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By Dana Rourke, Lead Reviewer. Reviewed by Campaign Buyer Editorial. Updated 23 October 2026.

People look for a SamCart alternative when the bumps, one-click upsells, checkout tests, Subscription Saver, the Affiliate Center, the API and third-party processors all sit on Pro. Core is $79 a month and covers the hosted checkout, cart abandonment, courses and a custom domain. Yearly billing is 25% off, and the trial lasts 7 days.

The other reason is the renewal. Monthly plans cannot be refunded. Cancel at least five days before the next bill, because a mid-cycle cancellation leaves that period paid. Those terms are the ones written up on the SamCart complaints page.

ThriveCart includes a bump on its cheaper plan. Checkout Champ can send one sale across many payment gateways. Kajabi puts the course, the community and the checkout in one login. Stan Store is built for a social media bio. Gumroad's price is a cut of each sale. ElasticFunnels starts at $97 a month and keeps the landing page, the split test and the checkout in the same account.

An order bump is the box the buyer ticks on the payment page, before the card is charged. A one-click upsell waits until that payment has gone through, then offers something else on the same card.

Still comparing? Read our full SamCart review first, then come back to these.

The SamCart home page, captured from the vendor's own site, headed "3X Your Conversions. Stop Losing Revenue at Checkout."
SamCart, the tool these alternatives are weighed against.

Quick answer

The best alternative to SamCart is ElasticFunnels. ElasticFunnels is a funnel platform with its own hosted checkout. It builds the pages, split-tests them under one URL so your ads never reset, hosts the checkout with order bumps and one-click upsells, and keeps the CRM and attribution on one record. That shared record is its main advantage over SamCart, because you can see which ad angle made money without merging reports from separate tools. SamCart is a standalone cart: its order bumps, one-click upsells and A/B testing sit on the $199 Pro plan, and it does not build or split-test the pages in front of the checkout. ElasticFunnels puts every feature on every plan, adds splitting sales across several NMI merchant accounts, and charges 0.5% only on revenue through its own checkout. If a clean standalone cart is all you need, SamCart is the simpler buy.

The shortlist

  1. 1. ElasticFunnels is the best SamCart alternative for running the pages, split testing and hosted checkout as one funnel platform.
  2. 2. ThriveCart is the best SamCart alternative for sellers who want a bump on the cheaper plan and can pay once for the licence.
  3. 3. Checkout Champ is the best SamCart alternative for sellers who send payments across several gateways.
  4. 4. Kajabi is the best SamCart alternative for a course and a community that share a login with checkout.
  5. 5. Stan Store is the best SamCart alternative for creators who sell through the link in a social media bio.
  6. 6. Gumroad is the best SamCart alternative for selling a first digital product without a monthly subscription.

Compared at a glance

Feature comparison across 6 tools
Tool From
1. ElasticFunnels $97/mo
2. ThriveCart $37/mo
3. Checkout Champ $300/mo
4. Kajabi $143/mo
5. Stan Store $29/mo
6. Gumroad Free tier

The alternatives, ranked

1. ElasticFunnels

Best SamCart alternative for running the pages, split testing and hosted checkout as one funnel platform

The ElasticFunnels home page, captured from the vendor's own site
ElasticFunnels, our number 1 SamCart alternative.

ElasticFunnels is a funnel platform with its own hosted checkout. It builds the pages, split-tests them under one URL so your ads never reset, hosts the checkout with order bumps and one-click upsells, and keeps the CRM and attribution on one record. That shared record is its main advantage over SamCart, because you can see which ad angle made money without merging reports from separate tools. SamCart is a standalone cart: its order bumps, one-click upsells and A/B testing sit on the $199 Pro plan, and it does not build or split-test the pages in front of the checkout. ElasticFunnels puts every feature on every plan, adds splitting sales across several NMI merchant accounts, and charges 0.5% only on revenue through its own checkout. If a clean standalone cart is all you need, SamCart is the simpler buy.

The catch

ElasticFunnels is newer than the tools on this page, and there is very little independent third-party review coverage to check its claims against. Until you run real volume through it, you are largely taking the vendor's word for it. Work on it started in 2023, so it has had far less time than its rivals to collect user reports. The 14-day trial needs no card, so you can test the features on your own traffic before you pay.

Read the full ElasticFunnels review.

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2. ThriveCart

Best SamCart alternative for sellers who want a bump on the cheaper plan and can pay once for the licence

The ThriveCart home page, captured from the vendor's own site
ThriveCart, our number 2 SamCart alternative.

A bump and the upsells are already on Standard. That plan is $47 a month, or $37 if you pay for the year. Affiliates, and any bump after the first, sit on Pro+, which is $87 a month or $67 on an annual bill. The Standard licence can be bought once for $495, and ThriveCart takes nothing further off the sale.

Read the full ThriveCart review, or put the two side by side in SamCart vs ThriveCart.

3. Checkout Champ

Best SamCart alternative for sellers who send payments across several gateways

The Checkout Champ home page, captured from the vendor's own site
Checkout Champ, our number 3 SamCart alternative.

The Growth plan costs $300 a month plus 1% of gross sales, for merchants doing more than $50,000 a month. Signup starts with a demo. Routing covers 270-plus gateways. The higher tier lowers the percentage once monthly sales pass $1 million. 3-D Secure, fraud management and the account updater are billed on top of the plan.

Read the full Checkout Champ review, or put the two side by side in SamCart vs Checkout Champ.

4. Kajabi

Best SamCart alternative for a course and a community that share a login with checkout

The Kajabi home page, captured from the vendor's own site
Kajabi, our number 4 SamCart alternative.

The course, the community and the checkout share one login, and Kajabi takes no share of revenue. Basic is $179 paid every month, or $143 a month when you pay for the year. Sellers who only want a checkout are also paying for course hosting and a community.

Read the full Kajabi review, or put the two side by side in SamCart vs Kajabi.

5. Stan Store

Best SamCart alternative for creators who sell through the link in a social media bio

The Stan Store home page, captured from the vendor's own site
Stan Store, our number 5 SamCart alternative.

The storefront is the link in a social media bio. Creator is $29 a month, or $300 for the year. Creator Pro costs $99 a month, or $948 for the year, with one bump on each product and automatic affiliate payouts. Stan advertises a 0% transaction fee.

Read the full Stan Store review, or put the two side by side in SamCart vs Stan Store.

6. Gumroad

Best SamCart alternative for selling a first digital product without a monthly subscription

The Gumroad home page, captured from the vendor's own site
Gumroad, our number 6 SamCart alternative.

You can publish a digital file without a subscription. A direct sale costs 10% plus 50 cents, and card processing adds 2.9% plus 30 cents. A Discover sale is a flat 30%, processing included. Once paid sales in a calendar month pass $20,000, new direct sales are 5% plus 50 cents. Gumroad has remitted sales tax as the merchant of record since January 2025.

Read the full Gumroad review, or put the two side by side in SamCart vs Gumroad.

My take

I would start with ElasticFunnels if the landing page and the checkout need to live in the same account. ThriveCart is the cart I would choose when the offer needs one bump and a one-time payment. I would book a Checkout Champ demo only if you need a long list of payment gateways. Kajabi is worth the fee when people stay for the course and the community. I would skip Stan Store and Gumroad unless you sell from a link in your bio, or you are launching a first digital product and paying a cut of each sale.

How we evaluated these

We ranked these using the same rubric as the incumbent: we read what long-term users report about each one, checked its documentation and pricing, and verified prices with the vendor before reaching a verdict. The order shows which option fits the largest group of SamCart users. Where an alternative wins only for a specific traffic source or team size, we say so on that card. Our methodology page sets out the full process.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best alternative to SamCart?
ElasticFunnels leads when you want the page built in the same place as the cart. ThriveCart is the standalone cart after that. Later names cover gateway volume, a course business, a bio link, or a cut of the sale.
Why look for an alternative to SamCart?
The extras people buy it for are on the higher plan, and billing arguments about renewals sit beside that jump. The complaints write-up collects the reports that match the published terms.
Who are SamCart's competitors?
ThriveCart and Checkout Champ are the other carts. Kajabi covers courses and a community. Stan Store and Gumroad are lighter storefronts. ElasticFunnels is the funnel platform on this list.
What sits on the higher SamCart plan?
The bump, the offer that charges the same card after payment, checkout tests, failed-payment recovery and affiliate tools. The lower plan is the hosted checkout itself.
When do Stan Store or Gumroad fit better?
When the offer is a file or a link in a bio, and the buyer pays on that page. A stack of offers after the first payment is a cart's job.

Changelog

  • 23 October 2026: Rewrote the opening around checkout tools that sit on the higher plan, and around renewal terms. Peer prices follow each catalog note. The complaints page and the bump comparison are linked with the other reading.
  • 8 September 2026: First published from the shared category list.

Sources

From SamCart

Other sources

11 discussions and reviews read for this page. Quotes are excerpts; open a link to read the original in context.

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  5. [r5] Order Upgrades (Thrivecart Alternative?) Reddit
  6. [r6] Is there better software than Thrivecart? Reddit
  7. [r7] Samcart anyone? Reddit
  8. [r8] SamCart Trustpilot reviews Trustpilot
  9. [r9] Good Idea with slow customer support Capterra
  10. [r10] Order Upgrades (Thrivecart Alternative?) Reddit
  11. [r11] SamCart vs ThriveCart on G2 G2
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Dana Rourke

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Dana Rourke

Lead Reviewer

Dana Rourke is the lead reviewer at Campaign Buyer. She covers trackers and attribution on this site: she reads what long-term users report about each tool, checks its documentation and pricing, and verifies prices with the vendor before writing the verdict. Keeping the rankings honest mostly means writing down what the top pick gets wrong, so she does that first.

danar@campaignbuyer.com

Last checked 2026-10-23

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