# Best ThriveCart alternatives (2026) · Funnel Critic > Source: https://funnelcritic.com/alternatives/thrivecart Alternatives ## Best ThriveCart alternatives (2026) Switch if you need a free plan, email in the same account, or affiliates on a different checkout tier. By [Marta Ovalle](/authors/marta-ovalle), reviewed by [Funnel Critic Editorial](/authors/funnel-desk-editorial). Updated 2026-10-24. **Disclosure:**We may earn a commission when you buy through links on this page. It never affects our rankings. People stay with ThriveCart for order bumps, one-click upsells and a platform fee of zero. They leave when affiliates are only on Pro+, when the email sequence still needs another tool, or when they want an account that costs nothing to open. I would go with [Systeme.io](/reviews/systeme-io) if the price is why you are leaving, and [Kartra](/reviews/kartra) if email and a membership site need to share a login with checkout. The two checkouts are compared in [SamCart vs ThriveCart](/compare/samcart-vs-thrivecart). The five tools below already have reviews on this site. [Compare ThriveCart's plans](/reviews/thrivecart/pricing) if you are still deciding whether to switch. | Tool | Best reason to switch | Free plan | | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | --------- | | Systeme.io | A free plan when the cart subscription is the problem | Yes | | Kartra | Email, pages and checkout in one account | No | | SamCart | Another hosted checkout, with bumps and affiliates on Pro | No | | ClickFunnels | A multi-step launch in the same account as the page | No | | Kajabi | A course library, with checkout attached to the student home | No | ### Quick answer Choose Systeme.io if you need to start for free. Choose Kartra or Kajabi if you are buying email and a course library. Choose SamCart if you want another hosted checkout and you will pay for its higher plan to get bumps and affiliates. Stay with ThriveCart Standard if the bump, the one-click upsell and a zero platform fee are what you need, and you are already willing to add Pro+ for affiliates. [Compare ThriveCart's plans](/reviews/thrivecart/pricing) if you are still deciding whether to switch checkout tools. #### 1\. Systeme.io: best ThriveCart alternative for a free start with email and a course Go with Systeme.io if the ThriveCart subscription, or the one-time license, is more than you want to spend before the first sale. Systeme.io has a free plan. ThriveCart's pricing announcement does not. You give up the upsell flow that long-time cart users talk about, and you get email and a course in the same account as checkout. The free plan's limits, and what the paid plans add, are in the [Systeme.io review](/reviews/systeme-io) and on [Systeme.io pricing](/reviews/systeme-io/pricing). A paid checkout makes more sense once the bump brings in more than Pro+ costs. #### 2\. Kartra: best ThriveCart alternative when email and the membership share the checkout Read the [Kartra review](/reviews/kartra) if your pages, email, checkout and memberships need to live in one account. ThriveCart's paid plans are built around checkout, with Academy Starter on Standard and affiliate tools on Pro+. Those vendor pages do not present it as a tool for a weekly newsletter. If email marketing is the main focus, Kartra is the closer match. A buyer comparing the two said the monthly cost adds up when the tools stay on separate subscriptions. Kartra's tiers are on [Kartra pricing](/reviews/kartra/pricing). [ThriveCart vs Kartra](/compare/thrivecart-vs-kartra) is the head-to-head. If you might leave Kartra instead, use [Kartra alternatives](/alternatives/kartra). #### 3\. SamCart: best ThriveCart alternative when affiliates sit on the higher checkout plan SamCart is the other hosted checkout reviewed here. Core includes the cart and a courses app, and it leaves order bumps and one-click upsells for Pro, along with the affiliate center. ThriveCart includes one bump and the upsell on Standard, and it leaves affiliates, dunning and extra bumps for Pro+. Choose SamCart if you will pay for the higher plan and you care that some readers say its support answers faster. Stay with ThriveCart Standard if the bump has to be on the entry plan and the platform fee on the sale has to stay at zero. That split is in the [SamCart review](/reviews/samcart) and on [SamCart plan fees](/reviews/samcart/pricing). [SamCart vs ThriveCart](/compare/samcart-vs-thrivecart) puts both carts in one table. If SamCart's higher plan is what you are leaving, start with [SamCart alternatives](/alternatives/samcart). #### 4\. ClickFunnels: best ThriveCart alternative for a launch across several pages ClickFunnels starts from the sequence of pages. ThriveCart starts from the payment page you place in front of pages you already have. Choose ClickFunnels when the follow-up and the payment page have to live in that sequence, and the bump is one step among several. Choose ThriveCart when the page already exists somewhere else and the missing piece is the offer after payment. Limits and the trial are in the [ClickFunnels review](/reviews/clickfunnels). The prices for that account are in that review and on [ClickFunnels pricing](/reviews/clickfunnels/pricing). #### 5\. Kajabi: best ThriveCart alternative when the course library is the product Kajabi fits when the students, the community and the email are what you open every morning, and checkout is there to support them. ThriveCart's Academy Starter comes with the cart. Kajabi is built from the course outward. I would choose Kajabi when upsells are secondary and the course library is what you sell. Plans and the support complaints are in the [Kajabi review](/reviews/kajabi). Read it next to the Kartra review if you are choosing a course platform and the cart is secondary. [Kajabi pricing](/reviews/kajabi/pricing) lists the tiers. ### How we picked Each tool above already has a review on this site. I chose each one for a different reason someone leaves a checkout: a free plan, email under the same login, another hosted cart, a launch across several pages, or a course library. Prices stay in those reviews. The ThriveCart side comes from the vendor's pricing announcement, the campaign page, the Pro+ support article, the processor fees page, and the public threads linked below. The rubric is in [how we evaluate tools](/methodology). We read long-term user reports, the vendor's documentation and the vendor's pricing pages. The monthly plans include a 30-day trial you can use yourself. ### Frequently asked questions When is Systeme.io the better start? When the subscription is the problem and a free plan can carry one offer, one course and the bump. The Systeme.io review lists the caps on that free plan. When is Kartra the closer match? When the email sequence and the member site have to live in the checkout's account. ThriveCart's priced rows are the cart, the bump and the affiliate layer. Where do I compare this with SamCart? SamCart vs ThriveCart is the comparison for two hosted checkouts. SamCart puts bumps and the affiliate center on Pro. ThriveCart puts one bump on Standard and the affiliate center on Pro+. Does a landing page tool replace the cart? Leadpages publishes the page. You still need a cart if the card has to be charged, which is the job ThriveCart, SamCart or ClickFunnels would do. ### What we read #### From ThriveCart * * Automation fees on Standard #### Other sources 11 discussions and reviews read for this page. Quotes are excerpts; open a link to read the original in context. 1. \[r1\] [Thoughts on ThriveCart ](https://www.reddit.com/r/digital%5Fmarketing/comments/1l8jeoj/thoughts%5Fon%5Fthrivecart/) Reddit 2. \[r2\] [Thoughts on ThriveCart ](https://www.reddit.com/r/digital%5Fmarketing/comments/1l8jeoj/thoughts%5Fon%5Fthrivecart/) Reddit 3. \[r3\] [Thrivecart vs Samcart decisions ](https://www.reddit.com/r/martechstacks/comments/1f64i9g/thrivecart%5Fvs%5Fsamcart%5Fdecisions/) Reddit 4. \[r4\] [Thrivecart vs Samcart decisions ](https://www.reddit.com/r/martechstacks/comments/1f64i9g/thrivecart%5Fvs%5Fsamcart%5Fdecisions/) Reddit 5. \[r5\] [ThriveCart reviews on Capterra ](https://www.capterra.com/p/234835/ThriveCart/reviews/) Capterra 6. \[r6\] [ThriveCart reviews on Capterra, page 2 ](https://www.capterra.com/p/234835/ThriveCart/reviews/?page=2) Capterra 7. \[r7\] [Thoughts on ThriveCart ](https://www.reddit.com/r/digital%5Fmarketing/comments/1l8jeoj/thoughts%5Fon%5Fthrivecart/) Reddit 8. \[r8\] [Do any of you really use thrivecart? ](https://www.reddit.com/r/digital%5Fmarketing/comments/13n9fw0/do%5Fany%5Fof%5Fyou%5Freally%5Fuse%5Fthrivecart%5Fif%5Fso%5Fare%5Fyou/) Reddit 9. \[r9\] [Do any of you really use thrivecart? ](https://www.reddit.com/r/digital%5Fmarketing/comments/13n9fw0/do%5Fany%5Fof%5Fyou%5Freally%5Fuse%5Fthrivecart%5Fif%5Fso%5Fare%5Fyou/) Reddit 10. \[r10\] [ThriveCart alternatives ](https://www.reddit.com/r/martechstacks/comments/1au0juj/thrivecart%5Falternatives/) Reddit 11. \[r11\] [Kartra vs ThriveCart ](https://www.reddit.com/r/EcommerceWebsite/comments/1j5nemr/kartra%5Fvs%5Fthrivecartwhich%5Fone%5Fshould%5Fi%5Fgo%5Ffor/) Reddit ### Related reading The [ThriveCart review](/reviews/thrivecart) covers who should buy the one-time license and who should stay on the monthly trial. The [ThriveCart pricing page](/reviews/thrivecart/pricing) includes the plan table. The [six-question funnel picker](/best/which-funnel-tool-fits-you-a-6-question-picker) is a quick way through these tools, and [the review index](/reviews) lists every funnel and checkout review. --- [Funnel Critic](/) Independent reviews and comparisons of funnel, page and checkout tools for startups running paid traffic. Ranked from real user reports and verified pricing. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on this page. It never affects our rankings. © 2026 Funnel Critic. Independent and reader-supported.