Cabana Studio vs Milkshake
Milkshake builds a mini website from your phone in a few minutes, with card-style pages and no desktop needed. Cabana Studio publishes a public creator page and holds the business behind it: brand intake, deal stages, contracts, invoices, payout records, affiliate tracking. Milkshake wins on speed. Cabana Studio wins on what happens after the inquiry.Milkshake and Cabana serve different needs. Compare the page, deal records and invoicing; keep the tools that fit your work.
Capability by capability
- Public page and links
- Cabana: Yes, portfolio plus Link Page blocks
- Milkshake: Yes, this is Milkshake's core product
- Brand intake form tied to a record
- Cabana: Yes, each inquiry becomes a deal
- Milkshake: Contact links or a form, no deal record
- Brand deal pipeline with stages
- Cabana: Yes
- Milkshake: No
- Contracts stored with the deal
- Cabana: Yes
- Milkshake: No
- Invoicing and payout records
- Cabana: Yes, invoice from the agreement
- Milkshake: Product and tip payments, not deal invoicing
- Media kits and tailored variants
- Cabana: Planned: tailored variants
- Milkshake: No
- Affiliate tracking with no cut taken
- Cabana: Yes
- Milkshake: Varies by plan and product
When Milkshake is the better choice
Milkshake is the better choice for a quick page made entirely on a phone.
- You want something published today with no desktop setup
- Card-style layouts suit how you present your work
- You take few or no paid brand deals
- You want the lowest possible ongoing cost for a simple page
When Cabana Studio fits better
Cabana Studio fits when the page needs a business attached to it.
- Brand inquiries need scope, dates, and usage captured up front
- Agreements and invoices need to match each other
- You want your rate history and past deals in one place
- You want to know which marketplaces you qualify for
Pricing facts
Published prices only, checked on September 7, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on each provider's own pricing page before deciding.
- Milkshake published plansA free tier plus a paid tier published on milkshake.app, in the high-single-digit monthly range.
- Cabana Studio published plansFree $0/mo, Growth $29/mo, Scale $59/mo, with two months free on annual billing.
- Per-deal feeCabana Studio: Direct Engagement creators pay 5% on Free or 0.5% on Growth and Scale, capped at $200 per creator per calendar month. Creator Call creators pay zero Cabana Call commission; brands pay the separate graduated per-hire fee. Milkshake does not invoice brand deals.