CHEEX

Are you ready to Get Cheex? That’s the question posed by this next website’s domain name. The company actually refers to itself as Cheex, but it looks like they weren’t able to score the dot-com for the brand name. Personally, I would have thought up a different name with an available domain, but what do I know? I’m just the world’s most popular smut reviewer and the guy giving out tips over at PornWebmasters.

Whatever, though, because the traffic stats tell me the extra letters ain’t hurting GetCheex.com at all. They’re pulling half a million visitors every month, a respectable volume for a niche paysite—and what’s the niche, you ask? The whole gimmick here is high-class, hardcore, ethical erotic films, with a couple atypical bells and whistles along the way. Besides getting our rocks off, I think there’s a good chance we’ll learn a thing or two inside.

Step Right Up and Get Cheex Now

GetCheex seems to go out of their way to make a different first impression than your average porn site. Most of the big-name, big-budget joints these days hit you with an auto-playing montage at the top of the tour page, but the graphics that greet you here set an entirely different vibe. Truth be told, I initially thought it was ‘70s throwback porno from the movie posters and screencaps. The first promo text you’ll see doesn’t sound like your average porn site either, offering “Erotic films, Audio stories and Sex Education”.

Scrolling down, I saw some nice-looking thumbnails from an anal scene with a real couple, a softly lit lesbian threesome, and a vulva masturbation tutorial. They make very different promises than the average paysite, offering up sexuality workshops from wellness experts, sexy audio stories, and a bunch of articles and podcasts full of sex-positive infotainment. Most joints just promise endless amounts of sucking and fucking!

They’re giving away one full-length movie to anybody who signs up, though there’s not much else in the way of moving picture previews. You can get a taste of their audio library, though, a rare perk that speaks to style of erotica on offer. This ain’t another reality porn site.

Freebies are scant, but I think the low ticket price makes up for that. GetCheex.com memberships are a fraction of what you’d pay for the typical premium porn site. Starting for about ten euros a month, you get access to the full collection. Despite the cheap rates, their FAQ has an entry explaining, somewhat apologetically, why Get Cheex costs money. “The content offered on CHEEX is of high quality and fairly produced, which means that artists are paid accordingly. By becoming a member of CHEEX you are making an important contribution to freeing pornography from its shadowy existence.”

Lesbian Threesomes, the Classy Way

GetCheex doesn’t look like your typical paysite from outside, but I really thought it’d look more familiar once I got into the member’s area. Turns out, the whole joint is just full of surprises, because it doesn’t feel like a typical porn site once I got inside, either. The big, red, bold CHEEX logo has some old-school sleazy charm, but the overall vibe feels more like a sex-positive blog—with a lot of hardcore porno included!

The full version of that lesbian threesome I saw out front was featured at the top of the member’s area as soon as I got in. It’s a 22-minute film, and I ended up slightly transfixed after hitting the Play button. It’s beautifully produced, feeling more like a Netflix production than an erotic film for the first few minutes. Even when the live BBW model shows up for the art class to draw, there’s a certain classiness that doesn’t feel quite pornographic.

The tone changes around nine minutes in, our heroine stepping in to give the artists some motion to paint. There’s titty sucking and fingering, and things get even sexier when the third babe gets involved. The production reminds me a little of some of the arty farty stuff you find on “erotica” sites, but without being painfully softcore or pretentious. The lighting is beautiful, and the soundtrack adds a certain je ne sais quoi.

Learn Something in the Pleasure Academy

If I were writing about almost any other paysite, this is the part of the review where I’d start breaking down the numbers. I’ll get to that, but first I want to take a closer look at the Cheex Pleasure Academy. I think Cheex can draw some easy comparisons to Bellesa with their sex-positive, ethical and deeply sensual vibes, but I think they offer more in the way of legit sex education.

Bellesa’s got a growing assortment of vibrators for sale, but GetCheex.com offers sexual masterclasses on topics like How to Eat Pussy, Enjoying Self-Pleasure, as well as Lust & Libido. Each is structured into a multimedia presentation of text, photos and videos, oft explicit but not always. Each masterclass takes hours to consume completely, and is broken into modules for convenience. They introduce the instructors at the start of each, and these ain’t internet randos; you’ll be learning from licensed sex therapists, sensuality coaches, pornstars and other professionals.

You’ll also find live Q&A sessions with experts in both English and German, podcasts, tutorials, and even a magazine chock full of sex-positive info on health, culture, love, lust and more. The whole Get Cheex Pleasure Academy seems to grow as steadily as their porn collection, which tells you a lot about their commitment to helping people get off happily and healthily.

Sensual, Real Sex Films by the Hundreds

GetCheex.com is something of a niche porn site, so I was expecting kind of a slim catalog. To my surprise, they’ve got over 300 movies as of this writing. It’s not the biggest collection in the world, but it’s respectable for a platform working hard to keep to its theme and principles. That figure includes tutorials, workshops, and straight-up fuck scenes. Run times do vary a bit, but I didn’t feel like anything was too short, and there are plenty of longer scenes for the marathon wankers out there.

I couldn’t find upload dates listed anywhere. That’s no big deal to the end masturbator, you, but it’s obnoxious to a professional porn reviewer like myself. I usually tell my readers how often a site updates the catalog, but I can’t give you any hard numbers today. The catalog does continue to grow steadily, and they’ve got a couple Cheex Originals touring with Porn Film Festivals right now in Berlin. Honestly, though, I could tell from the whole polished presentation that nothing here is stale.

Since GetCheex has such a focus on real couples, I really didn’t expect to see any familiar faces inside. I did recognize a few faces as I scrolled through the video section, though, as they’re shooting with both established adult starlets and legit total-noob amateurs. I didn’t see any really big names, but I did spot a few known quantities like Alex Coal, Jewelz Blu, and Charlotte Sartre.

It took me a while to find the models index at Get Cheex, but you’ll find it listed under Creators in the footer. They don’t have an extensive tags listing like a lot of paysites, but there is a nice menu of categories along the sidebar if you pull up the full list of movies. It's a nice range of content, covering all the usual porno bases like Blowjobs and Anal, Threesomes and Bondage, Group and Bisexual.

Some of the tags here are noteworthy in that you don’t usually see them on most paysites. GetCheex.com has sections devoted to content labeled with Queer, Soft, Real Couple, Artsy and POC Performers. There’s even an Inexplicit aisle, just in case you’re looking for something so soft you can watch it in front of grandma. Well, as long as granny likes workshops about sending nudes, donning a strap-on dildo or attending an orgy.

I’d recommend GetCheex.com to a few different demographics of porn consumers. It’s an easy recommendation for folks looking for a porn platform that’s loud and proud about its ethical production, and for fans of high-quality amateur porn that showcases real couples doing their thing. It’s also worth a look if you want a side of sex education with your masturbation fuel, appreciate erotic audio stories, or wish the average paysite included more queer material. The free previews are a little lacking, but hey, check out that sweet price tag.