OnlyFans vs JustForFans: which suits a male creator?
Written bySophia Brecht, CEO & Founder, Bunny Agency · Updated · 4min read
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OnlyFans and JustFor.Fans both pay creators 80% of each sale, and JustFor.Fans pays more on some sales to performers in its exclusive program. The real differences are size, payouts and chat rules: OnlyFans is far bigger, and only JustFor.Fans allows AI in chats.
How do OnlyFans and JustFor.Fans compare?
Side by side, from each platform's own terms and help pages:
| OnlyFans | JustFor.Fans | |
|---|---|---|
| Creator's share | 80% of every fan payment: subscriptions, paid messages and tips | 80% on all sales; 85% for exclusive-program performers on tips, store, private media and SMS |
| Minimum payout | $20 for most payout methods | $50 |
| Payout schedule | On request, or automatic monthly, weekly or daily where the method allows | Automatic, weekly or monthly |
| How you are paid | Methods depend on your country; the list is only visible after login, in USD only | Bank transfer in the USA, EU, UK, Canada, Australia and Mexico; everywhere else crypto or Paxum |
| Holding period | 7 days; 21 days in a small number of high-reversal countries for the first four months | Not stated in the pages we read |
| Referral program | 5% of the referred creator's fan payments in their first 12 months, capped at US$50,000 | 5% of a referred model's net subscription earnings for at least a year, for select members |
| Help with fan chats | Allowed, but AI chatbots are not allowed | Publishers may use agents, representatives or AI to talk to subscribers |
| Verification | More than 9 pieces of identifying information, and a selfie check every 30 days | Biometric ID, a consent agreement, visible socials, a payment method and at least five pieces of content; review usually under 72 hours |
| US tax reporting | Form 1099 above $600 earned and withdrawn (the IRS threshold is now $2,000) | Earnings over $600 reported to the IRS |
| Operator | Fenix International Limited, England and Wales | JFF Publications, LLC, Wilton Manors, Florida |
| Size (web rank, lower is bigger) | #852 | #54,425 |
The size row is a research ranking of websites, not a visitor count. It still shows the order of magnitude: far more people browse onlyfans.com than justfor.fans.
Which one pays male creators more?
On the same sale, the difference is small. Both platforms keep a fifth of each payment, and performers in JustFor.Fans' exclusive program keep more on tips, store sales, private media and messages. If you consider that program, read what it asks of you before you join.
What decides your income is not the split but how many fans you reach and what they spend. Neither platform publishes what creators earn, and neither publishes figures for men. How much do male OnlyFans creators make? sets out the numbers that do exist.
Payouts differ more than the split. OnlyFans pays out from a lower minimum, and in countries outside JustFor.Fans' bank-transfer list, JustFor.Fans pays in crypto or through Paxum only. Check both options for the country you live in before you commit to either.
Who is JustFor.Fans for?
JustFor.Fans launched in February 2018. Later that year its founder said that more than 1,500 of roughly 2,000 performers on the site were men making content for men. It has published no newer figure, so treat that as history, not a current count.
That focus is the case for JustFor.Fans: fans who arrive there are looking for male creators. The case for OnlyFans is scale. Its brand is the one fans search for, and it reported 437 million fan accounts, 132 million of them active, in its last financial year.
Is JustFor.Fans legit?
JustFor.Fans is a registered US business that publishes its terms and pays creators on a fixed schedule. It is run by JFF Publications, LLC, based in Wilton Manors, Florida, has operated since February 2018, and verifies creators before they sell: biometric ID, a consent agreement, visible socials, a payment method and at least five pieces of content. In the US it reports earnings over $600 to the IRS. Whether it suits you depends on the audience and the payouts compared above, not on whether it is real.
Can you be on both?
You can run accounts on both, and nothing in the terms we read stops you, apart from whatever JustFor.Fans' exclusive program requires of the performers who join it. Running two accounts doubles the posting and the messages, so it usually makes sense to build one and use the other as a second source.
If you use both, keep the same stage name and style on each, so fans who find you on one recognize you on the other, and keep your prices consistent, so fans on the cheaper platform do not undercut the other.
What about chat help and AI?
This is the clearest rule difference between the two. On OnlyFans, someone else may help run a creator's account, while the creator stays legally responsible, and a team may answer fans, but AI chatbots are not allowed. JustFor.Fans' terms say that publishers may use agents, representatives or AI to talk to subscribers.
Whether a fan should know is a separate question. On OnlyFans, fans acknowledge that third parties may take part in running accounts and in chats. A fan who pays for a conversation expects a person on the other end, one who knows the creator's limits, and on OnlyFans that is also the rule.
Which should a male creator choose?
| If this is you | Start with |
|---|---|
| You have a following elsewhere and want the largest pool of paying fans | OnlyFans |
| Your audience already knows JustFor.Fans, or other creators you work with are there | JustFor.Fans |
| You live outside the countries JustFor.Fans pays by bank transfer and do not want crypto or Paxum | OnlyFans, if it pays out in your country |
| You want AI to answer fans | JustFor.Fans; OnlyFans does not allow it |
| You already earn on one and have time for more | Add the other as a second source |
Whichever you choose, the account, the payout method and the login stay yours. How to start an OnlyFans as a man walks through the setup on OnlyFans, including the privacy settings to switch on first.