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Mentoring Page vs Ko-fi
Mentoring Page runs your coaching practice. Ko-fi is the world's friendliest tip jar — 0% fees on donations, with light shop, membership, and creative-commission tools layered on top.
Mentoring Page and Ko-fi — a side-by-side glance.
The quick read on each tool — what it's for, what it's best at, and what it costs.
Mentoring Page
The all-in-one business OS for coaches — book sessions, sell programs, deliver content.
- Best For:
- Coaches running a 1:1 or group practice who also sell digital products and need booking, courses, and email marketing in one tool.
- Key Strengths:
- Native session booking with Google Calendar sync, magic-link client portal, automated session reminders, email broadcasts and automation sequences, lead magnets, affiliate program — every feature on every plan with 0% platform fees.
- Starting at:
- $37/month — Coach Pro, all features included, no upsells.
- Unique Features:
- Native 1:1 + group session booking, self-paced courses, memberships with community, magic-link client portal, ICS calendar feeds, automated reminders, email broadcasts and automation sequences.
Ko-fi
Beloved creator tip jar — 0% fees on donations, plus light shop, membership, and creative-commission tools for hobbyists, artists, and side-creators.
- Best For:
- Artists, hobbyists, illustrators, and side-creators who want a simple page to accept tips, sell digital downloads, take on creative commissions, and run a casual membership.
- Key Strengths:
- 0% fees on tips and donations forever, very low barrier to start, beloved brand recognition in the creator community, native commission booking for one-off creative work, Discord integration for memberships.
- Starting at:
- Free — but Ko-fi takes 5% on shop sales, memberships, and commissions. Ko-fi Gold at $12/month removes all platform fees and unlocks supporter-only posts, scheduled posts, and custom page colors.
- Unique Features:
- 0% on tips on every plan, lowest paid-tier price in the category ($12/month), creative-commission booking for art and design work, supporter-only posts on Gold, Discord membership integration.
What your investment gets you.
What each plan actually includes — and which capabilities live behind a higher tier.
Mentoring Page — All-in-One Coaching OS
Everything your coaching practice needs, from day one
- 1:1 + group session booking
- Self-paced courses, programs, and memberships
- Email broadcasts + automation sequences
- Lead magnets with email capture
- Affiliate program for your products
- Magic-link client portal
- Google Calendar sync
- Automated session reminders
- Revenue & traffic analytics
One platform. Every feature. No add-ons.
Ko-fi — Free + Ko-fi Gold
Two tiers — Free with platform fees on most product types, Gold removes them.
- Native session booking with availability and calendar sync
- Self-paced courses with modules, drip, quizzes, or certificates
- Email broadcasts and automation sequences
- Lead magnets with first-class email capture
- Affiliate program for your products
- Cart abandonment recovery
- Magic-link (passwordless) client portal
- ICS calendar feeds and automated session reminders
- Free discovery call product type
Feature by feature comparison.
An honest, side-by-side look at what each tool actually does.
Three things we do better than Ko-fi for coaches.
Where Mentoring Page is the obvious pick — by design.
Native session booking — not creative commissions
Ko-fi's Commissions are designed for one-off creative work — book a portrait, commission a song, request a custom design. They aren't built for recurring coaching calls with availability rules, calendar sync, ICS feeds, intake forms, or session reminders. Mentoring Page treats coaching sessions as the core product type with all of that built in.
Courses, lead magnets, and the marketing engine
Ko-fi Shop sells files but has no course player, no modules, no quizzes, no drip content. There's no email broadcast tool, no automation sequences, no lead-magnet product type, no cart abandonment, no affiliate program. Mentoring Page Coach Pro at $37/month includes all of those.
Built for the coaching practice, not the tip jar
Ko-fi's defaults are tips, supporter posts, and creative commissions — perfect for an artist's hobby income. Mentoring Page's defaults are sessions, packages, retainers, programs, memberships, and email — purpose-built for coaches running a real practice.
Choose according to your business and workflow.
Both tools are good at what they're built for. The honest question: which job is yours?
Pick Ko-fi if
- Your business is tips, donations, and casual creative monetization — not a coaching practice
- You want the cheapest paid tier in the category ($12/mo) with 0% fees on everything
- Creative commissions (art, design, music) are how you make money — not scheduled coaching calls
Pick Mentoring Page if
- Coaching sessions, packages, and programs are core — Ko-fi has no native scheduling
- You want self-paced courses, memberships with community, lead magnets, and email automation
- You'd rather pay $37/month for a coaching OS than $12 for a tip-jar with light extras
Want to switch from Ko-fi to Mentoring Page?
Easy 30 minutes work to setup and go live with your new website.
Go live in 30 minutes
No migration consultant, no downtime — just three simple steps from signup to your first booking.
- 1Sign up for a 14-day free trialNo credit card required. Your storefront is ready the moment you register.
- 2Connect Stripe to receive paymentsUse your existing Stripe account or create one in two minutes — funds go straight to your bank.
- 3Add your products and packages, then go liveList sessions, programs, courses, and lead magnets — share your link and start taking bookings today.