Patreon Reviews in June 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

"While Patreon has degraded a bit in recent years, it's still the easiest subscription service."

What do you like best about Patreon? -Flexible posting options (from podcasting to text to images, etc) -Low monthly fees/losses (I joined early at an early tier, though, before they started their current sillier payment solution)

One of the worst and most buggy apps…

One of the worst and most buggy apps and websites ever conceived. Works maybe 50% of the time.

Shocking

Shocking. Don't answer messages in their app. No other way to get hold of them with an issue

NEVER HEARD OF THEM!!!!

Never heard of this company until they decided to take money from my account!!!!!!! Now I've to make a fraudulent transaction claim on my bank account because of these thieves!!!!

Awful customer service

Awful customer service, requested a refund as I didn’t understand how Patreon works. Subscribed 20/04/23 for £10 and got charged again 01/05/23 for £10 again, which I was not expecting. Patreon have refused a refund despite me not actually using the service from 01/05/23. Particularly despicable as they’re obviously refunding others for the same reasons - as I’ve read on TrustPilot reviews.

Forces me to pay money to cancel a…

Forces me to pay money to cancel a membership. Extremely scummy. Edit: Issue got resolved after contacting their support. But one shouldn't have to contact support in order to avoid being forced to renew payment method when cancellation of a membership doesn't involve any sort of payment in the first place. Therefore i'm leaving the review up for now.

It's ridiculously difficult deleting…

It's ridiculously difficult deleting one's Patreon account. Also, some third party apparently has the information, and they have to be dealt with, as well. This is not made plain, even concealed, in signing up initially. I would not be surprised if that results in fines and legal action in Europe, where privacy is taken seriously.

Worst customer service I've ever…

Worst customer service I've ever experienced - severe lack of content from creator when signing up so instantly requested a refund, no response from creator so took this up with Patreon support. Took multiple chases to get anything out of them, which led to then being fobbed off with a refund form, surprise surprise no response until I raised a PayPal claim, they were quick to reply then with "not in our refund policy". Do not touch Patreon with a barge pole, rip off and shoddy customer service.

Why is Patreon billing me? - unclear from my account portal!

I had no idea why Patreon had charged me an initial $1 which was set to repeat monthly. I was not aware I had joined Patreon, had no email confirmation trail helping confirm any such history. When I went into Patreon, nothing in its dashboard showed that I was following any creator or receiving any service at all. There was no visible route to finding out what I was paying for. After I first left this review, it turned out a family member had set up the account using my cached payment ...

Why is Patreon billing me? - unclear from my account portal!

I had no idea why Patreon had charged me an initial $1 which was set to repeat monthly. I was not aware I had joined Patreon, had no email confirmation trail helping confirm any such history. When I went into Patreon, nothing in its dashboard showed that I was following any creator or receiving any service at all. There was no visible route to finding out what I was paying for. After I first left this review, it turned out a family member had set up the account using my cached payment ...