Easytools vs. Gumroad

Clear-cut pricing comparison

We believe it’s not only about the money. But switching from Gumroad to Easytools can cut your costs by more than half.

Easytools currently offers three pricing plans, each tailored to different sales volumes:

• Side project - $29 per month with a 3% commission
• Full-time creator - $59 per month with a 2% commission
• Entrepreneur - $99 per month with a 1% commission

Gumroad, on the other hand, keeps hiking its prices. In December 2022, their commission jumped to 10%. In January 2025, they added another $0.50 fee to each transaction. No surprise it continuously triggers a wave of backlash and departures.

A 10% commission is one thing, but Gumroad piles on extra payment processing fees for Stripe (they recently got dumped by PayPal). This is standard, as Easytools also charges a commission dependent on Stripe, our payment processor. Yet, if you tally all of Gumroad's fees, you're handing over at least 13% of your earnings.

‍Also, it seems that their commission system is not crystal-clear to their sellers, with some being surprised, to put it mildly, when they had to leave 15%, 17%, or even 20% of their earnings to Gumroad.

Do you really need Merchant of Record?

We get it—having someone handle your taxes is a great thing. Gumroad will do that for you, especially since they officially became a Merchant of Record in January 2025.

But the question is: do you really need to use MoR? Or do you really want to pay for it?

Here’s the thing. As an MoR, Gumroad represents thousands of sellers—that means they exceed tax thresholds in all jurisdictions and have to pay additional taxes. If you sold your products by yourself, you most likely would not exceed the thresholds, and neither you nor your customers would have to cover additional costs.

Even if your sales skyrocket above the threshold level, or you live in a place where thresholds are low, we can help you manage taxes automatically and completely by yourself!

All you need to do is use our custom Easybilling mechanism, and we will help you calculate and manage all your taxes. The cost of this service is $0.30 - $0.50 per invoice, regardless of where you are selling your products. And that’s still not bad, considering MoR can add up to 20% to your product’s price, right?

Want to learn more about why MoR model is not always the best choice for Creators? Read this article.

Exceptional customer support

You know what they say: things usually go well until they don’t. So there’s a good chance that at some point, you’ll need support from your sellers platform. You want that support to be quick and relevant—that’s why at Easytools, you always talk to real people. Sometimes, we literally act as part of your team.

Easytools

We offer all possible ways to get our support—you can call us, use a chatbot, post on our community, send an email, check our docs, or even talk to our founders when it’s super serious (please don’t do this unless you really have to; they are busy people).

When you contact us during business hours, we usually reply in 2-3 hours, but we are often online on weekends or late at night. Supporting our sellers is our TOP priority, and it involves our whole team. But don’t take our word for it; check what our customers say.

Gumroad

Gumroad seems to continuously struggle with high-quality customer support. Based on online reviews, it hasn’t improved much since they introduced AI-based support features. Creators usually complain about a lack of direct contact options, very long response times (or no response at all), and a not-so-customer-friendly approach. Gumroad also doesn’t offer any documentation.

Cart: Look and features

The appearance of your shopping cart and the mechanisms it offers to increase sales can make or break your conversion rate and sales effectiveness. Easytools and our checkout definitely score points for exceptional user experience and interface.

Easytools

Every detail of our checkout, seller panel, and customer portal is dedicated to creating an exceptional user experience. We follow industry standards, run endless tests, and carefully listen to our sellers and their customers. As a result, you get a flawless checkout flow that itself, without any additional mechanisms, increases conversion.

On top of that, you can easily equip your checkout with a variety of conversion-boosting mechanisms that can be activated with a single click, including:

• 1-click payments—let your customers pay with one click, without lengthy forms
• Pricing variants—showcase options for one-time and recurring purchases, product bundles, PWYW, or gift purchases
• Advanced promotions and discount codes, complete with a countdown timer
• Customer reviews—display recent purchases and reviews directly in your cart, where they can make the biggest difference

When it comes to the look of your cart, you can tailor it to your brand by changing the font, background color, text, links, and product variant colors. If that's not enough, you can customize your cart using CSS to perfectly sync with your branding.

‍Gumroad

‍Gumroad’s checkout is distinctive, but more creators are switching to solutions with better UI that follow the latest industry standards. After all, when spending money, your customers value clarity and user-friendly navigation.

While you can adjust some elements of Gumroad's checkout, such as changing the background color and adding additional fields, the overall design remains a bit cluttered compared to modern checkouts.

Integrations and automation

You probably use various tools that help you with daily tasks and free you from repetitive chores. Seamlessly integrating them can save you tons of time and boost your sales. Here, Easytools excels again.

Easytools

With Easytools, you can create integrations or automation right within our seller panel, and you can also send cart data to a webhook for advanced scenarios. We're always adding to our list of native integrations, which includes big names like Active Campaign, Mailchimp, MailerLite, GetResponse, HubSpot, Circle, Discord, Kajabi, and WebToLearn. You can find the full list of native integrations currently available in Easycart here.

In the "automation" tab, you'll find a menu of events you can use to create automatic actions based on your previously created integrations. Available events include: order fulfilled, subscription plan change, product assigned to a customer, and access expires in 3 days.

With us, you don't have to be a tech whiz to automate processes and connect with your favorite tools. If you need integration with a specific tool, just give us a shout!

Gumroad

In the Gumroad dashboard, you're limited to just two native integrations with Discord and Circle. For any other integrations and automation, you'll need to use Zapier, which might add to your costs. Plus, you'll need to get comfortable crafting your own Zaps and automation scenarios.

Creators’ toolbox

At Easytools, we are committed to increasing your sales with zero effort on your part. We believe that selling online should be easy and fun! That’s why with us, you can sell through payment links without needing a website.

And when you decide to set one up, we have everything you need to make it compliant, user-friendly, and truly supportive of your sales efforts. Our suite currently features 10 no-code tools that allow you to:

• Sell and deliver digital products
• Craft a custom player for your online course and issue certificates for your students
• Create sleek standalone offer pages or pricing sections to embed on your website
• Automatically collect customer reviews and display them anywhere you need
• Add social proof notifications to your website
• Auto-generate legal docs, including privacy policy, terms and conditions, and NDAs
• Manage cookie notifications
• Add a dynamic FAQ section to your website
• Let your followers show their support by buying you a coffee
• Add countdown timers to your cart, website, or even email

The best part? All these tools and their features are available within a single no-code, super user-friendly platform for one price, starting from $29 a month.

Easytools - Your go-to Gumroad alternative

Sure, Gumroad is a big player in the digital product selling space. We're not disputing that. It's carved out a solid market position and has a huge user base. But its 10% commission rate has got many users scouting for alternatives.

That's where we come in. Besides a significantly lower commission structure, Easytools offers a bunch of amazing features and solutions that you won't find on Gumroad.

So, is Easytools a worthy alternative to Gumroad? We'll let you be the judge! Try our tools out at no charge and drop us a message if you need help with your migration. We promise it will be super seamless.

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