From this post, I got super curious over everything, whether or not to apply for hiveworks, and I finally came to a conclusion and thought I'd share everything that I've come across!
Hiveworks:
They promote themselves as a publishing company, but their guidelines to apply are /very/ vague. It also seems like they only accept a certain "look" for their comics.
Also note that if you decide to apply for hiveworks, you will be under contract and exclusivity. Meaning: You have to upload based on a schedule, and your comic can't be anywhere else except hiveworks.
They do assist you in advertising, web design, merch, and things like kickstarter. They haven't openly gave an average of what a creator can get financially saying that it depends per creator, and is mainly based off of ad revenue, and merch. They get a cut of anything sold through their store, and ad revenue.
Also I kinda feel skeptical over them since they don't have a wikipedia (which.. in my opinion a serious business should), they want exclusivity, and they're really vague over what a creator can gain by becoming an exclusive creator for /them/. It's like you can't get to know them unless you're already part of their inner circle/company.
Tapas:
(I never knew most of this stuff tbh, and the reason I came to Tapas is thanks to Yuumei)
Tapas calls themselves the YouTube of webcomics. To me that says a lot to what they want to accomplish.. Leaving creators full control over their creative works is a huge plus to me, plus it's an open platform that anyone can use. They help with Ad Revenue, and I believe the website does a great job in filtering with how comics come up on the front page. I also love that there's a Tapas community, that all creators and readers actively interact with eachother. Plus, we're not contract bound, so we can mirror anywhere else to broaden our readership.
DOUBLE PLUS, they have a LOT of information online; what Tapas wants to achieve, and what they have achieved, we can easily contact the Tapas team, and get to know them too. Tapas has been interviewed in articles, and they have an up to date wikipedia.
AND , Tapas being an app, allows readers to keep up to date with ease, getting notified for new episodes, emails if there's a new episode, etc. Plus it's on the go. Unlike how hiveworks is a collection of websites. they do not have an app.
...LONG STORY SHORT. I love tapas and the uncertainty of Hiveworks scares me. haha