The self-hosted Gumroad alternative
Deliora: Self-hosted license-key delivery for people selling digital downloads: keys with per-domain activation limits, and download links that expire, served from files kept outside the web root. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Gumroad every month.
Stop renting Gumroad.
Gumroad 10% + $0.50 per transaction (direct sales); 30% per transaction via Discover marketplace Deliora is $99 once, runs on your own server, and never invoices you again.
Gumroad takes a percentage plus a fixed fee out of every sale instead of charging a flat monthly price, so the cost grows with revenue forever.
“10% + $0.50 Per transaction for all sales through your profile or direct links to your customers.”, their own page, read 2026-08-11
Gumroad acts as merchant of record and now handles worldwide sales-tax collection and remittance on the seller's behalf.
“Since January 1, 2025, Gumroad handles ALL your tax obligations.”, their own page
If you need recurring subscription billing, stay with Gumroad — Deliora has no recurring-subscription billing engine and sells one-time purchases with license tiers only.
What Deliora deliberately doesn't do is on its product page.
Why owning beats renting Gumroad.
No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.
It never lives in Gumroad's cloud.
Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.
Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.
The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Deliora vs renting comparison.
Questions about moving off Gumroad.
Where does the money actually flow?
Are my product files safe?
Will this run on shared hosting?
Can my own apps verify licenses?
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- Gumroad: price checked 2026-09-03, source“10% + $0.50 Per transaction for all sales through your profile or direct links to your customers.”
Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory: every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.