Revenue Split and Payout Structure
OnlyFans takes a 20% cut of all creator earnings. This applies to subscriptions, tips, PPV messages, and every other form of revenue on the platform. The remaining 80% goes to the creator. Payouts are processed with a minimum threshold of twenty dollars and a standard waiting period of approximately seven business days, though this can vary depending on your payment method and location.
Fansly also takes a 20% cut, matching OnlyFans on the headline rate. However, Fansly's payout minimum is slightly lower, and processing times can vary. In practice, the payout experience is similar on both platforms for most creators. Neither platform offers a reduced commission rate based on earnings volume, which means top earners pay the same percentage as brand-new creators.
For faceless creators, the revenue split is functionally identical. The decision between platforms will not be made on payout percentages alone. Where the differences start to matter is in the features that affect how much revenue you generate in the first place. If you are looking to maximize what you earn from the revenue you do generate, our scaling past $5K guide covers advanced income optimization strategies.
Content Discovery and Discoverability
This is the single biggest difference between the two platforms, and it matters enormously for faceless creators. OnlyFans has minimal built-in discovery. There is no explore page, no recommendation engine, and no way for subscribers to browse creators by niche within the platform. If someone wants to find your OnlyFans page, they need to already have your link. That means all your traffic has to come from external promotion on Reddit, X, Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms.
Fansly, by contrast, has a built-in discovery system. The platform lets creators tag their content with categories and keywords, and subscribers can browse creators by niche, content type, and other filters. This means that a faceless creator on Fansly has the potential to be discovered by subscribers who are actively searching for anonymous or cosplay or specific niche content within the platform itself, without needing to drive every subscriber from an external source.
For faceless creators who struggle with external promotion, Fansly's discovery tools offer a meaningful advantage. For creators who already have a strong promotional system in place through Reddit, X, and other traffic sources, OnlyFans' lack of discovery is less of an issue because subscribers are arriving through external channels anyway. Evaluate your own promotion strength honestly before weighting this factor. If promotion is your weak spot, Fansly's discovery could be worth the trade-offs elsewhere.
Subscription Tiers and Pricing Flexibility
OnlyFans offers a single subscription tier per page. You set one monthly price, and all subscribers pay that amount for access to the same wall content. If you want to offer different levels of access, you need to run multiple separate OnlyFans accounts, which adds complexity to your workflow. The alternative is to use PPV messages to create a de facto premium tier, but this is a manual process that does not scale well.
Fansly supports multiple subscription tiers on a single page. You can create a basic tier, a premium tier, and a VIP tier, each with different pricing and different content access levels. This is a significant advantage for faceless creators who want to offer a free or low-cost entry tier to attract subscribers and then upsell them to higher tiers once they are engaged. The built-in tier system handles content gating automatically, which saves time compared to managing multiple accounts or sending targeted PPV messages.
If tiered pricing is central to your monetization strategy, Fansly has a clear edge. If you prefer a simpler one-price model with PPV as your upsell mechanism, OnlyFans works fine. For faceless creators exploring the tiered approach, our upcoming VIP tier strategy guide covers how to structure tiers, price each level, and create content that encourages upgrades.
Content Policies and Restrictions
Both platforms require identity verification for creators and prohibit certain content categories. OnlyFans has a history of adjusting its content policies, most notably the 2021 announcement that it would ban explicit content, a decision that was reversed within days after massive creator backlash. While the reversal restored the status quo, it left many creators nervous about OnlyFans' long-term commitment to adult content.
Fansly has positioned itself as a more creator-friendly alternative, particularly for explicit content. The platform was built with adult content as a core use case rather than an afterthought. Content restrictions on Fansly are generally less ambiguous, and the platform has not experienced the same kind of policy whiplash that shook OnlyFans creator confidence.
For faceless creators, content policy stability is especially important. If you build a profitable page on one platform and the rules suddenly change, migrating your subscriber base to another platform means starting from scratch on audience building. Diversifying across both platforms is a strategy some creators use to hedge this risk, though managing two platforms simultaneously doubles your operational workload. Our guide on running multiple pages addresses how to manage multi-platform operations efficiently.
Audience Size and Market Position
OnlyFans has over 300 million registered users and more than 4 million creators. It is the dominant platform in the subscription content space by a wide margin. The brand recognition alone drives a significant volume of subscriber traffic. When someone decides they want to subscribe to a creator, OnlyFans is the first platform they think of. That built-in brand awareness is a massive advantage that no competitor has matched.
Fansly's user base is substantially smaller. The platform has grown steadily, but it does not have the cultural recognition or the sheer volume of active subscribers that OnlyFans commands. For creators, this means that the potential subscriber pool on Fansly is smaller. However, the competition is also lower, which means the subscribers who are on Fansly may be easier to reach because fewer creators are competing for their attention.
For faceless creators who rely heavily on external traffic, OnlyFans' brand recognition matters because subscribers trust the platform and are comfortable paying through it. Asking a potential subscriber to sign up for a platform they have never heard of introduces friction that can cost you conversions. If your promotional strategy sends traffic to a link, you want the landing page to be on a platform the subscriber already trusts.
Which Platform Is Better for Faceless Creators
There is no universal answer. The right platform depends on your specific situation. If you have strong external promotion through Reddit, X, and other channels, OnlyFans' massive audience and brand trust give you the best conversion rates. If your promotion is weaker and you need help being discovered, Fansly's built-in search and discovery tools can generate subscribers that you would never reach on OnlyFans.
If tiered pricing is important to your strategy, Fansly's multi-tier system is objectively more flexible than OnlyFans' single-tier model. If you prefer simplicity and want to focus on one subscription price with PPV as your upsell, OnlyFans delivers a cleaner experience. Consider your content volume as well. Creators who produce enough content to fill multiple tiers benefit more from Fansly's structure. Creators who produce a moderate amount of content may find that a single OnlyFans tier with strategic PPV messages generates the same revenue with less administrative overhead.
Many successful faceless creators run pages on both platforms. They use OnlyFans as their primary revenue driver because of its audience size and use Fansly as a secondary channel that captures subscribers who prefer that platform. If you decide to run both, treat them as two distinct operations with separate content schedules rather than simply mirroring the same content on each. Subscribers who find you on both platforms and see identical content on each will only pay for one.
Migration Risks and Platform Lock-In
One factor that many creators underestimate is the difficulty of moving your subscriber base from one platform to another. If you build your entire business on OnlyFans and later decide Fansly is a better fit, you cannot simply transfer your subscribers. You have to convince each one individually to follow you to a new platform, create a new account, and enter their payment information again. In practice, most creators lose between 40% and 70% of their subscriber base during a platform migration.
This is why running both platforms from the start, even if one is clearly your primary, can serve as an insurance policy. If either platform changes its policies, increases its commission, or experiences technical problems, you already have an established presence on the alternative. Your subscribers on the secondary platform do not need to be convinced to migrate because they are already there.
For faceless creators, platform diversification also protects against the specific risk of content policy changes that affect anonymous or adult content. If one platform tightens restrictions on the type of content you produce, having an active page on the other platform means your business survives the transition. The operational cost of maintaining two platforms is real, but for creators earning enough to justify it, the security is worth the extra effort. Our outsourcing guide covers how to delegate platform management tasks so that running two pages does not double your personal workload.