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Patreon vs Circle: which one does AI recommend?

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 10 questions buyers ask about membership and subscriptions for creators — 30 answers in total — and counted who got named. Patreon is named in 17 of 30 answers (57%); Circle in 12 (40%).

Patreon

57%

named in 17 of 30 answers

ChatGPT: named in 100% of answers

Gemini: named in 10% of answers

Perplexity: named in 60% of answers

Circle

40%

named in 12 of 30 answers

How they rank against everyone else

Patreon

57%

Substack

53%

Circle

40%

Podia

37%

Memberful

33%

Fourthwall

30%

Ghost

23%

Kajabi

23%

Where does your product land?

Same 10 questions, your product, about a minute. No account.

Counts are mentions in AI answers, not endorsements, measured 2026-09-20. Nobody pays to appear.