Thrillz is great if you want a Premier League legend or a UK soap star to crash your mate's birthday over video — it's the most complete British take on the celebrity-access marketplace, and unusually for the category it does live one-to-one calls as well as recorded shoutouts. It's less great if you're not already famous enough to be browsed for, or if you're the talent and you'd like to know exactly what cut you're giving up: Thrillz does not officially publish its talent split, and third-party estimates put the platform's share somewhere around 20–25% of each transaction. Treat that as an estimate, not gospel, and confirm your own terms before you onboard.
That's the fork in the road for anyone reading this page. If you're a buyer, the alternatives question is about roster and format. If you're a creator, it's about economics and demand: who actually brings the buyers, and what do you keep? Here are five alternatives ranked with that split in mind, plus the honest case for Thrillz itself.
Quick comparison
| Platform | Format | Creator economics (as of 2026) | Who brings the buyers? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheddify | Live per-minute calls, booked sessions, paid DMs | Published: 20% + $2 per paid call (~3% processing billed to the buyer); keep ~77% on paid DMs | You — your own audience |
| Cameo | Recorded shoutouts, some live | Widely reported 25% cut; Apple's 30% first on iOS-app orders | Marketplace + you |
| Memmo | Recorded shoutouts, European focus | Commission not publicly published | Marketplace + you |
| Minnect | Expert Q&A — text, video replies, calls | Published: experts keep 80% | Marketplace + you |
| Intro | Booked expert video sessions | Reported tiered cut: ~10% via your direct link, more via marketplace or ads | Mixed — link vs. directory changes your cut |
| Thrillz | Recorded videos, live calls, experiences | Not officially published; third-party estimates ~20–25% | Marketplace + you |
1. Cheddify — best if you're the talent and you already have the audience
Thrillz's most interesting feature is the one it added to the Cameo formula: live video calls. Cheddify is what you get when that feature becomes the entire product — and the marketplace around it is deliberately removed. It's a link you put in your own bio. A follower taps it, lands on your page, and can call you right now at your per-minute rate, book a session, or send a paid DM. Buyers pay as guests in the browser with no account; you take calls on the Cheddify iOS or Android app, which owns the whole call — video, live meter, funded-minute billing, overage, and Stripe payouts in one system. No handoffs, no "we'll email you a Zoom link".
The reason it ranks first for creators is leverage. On a browse-and-book marketplace, the platform's cut pays for demand aggregation you may never benefit from unless you're already a name. If your demand comes from your own TikTok or Instagram following, you're paying a marketplace rate for distribution you brought yourself. Cheddify's published take is 20% plus $2 per paid call, with a ~3% processing fee billed to the buyer on top — see the pricing page. Worked example: at $2.50 per minute, a 20-minute call bills $50.00. You keep 80% ($40.00) minus the $2 call fee: $38.00, or 76% of the billed amount, while the buyer pays about $51.50 all-in. A $15 paid DM: the buyer pays exactly $15.00; after 20% and roughly 3% in card costs you keep about $11.55.
What Cheddify does not do, honestly: no marketplace, no browsing, no discovery — if Thrillz's storefront is what sends you bookings, Cheddify replaces none of that demand. No recorded-shoutout product either: there's no request-and-deliver video pipeline, so a birthday-message business doesn't port over directly (the nearest equivalent is replying to a paid DM with a personal video). It's PG-13, small-ticket calls are eaten by the $2 fee, and sellers need the mobile app. Cheddify is for creators who want to charge for video calls on their own terms — not for browsable celebrity inventory.
2. Cameo — best roster and published economics for recorded shoutouts
If recorded shoutouts are the product, Cameo is still the category king: the deepest roster, the most buyer traffic, and — credit where due — published economics, with a widely reported 25% platform cut and talent keeping 100% of tips. The caveat that catches people out: orders placed through the iOS app route through Apple's in-app purchases, and Apple's 30% comes off the top before Cameo's share. Cameo's live offering has never been its center of gravity, so if calls are your main event it's the weaker pick. Our Cameo alternatives guide and Cheddify vs Cameo comparison go deeper.
3. Memmo — best European coverage
Memmo is the European mirror of Thrillz's UK focus: localized storefronts, local talent, local languages, centered on recorded shoutouts. Two caveats apply. Its Swedish parent company, Memmo Family AB, went through bankruptcy in 2023 — the platform was sold and continued under new ownership — and like Thrillz, it doesn't publish its talent commission. For buyers wanting continental European names it's often the only real option; for talent, get your split in writing. Full breakdown in our Memmo alternatives guide.
4. Minnect — best for experts monetizing questions and calls
Minnect reframes celebrity access as expert access: users pay for text questions, video replies, and one-to-one calls with consultants, executives, and specialists. Its economics are published and simple — experts keep 80% — which lands in the same neighborhood as the estimates for Thrillz, but with the transparency Thrillz lacks. The catch is the same marketplace catch as everywhere: discovery concentrates on marquee names, and an unknown expert shouldn't expect the app to manufacture demand. If you're weighing it, our Minnect alternatives page covers the field.
5. Intro — best for high-ticket booked expert sessions
Intro sells scheduled video sessions with vetted experts, often at premium prices. Its reported commission is unusual because it depends on where the booking came from: roughly 10% when a client books through your own direct link, rising steeply — reportedly to 30% via its directory and up to 50% via its ad campaigns — when Intro sources the buyer. That sliding scale is the whole marketplace bargain made explicit: you pay for exactly as much demand as the platform brings. It also validates the direct-link model — when your own audience books, even Intro thinks that's only worth ~10%. Intro is booked-only, though; there's no call-me-now and no paid inbox.
6. Thrillz — still the best if you're browsable UK talent (or buying for someone)
The honest case: Thrillz built real coverage of UK celebrity culture — sport, reality TV, music — and it's one of the few marketplaces where live one-to-one calls with famous names are a first-class product. If you're a buyer wanting a specific British celebrity, this is likely where they are. If you're talent with genuine UK name recognition, Thrillz's storefront and corporate gifting business can send you demand your own socials wouldn't, and that's worth a marketplace cut. Just go in knowing the split isn't published — ask, and compare what you're quoted against the 80% you'd keep on Minnect or the roughly 76–80% you'd keep on Cheddify with your own audience.
How to choose
- Buyer looking for a specific UK name: stay on Thrillz; that's its home turf.
- Recorded shoutouts with maximum reach: Cameo. European names: Memmo.
- You're an expert selling answers and calls with published economics: Minnect (keep 80%) or Intro for high-ticket booked sessions.
- You're a creator with your own audience who wants live calls, sessions, and paid DMs from one bio link: Cheddify — free to claim, published fees, guest checkout for buyers, and the entire live call handled end to end.