If you've been looking into adult content, you've probably come across similarly-named services like FANZA, myfans, Fantia, and CandFans, and found the differences confusing. Broadly speaking, these four split into two fundamentally different types: FANZA, where you "buy titles," and myfans / Fantia / CandFans, where you "support an individual creator."
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| Service | Type | Main payment model | Typical content |
|---|---|---|---|
| FANZA | Title purchase/rental | Individual purchase/rental | A wide range of commercial titles, including AV and adult anime |
| myfans | Individual fan platform | Monthly subscription + individual sales | Mainly amateur and personally-filmed adult content |
| Fantia | Creator support | Mainly monthly subscription | Broad range including illustration, voice acting, cosplay, and non-adult content |
| CandFans | Individual fan platform | Monthly subscription + individual sales | A relatively high proportion of adult creators |
FANZA is one of Japan's largest title-purchase/rental services, run by DMM, covering AV, adult anime, and doujin works. You buy or rent "titles" sold by production studios and distributors on a per-title basis, and there's basically no direct interaction between performers/directors and fans. Its strengths are the sheer number of titles and how easy it is to search and browse by genre — a great fit if you just want to watch a lot of titles in a specific genre.
myfans is a platform where individual creators post photos and videos, and fans support them directly through monthly plans and DMs. It's centered on the kind of raw, personally-filmed content unique to individual creators — amateur homemade video, NTR/cuckold content, and concept-driven projects from side-account teams.
💡 The biggest difference
The biggest difference from a title-purchase service like FANZA is the closeness you get from being able to interact directly with the creator via comments and DMs.
Fantia is a platform where you can support a wide range of creators — illustrators, manga artists, voice actors, cosplayers — through monthly subscriptions. It's been around for a long time and hosts plenty of non-adult creators too, positioning itself as a general "creator support" service rather than an "adult-only" one. There are a fair number of adult cosplayers and personal-filming creators on Fantia, but the adult content is lighter in proportion compared to myfans or CandFans.
CandFans is a platform similar to myfans, where individual creators post photos and videos and earn from fans through monthly plans and individual sales. It's known for a level of freedom closer to overseas fan platforms, and — like myfans — has a relatively high proportion of adult creators. Even among individual fan platforms, the lineup of creators and the style of content differ by operator, so it's worth checking whether a creator you like is active on both.
📦 You want to pick based on sheer number of titles and genre range
→ FANZA
🔥 You want the raw, personal feel and closeness of individual creators
→ myfans / CandFans
🎨 You want to support creators broadly, beyond just adult content
→ Fantia
🔀 You want to use multiple services together
→ Browse titles on FANZA while following individual creators you like on myfans
Keeping in mind the core difference — FANZA is about "buying titles," while myfans, Fantia, and CandFans are about "supporting a person" — makes it easier to find the service that suits you. If you're interested in the closeness of individual creators, start by checking out What is myfans? or the creator list.
Check the full plan details and posts for any creator you like on their profile page.
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