Whop is a marketplace that sells access for you. Eden gives you your own store page and a community with chat, a Library (Eden's forum) for posts worth keeping, events, and member apps, paid straight to your Stripe, with your courses and email list on the same plan.
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Whop is free to start, takes only processing (2.7% + 30¢ on US cards), and its marketplace and affiliates can bring buyers you'd never reach alone. Whop is the merchant, and payouts carry their own fees. Eden puts your store, courses, email, and a community with chat, a Library, and events on your own Stripe account, from $29 a month plus 5% on top of Stripe's processing. On fees alone, Whop costs less. Pick Eden if you want to own the store and the list.
You are the merchant. Buyers pay through your own Stripe account. Eden keeps 5% and charges nothing to pay you out; Stripe's processing comes out as usual.
A store page with everything. Your community sits next to your courses, coaching, paid calls, downloads, and Custom AIs, at your handle.
Email on the same plan. Broadcasts on Starter, sequences on Pro, and a sequence that starts when someone joins a community. No extra app to install.
Channels that show what's new. Each channel shows its last message, and you set the order. Members see where the talk is before they tap.
Threads with their own inbox. Reply in a thread so the main chat stays readable. Every thread someone is in waits in one inbox.
Rooms for your best members. Make a channel only buyers of one product can see, or only members you tag VIP.
A Library next to the chat. Guides, breakdowns, and wins in categories you set, with pinned posts, covers, and video, so the good answers don't scroll away.
Sync to calendar. Members add every event to their own calendar once, and it stays current when you move or cancel one.
Profiles that carry over. A photo, a headline, a bio, and links. One profile per person across every community they're in.
Members join on your page. People buy on the web at the price you set. The Eden app never sells inside it, so there's no App Store markup.
Native apps, free for members. Members chat, read the Library, and see events in the Eden app on iOS and Android.
Drafts that wait. A half-written message stays in its channel until they come back to it.
Checked October 9, 2026. A dash means the tool does not do it.
Based on published product information. Features and prices can change.
Pick Whop if you want buyers from its marketplace and affiliates, or you want to sell access to a Discord or Telegram group you already run. It costs nothing a month, and on fees alone it costs less than Eden at every size.
Pick Eden if you want to own the store, the payments, and the customer list. Your community, courses, coaching, and email run on your own Stripe account, on one plan from $29.
Import your members. Export your member list from Whop, import it in Customers, and pick your community. Everyone on the list gets in without paying again.
Or send one link. Share your community's join link. Members who already have access go straight in; everyone else lands on the page to join.
Paid members subscribe again. Whop's subscriptions don't move over, so paying members start a new membership on Eden, paid to your own Stripe.
Verified October 9, 2026. Competitor pricing changes; check their site to confirm.
Whop costs nothing a month and charges about what card processing costs. Eden is $29 a month plus 5%, on top of Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢. On fees alone Whop costs less at every size. Eden's case is ownership and the stack: your Stripe, your list, your email, and your store.
Yes, if you want to own your store and your payments. On Eden, buyers pay through your own Stripe account, and your community, courses, coaching, and email run on one plan. Whop keeps the edge on price (no monthly fee and no platform cut on top of processing), its marketplace and affiliates, member DMs, and selling access to a Discord or Telegram group.
Whop's fee page lists 2.7% + 30¢ per US card sale, plus 1.5% for international cards and 1% for currency conversion. Payouts cost $2.50 for a next-day US bank transfer, or 4% + $2.50 for an instant one. Eden charges $29 a month plus 5% per sale (2% on Max), with Stripe's processing on top and no payout fee from Eden.
No. Eden has no marketplace where strangers browse and buy. People find your store through your own posts, links, and emails. If you want buyers from a marketplace, Whop's is a real advantage.
No. Eden has no direct messages between members. Members talk in channels and threads, send voice notes and photos, and @mention each other. Whop has DMs.
Yes. Export your members from Whop, then open Store → Customers → Import customers in Eden, upload the list, and pick your community. Everyone on it gets in without paying again. Paying members start a new membership on Eden, paid to your own Stripe account.
Whop is free to start, takes only processing (2.7% + 30¢ on US cards), and its marketplace and affiliates can bring buyers you'd never reach alone. Whop is the merchant, and payouts carry their own fees. Eden puts your store, courses, email, and a community with chat, a Library (Eden's forum), and events on your own Stripe account, from $29 a month plus 5% on top of Stripe's processing. On fees alone, Whop costs less. Pick Eden if you want to own the store and the list.
Yes. Whop publishes an MCP server that reads products, members, memberships, payments, and payouts. Eden's MCP is official and comes with every plan that runs a community: from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor you can set up channels and Library categories, post, add events, moderate, and run your store and email.
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