# Fanfix alternatives, corrected: what still exists and what closed

> Two platforms named on almost every list of Fanfix alternatives are gone: Fanhouse shut down on 21 August 2023 and was acquired by Passes, and Sunroom was acquired by Fanfix itself on 14 August 2025. The alternatives that still exist independently are OnlyFans, Patreon and Passes, and all three were checked on 20 September 2026.

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Last updated: 2026-09-21

## Which Fanfix alternatives still exist?

Three: OnlyFans, Patreon and Passes. Every other creator-subscription platform named alongside Fanfix in the lists currently published has either closed or been bought, and two of them appear on almost all of those lists. Checking a list of alternatives against the companies' own announcements is a five-minute job that most publishers have not done since 2023.

That is the whole value of this page. A list of alternatives that includes a company which shut down three years ago tells you nothing about the alternatives — and quite a lot about the list.

## What lists still say, and what happened

Three corrections, each with the date on the evidence. The first two are companies that no longer exist independently. The third is a fee that changed in 2025 and is still quoted at its old rate almost everywhere.

| What lists still say | What is true on 20 September 2026 | Source | Date on the evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fanhouse is a Fanfix alternative | Fanhouse shut down and was acquired by Passes | Fanhouse's own closure announcement | 21 Aug 2023 |
| Sunroom competes with Fanfix | Sunroom is owned by Fanfix and is not an independent platform | Fanfix's own acquisition announcement | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Patreon takes 5% or 8% | 10% is the standard rate for creators publishing after 4 Aug 2025; 5% and 8% are closed legacy plans; processing is charged on top of any of them | Patreon's creator fees overview | read 20 Sep 2026 |

[Fanhouse announced its own closure](https://x.com/fanhouse/status/1687504432135544832) on 21 August 2023. [Fanfix announced the Sunroom acquisition](https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/business-and-professional-services/fanfix-acquires-sunroom-a-women-led-creator-platform-championing-1061173) on 14 August 2025, which makes recommending Sunroom as an escape from Fanfix a recommendation to stay with Fanfix under another name. [Patreon's fees are documented here](https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/11111747095181-Creator-fees-overview).

One Fanfix rule matters to anyone choosing between these platforms. The "10,000 followers" requirement that most Fanfix guides repeat is Fanfix's own: the Creator Qualifications dialog on its [application form](https://auth.fanfix.io/onboarding), checked 21 September 2026, reads "We require a minimum of 10,000 followers across all socials." The [FAQ](https://fanfix.io/faqs) and Creator Terms §1.1 do not mention it, and meeting it does not mean approval, since the Partnerships team still reviews every application at Fanfix's sole discretion. OnlyFans and Patreon have open signup, and Passes takes applications.

## What the platforms that do exist charge

Four rows, with Fanfix as the baseline. Each cell was read from the platform's own current documents on 20 September 2026, and the content-policy column is the one that decides most cases before the fee column gets a look in.

| Platform | Platform fee | Payout | Content policy | Getting in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fanfix | 20% of every transaction | weekly, bi-weekly or monthly to a linked bank account; pending clears in about 5 days | nudity is banned; safe-for-work only | invite-only, reviewed by the Partnerships team; 18 or older |
| OnlyFans | 20% of each fan payment | withdrawal from an account balance | permits content that Fanfix prohibits | open signup; 18 or older |
| Patreon | 10% for creators publishing after 4 Aug 2025; legacy plans at 5% and 8%; one-time sales 5% to 12%; processing charged on top | balance after fees, minus a payout transaction fee | permits, with restrictions, content that Fanfix prohibits | open signup |
| Passes | 20% of credit and debit sales | bi-weekly, within 30 days of period end, by bank transfer | states that nudity is not allowed | by application |

Sources: Fanfix's [Creator Terms of Use](https://auth.fanfix.io/creator-terms-of-use) updated 1 August 2026 and its [payouts guide](https://blog.fanfix.io/payouts-setup-guide/) of 1 May 2026, the [OnlyFans terms](https://onlyfans.com/terms), Patreon's creator fees overview, and the [Passes terms](https://www.passes.com/terms). All read 20 September 2026.

One fact about Passes belongs on any honest list that names it. Passes is defending a class action filed in the Southern District of Florida, and calls the claim meritless; [TechCrunch reported the filing on 3 March 2025](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/creator-monetization-platform-passes-sued-over-alleged-distribution-of-csam/). Nothing has been decided, and this page neither recommends Passes nor recommends against it on that basis. A pending case is simply a fact a creator should have before she chooses where to build recurring income.

## Why the fee comparison with OnlyFans is the wrong comparison

Fanfix and OnlyFans both take 20%. There is no fee argument to be had between them, which is awkward for the many pages that consist of one. What separates the two is the content policy and the brand association — and neither reduces to a percentage.

Fanfix describes itself as "a strictly safe-for-work (SFW) platform, designed for verified creators who want to share exclusive content in a brand-friendly environment", and the governing clause is the heading "No Nudity or other Prohibited Content" in its [Terms of Service](https://auth.fanfix.io/general-terms-of-service), updated 20 August 2026 and later than its own Content Guidelines. OnlyFans permits content Fanfix prohibits. For a creator whose income includes brand deals, that is the whole comparison, and no fee table captures it.

Patreon is the only one of the three with a lower headline fee, and the headline is not the number that leaves the account. Patreon charges payment processing on top of its 10%, plus a transaction fee on the payout, while Fanfix's 20% is written in its terms as the whole platform take. The comparable statement is 20% against "10% plus", and how big the plus is depends on how fans pay.

## The clause that makes adding a platform cost $1,000

Holding a second account is allowed. Announcing it from your Fanfix account is not. Creator Terms §2.5 name Patreon, Passes and OnlyFans as Competitive Platforms and forbid using a Fanfix account to promote any monetisation platform, and ToS §8.4 with Creator Terms §3.4(a)(i) attaches $1,000 of liquidated damages per violation, chargeable to a payment method on file, plus withholding of earnings.

Per violation means per post and per link — not per warning. A creator who moves and tells her Fanfix audience where she went has bought the announcement at $1,000 a time, and the charge lands on the card Fanfix has on file.

This is also why we do not sell cross-platform management and why this site is not an agency for another platform with Fanfix bolted on. Any agency proposing to run your Fanfix account as one channel in a funnel pointing somewhere else is proposing a charge you pay. Ask in writing whether they will ever post about another platform from your Fanfix account, and keep the answer.

## What the alternatives lists never mention

Four things Fanfix documents about itself sit outside every comparison table published on this topic, and three of them are recent enough that a list written last year could not contain them. Screenshot and screen-recording blocking has applied to all videos platform-wide, with no setup, since [15 October 2025](https://blog.fanfix.io/new-feature-announcement-10-15-25/). Content Armour has been resold as a paid add-on with 24/7 scanning and DMCA filing since [4 December 2025](https://blog.fanfix.io/announcing-fanfix-content-protection-powered-by-content-armour/), at prices Fanfix does not publish. The DMCA route itself is a written notice to FanFix LLC at hello@fanfix.io.

The fourth is the one a creator considering a manager should read. Fanfix has paid agency revenue splits automatically since [7 July 2026](https://blog.fanfix.io/revenue-agreements-setup-guide/): Agency Manager access is granted to a Fan account, a Revenue Agreement names a percentage, the creator accepts it by email, and Fanfix deducts the split itself. The section of the Terms of Service that permits agent access by User ID also says a creator must treat her username and password as confidential and bars users from soliciting, storing, collecting or using another user's login credentials. Our own chatters and managers sign in to a creator's account with her login and work through our own CRM built for Fanfix, which is the practice that clause is about, so she should weigh it before signing with us.

Two smaller corrections while the subject is accuracy. Fanfix has no native app: its FAQ describes a web app and a progressive web app and says a native iOS app is coming, and an iTunes lookup for the Fanfix bundle identifier returned zero results on 20 September 2026. And Fanfix's own figures disagree with each other — the 17 June 2026 announcement says $300 million paid to creators while fanfix.io still displays $250 million, which is a reasonable argument for distrusting any platform-size claim that arrives without a date.

## What to check before you move anywhere

Five checks, in the order that settles the decision fastest. Four of them can be done without talking to anybody.

1. Does the platform's content policy permit what you publish? If not, nothing below matters and no manager can negotiate it.
2. Can the platform pay someone resident in your country? Fanfix publishes no list of supported countries at all, so the answer has to come from hello@fanfix.io in writing, and other platforms should be asked the same question the same way.
3. What is the fee, and is payment processing inside it or on top of it? The two numbers are not comparable until you know.
4. Who sets your prices? Fanfix sets subscription prices at its sole discretion under Creator Terms §2.2 and publishes no range, which is a term worth reading in full before you compare anything.
5. Does your audience transfer? Nothing about a platform move carries subscribers across, and the Competitive Platforms clause makes telling them about it expensive.

## When staying where you are is the answer

Most of the time, on the evidence available. A creator already earning on Fanfix who moves to a platform with the same 20% fee has changed nothing about her economics and has given up a subscriber base that does not travel. A creator moving to Patreon's 10% has changed the headline and taken on processing charges she cannot see from the outside.

We manage Fanfix accounts, so a page telling you to stay on Fanfix is exactly what you would expect from us. Test it the way you would test any of this: the fee figures above are all in documents you can open in one click, the two shutdown dates are in the companies' own announcements, and the [full sourced comparison](/fanfix-creator-earnings-report/) shows every cell with the date it was read. If any of it is wrong, it is wrong in a way you can check in ten minutes, which is more than the lists recommending Fanhouse can say.

## Which Fanfix alternatives still exist?

Three creator-subscription platforms remain as independent alternatives to Fanfix: OnlyFans, Patreon and Passes, all three checked on 20 September 2026. Fanhouse and Sunroom appear on most published lists and neither exists independently, because Fanhouse shut down in August 2023 and Fanfix acquired Sunroom in August 2025.

## Is Sunroom a Fanfix competitor?

Sunroom is owned by Fanfix, which announced the acquisition on 14 August 2025. Any list offering Sunroom as an escape from Fanfix is therefore offering the same company under another name, and a list still naming Sunroom as a competitor has not been updated since before that date.

## Do Fanfix and OnlyFans charge different fees?

Fanfix and OnlyFans both take 20%, so fees do not separate them. What separates them is the content policy: Fanfix bans nudity and calls itself a strictly safe-for-work platform, while OnlyFans permits content Fanfix prohibits. For a creator whose income includes brand partnerships, that policy gap outweighs any fee comparison.

## What does moving from Fanfix to another platform cost?

Announcing a move from a Fanfix account costs $1,000 per incident. Fanfix Creator Terms §2.5 forbid using a Fanfix account to promote another monetisation platform, and Terms of Service §8.4 attaches $1,000 of liquidated damages per violation to a payment method on file, plus withholding of earnings. Subscribers do not transfer either.

## What should a creator check before switching platforms?

Five checks settle most decisions: whether the platform's content policy permits what the creator publishes, whether the platform can pay someone resident in her country, whether payment processing sits inside the fee or on top of it, who sets subscription prices, and whether the audience transfers. Fanfix publishes no supported-country list, so that answer must come from hello@fanfix.io.