SamCart pricing
By Dana Rourke, Lead reviewer. Reviewed by Campaign Buyer Editorial. Verified 8 September 2026.
The plans
Paid plans start at $79/mo, after a 7-day trial.
Two published plans: Core at $79/mo and Pro at $199/mo, plus a quote-only Done-For-You tier. Yearly billing saves 25%. A 7-day free trial on both plans. SamPay processing is 2.9% + 30c with no added platform fee; third-party processors and payment routing are Pro-only. One-click upsells, order bumps, A/B testing, Subscription Saver and the Affiliate Center are all Pro-only, so the scaling features that define SamCart sit on the $199 tier. Optional live support add-on is $19/mo.
Verified against the vendor on 2026-09-24. Prices change quietly, so confirm on the vendor site before you commit.
Is it worth the money?
SamCart is the pick if you sell digital products, courses or coaching and want order bumps, one-click upsells and failed-payment recovery running inside the checkout, without stitching a cart onto a separate platform. It is an established, reliable tool, genuinely built to raise the value of every order. The catch is cost. Pricing opens at $79/mo, and the features that justify buying it sit on the $199 Pro plan.
What works
- Built to raise order value, not just take the payment. Order bumps add a companion product with one checkbox at checkout, and one-click upsells charge the same card after the first purchase. SamCart reports up to a 98% lift in average order value when a seller runs both.
- Reliable at its core job. Long-term users describe it as dependable for checkout, one calling it "no frills but fine", which is what you want from the page where the money changes hands.
- Sells more than downloads. Courses, memberships, subscriptions and physical goods all run through one checkout, with a members area and course hosting built in, so there is no second platform to hand customers off to.
- Defends recurring revenue. Subscription Saver retries failed payments and handles dunning, and cart abandonment recovery emails are included, so lapsed cards and stalled carts are chased automatically.
- Flexible payment options. Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo and Buy Now Pay Later are supported, and Pro adds payment routing across several processors.
What to watch
- Expensive for what it is, and the good parts are gated. Core is $79/mo, well above single-purpose carts, and one-click upsells, order bumps, A/B testing, Subscription Saver and the Affiliate Center are all Pro-only at $199/mo. The tools that make it worth buying are the ones you pay the most for.
- Billing and refunds are the recurring friction, not the software. Unexpected renewals and slow refund resolution turn up across Trustpilot and BBB records, and the vendor's own docs confirm that cancelling through the customer portal stops future billing but does not refund charges already taken. Read the renewal terms before the trial ends.
- Checkout-first, not a full stack. There is no built-in CRM, email automation or multi-step funnel management. Sellers who want lead capture, nurture sequences and funnels in one place report reaching for something broader.
- Runs on standard processors, so it is not built for high-risk categories. Payments move through SamPay, Stripe, PayPal and similar, which means sellers in categories those gateways decline are not served.
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3 discussions and reviews read for this page. Quotes are excerpts; open a link to read the original in context.
- [reddit-reliability] Order Upgrades (Thrivecart Alternative?) : r/digital_marketing
- [reddit-cost] 3 month results from selling a $47 ebook using SamCart : r/passive_income
- [samcart-refund-doc] Customer Portal : SamCart Knowledge Base