Stakk vs BeatStars

A beat marketplace with monthly plans, or one link with no plan.

The short answer

BeatStars takes 0% of each sale and charges a plan to sell: Starter is $4.99, Growth $8.99 and Professional $19.99 a month. Buyers pay into your PayPal, and PayPal takes its own fee. Stakk has no monthly fee and charges from 10% + $0.50 per sale, card processing included.

BeatStars is built for producers, with a marketplace where artists look for beats, plus licenses, stems and publishing. Stakk sells any digital product from your own link, with an order bump and a one-click upsell on every account.

How do Stakk and BeatStars compare side by side?

Facts about BeatStars read on its plan prices and help center, 22 October 2026. "Not checked yet" means we have not read it at the source yet.
WhatStakkBeatStars
Monthly fee$0Starter $4.99, Growth $8.99, Professional $19.99. A free account holds 10 tracks
Fee per sale from your own linkFrom 10% + $0.50, card processing included0% to BeatStars on every plan. PayPal takes its own fee
Fee back when you refundNoBeatStars takes no fee. You refund in PayPal yourself
Order bump before payingYes, on every accountNone found. It has bulk deals for buying more
One-click upsell after payingYes, on every accountNone found in its help center
Where the buyer's money goesYour own Stripe accountYour own PayPal account
When you get paidOn Stripe's schedule. No minimum and no hold by StakkInto your PayPal once the payment is processed
Who is the legal sellerYouYou. BeatStars collects sales tax, and is seller of record for UK and EU VAT
Subscriptions and membershipsNoYes, memberships on the Professional plan
Where your files liveWhere you keep them. Stakk emails the buyer your linkYou upload them to BeatStars

When is BeatStars the better pick?

Pick BeatStars if any of these is you.

  • You need artists to find your beats. BeatStars has a marketplace where artists search for beats. If you have no audience yet, that is worth a lot, and no fee table shows it.
  • You sell enough to cover a small plan. BeatStars takes 0% of each sale on every plan. Starter is $4.99 a month, or $19.99 a year. PayPal's fee is on top. Over many sales, a flat plan can work out cheaper than a fee on every sale.
  • You want music tools. BeatStars plans include license contracts, stem uploads on Growth, publishing, and a custom domain on Professional. Stakk does not have these.
  • You want someone else to handle tax. BeatStars collects sales tax at checkout, and it is the seller of record for VAT on UK and EU sales. On Stakk you are the seller.
  • You want memberships. On Professional, buyers can pay a monthly fee for a set number of beat licenses. Stakk has no subscriptions or memberships, no course player, no booking calendar and no file hosting, and every price is one-off, $1 to $999.
  • You can't open a Stripe account where you live. BeatStars pays beat sales into PayPal. Stakk pays out through Stripe only.

Who should pick Stakk over BeatStars?

  • You don't want a monthly bill. Stakk has no monthly fee and no setup fee. Its fee is from 10% + $0.50 per sale, card processing included, so a month with no sales costs you nothing.
  • You want an order bump and an upsell. Stakk has an order bump before paying and a one-click upsell after paying, on every account. We found neither in BeatStars' help center.
  • You sell more than beats. Stakk sells any digital product, like sample packs, presets, ebooks and guides, at one link, stakk.store/yourname, built for phones.
  • You want buyers to pay by card into your own Stripe. The buyer pays into your own Stripe account. Stakk never holds it, and Stripe pays you on its own schedule.

Questions people ask

Is BeatStars cheaper than Stakk?

On one sale, yes: BeatStars takes 0%, while Stakk's fee on a $30 sale is $3.50. But BeatStars charges a plan to sell, from $4.99 a month, and PayPal takes its own fee. BeatStars' prices were checked on 22 October 2026.

Does BeatStars charge a monthly fee?

To sell, yes: Starter is $4.99, Growth $8.99 and Professional $19.99 a month, or less when paid yearly. A free account is limited to 10 tracks, and Stakk has no monthly fee.

Can I sell beats on Stakk?

Yes. Add the beat as a product and paste a share link to the file from Google Drive or Dropbox, and Stakk emails the buyer that link the moment they pay. See how on the sell beats page.

Where can I read more about BeatStars?

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