Pricing

Setting up a Collective is free, but fees may apply to accept and pay out money.

More details: Open Collective Pricing

Current pricing terminology

Term	Meaning	Note
Platform Tip	Voluntary donation to Open Collective	Financial contributors see the tip option at checkout
Host Fee	Fee charged by Fiscal Hosts to Collectives for their hosting services	Varies depending on the Fiscal Host (commonly 0%-10%)
Platform Share	Host Fee revenue shared with Open Collective	15% of Host Fees charged by Fiscal Hosts goes to the platform
Owed	Platform Share and Platform Tip amounts due to be paid	Seen in Host reports and data exports

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Previous pricing terminology

We iterated the pricing model a few times before settling on what we think is the best method. We're still updating terms in a few places, so for clarity these are defined here in case you encounter them.

Term	Replaced by
Platform Fee	Platform Share
Host Fee Share	Platform Share
Shared Revenue	Platform Share
Debt	Owed