Topmate gives professionals a page to sell booked one-to-one calls, priority DMs and digital products. Calls are booked ahead at a fixed price per session.
Winnerhello.fanLive paid calls by the minute — video, voice and chat — plus bookings and gifts.
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TopmateBookable 1:1 calls, DMs and digital products.
Disclosure: PaidChatPlatform is published by the team behind hello.fan. Topmate is described from its public website (topmate.io) as of October 2026; check their current terms.
The short answer
Choose hello.fan if you want to be paid for live conversations — instant calls when you're online, per-minute pricing, booked sessions and video, voice or chat. Topmate is the better fit for one thing: professionals selling booked mentoring calls.
Where each one wins
Why hello.fan wins
Fans can ring you instantly when you're online — not only book ahead.
Per-minute pricing next to bookings, in video, voice or chat.
Live translated subtitles in 30 languages, so a fan anywhere can talk to you.
A phone app that rings like a real call, so you never miss a paid conversation.
What Topmate does well
Simple pages for selling mentoring sessions and digital downloads.
Yes Partly / with limits Not offeredBased on public information, October 2026.
How you earn on hello.fan
You set a per-minute rate for each call type (50–5,000 credits a minute; 100 credits = $1). Fans pay from a prepaid balance, billed in 15-second steps that start only once you're both connected. You keep 60% — so a 15-minute video call at 300 credits a minute earns you $27. Payouts go to your bank through Stripe from $50. Try your numbers in the earnings calculator.
Our verdictFor a page of booked sessions, Topmate is tidy. For live, instant, per-minute conversations as well as bookings, hello.fan does more.
Questions
Is hello.fan better than Topmate?
For live, paid conversations, yes. Topmate is built for bookable 1:1 calls, DMs and digital products; hello.fan is built for fans paying by the minute to talk to you live by video, voice or chat, with bookings, gifts and live translated subtitles as well. Topmate remains a good choice for professionals selling booked mentoring calls.
Can I use hello.fan and Topmate together?
Yes. Many creators keep their existing tools and add their hello.fan link (hello.fan/yourname) wherever their audience already is, so fans can call them live.
How much does hello.fan cost creators?
Nothing up front: creating a page is free and there is no monthly fee. hello.fan keeps 40% of what fans pay; creators keep 60% (70% with an active store.fan shop).