Tebex vs Whop

Tebex provides storefronts and payment processing for digital goods sold by game servers and studios. Its in-game stores and webstores can offer items, subscriptions, season passes, and DLCs, with options to customize the storefront. Developers can connect through Webstore Builder, Headless API, or Checkout API; the latter requires prior compliance approval and is not available to some user-generated-content creators, including FiveM and RedM creators. Tebex lists more than 130 local and global payment methods and says it acts as Merchant of Record, handling sales-tax calculation, collection, and remittance. Fraud detection and chargeback handling are included, and Tebex says it manages disputes. Official server plugins cover Minecraft, Hytale, Rust, ARK, and FiveM, which also has a built-in integration. The free Starter plan has a 5% platform fee for most games and 15% for FiveM. Plus costs £12.49/mo. New stores receive a free 90-day Plus trial without providing payment details.

Whop is a marketplace and commerce platform for buying and selling products and services. Sellers can use its storefront, ads manager, checkout, and wallet, or add embedded checkout and payment tools to their own sites. Listed uses range from coaching and courses to physical products, marketplaces, gig work, paid groups, software, telehealth, and events. Its payments offering supports 100+ payment methods, with accelerated checkout and prebuilt interfaces. Payout choices include next-day ACH, instant bank deposit, crypto, Venmo, bank wire, and international local bank transfers. Whop’s App Store includes built-in apps, and developers can make custom apps with Next.js and the Whop SDK. Its Discord app can connect a server, sell membership access, assign roles based on membership, and manage users according to subscription status. The service is available on web, Android, and iOS, as well as through APIs and embeds. Use is free, though some transactions and services may have fees: listed charges include $0.03 per transaction for 3DS, $0.07 per transaction for Radar fraud detection, and $15 per dispute.