing chunk of revenue as your sales scale.

Sell a $5 product that totals $4,000 in sales per month? That’s $800 in fees with option one, and $1,200 if you’re selling via the Gumroad marketplace.

Beamly lets you combine memberships, subscriptions, digital downloads, private podcast feeds or videos and courses on top of the same site, all with 0% platform transaction fees. You can gate individual episodes or pages, bundle shows and courses, or create storefront-style landing pages without switching platforms or paying extra percentages for the privilege.

In practice, Gumroad is optimized for quick, standalone offers, while Beamly is better suited to building businesses, membership programs or product ecosystems around your content.

Content, SEO, and long-term growth

With Gumroad you can host files and add copy to product pages, but it doesn’t go much beyond that.

Most creators pair it with other tools for podcast hosting, blogging, websites etc., which can fragment data and make your long-term content strategy harder to manage.

Beamly puts your content front and center. You can publish across multiple content formats, build a complete website and leverage advanced SEO tools. It comes with a bunch of automations to save you time and help you scale your business to the next level.