# ThriveCart

> Checkout, funnel and course platform with a lifetime licence option

ThriveCart builds branded checkout pages and sales funnels for digital products, physical goods, subscriptions, courses and coaching, with order bumps, upsells and A/B tests. Every subscription includes ThriveCart Academy for courses and communities. It takes no cut of sales, and alongside monthly and yearly plans it still sells a one-time lifetime licence.

- **Category:** Selling Digital Products
- **Made by:** ThriveCart
- **Website:** https://thrivecart.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

ThriveCart is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $37 per month, billed annually ($47 monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial on the monthly and yearly plans.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Standard | $37 per month, billed annually ($47 monthly) | Unlimited products and funnels, 1 order bump, upsells, A/B tests, cart recovery, sales tax tools, and Academy Starter for 2,000 community members. |
| Pro+ | $87 per month ($804 billed yearly) | Adds multiple order bumps, the affiliate center with automatic payouts, dunning, custom domains, team permissions and the Academy Growth plan. |
| Standard lifetime | $495 one-time | A ThriveCart Standard account for a single payment with no subscription, offered beside the monthly and yearly plans. |
| Pro+ hybrid | $790 one-time, then $295 a year from year 2 | Pro+ bought on its own page for a one-time $790, followed by a $295 yearly subscription from the second year. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For high-volume sellers: volume-based processing rates, unlimited team seats, a dedicated account manager, migration and white-glove setup. |

Read from https://thrivecart.com/ on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ThriveCart before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 20% on Standard with yearly billing** (Annual discount): ThriveCart's checkout lists Standard at $444 a year ($37 a month) as a 20% saving on $47 a month; Pro+ is $804 a year instead of $87 a month. Source: https://checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-standard-yearly-plan/
- **Lifetime Standard licence for $495** (Lifetime license): ThriveCart sells a Standard account for a one-time payment of $495 instead of a monthly or yearly subscription. Source: https://checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-standard-account/
- **Special pricing for schools and charities** (Nonprofit): Schools and registered charities can fill in a form on ThriveCart's site, and its support team will be in touch about special pricing. Source: https://pages.thrivecart.com/57307/nonprofit-pricing/

## Key features

- **Checkouts and funnels:** Modal, single-page or multi-step checkouts, order bumps, one-click upsells and downsells, and a visual page editor for whole funnels.
- **Payment options:** Cards, PayPal, buy now pay later through Afterpay, Klarna, Affirm or ThrivePay Installments, multi-currency pricing and crypto on Pro+.
- **Subscriptions:** Trials, renewals, upgrades and cancellations, a fixed monthly billing date, subscription bumps at checkout and retention offers before cancelling.
- **ThriveCart Academy:** Courses with drip content, quizzes and certificates, plus branded communities, included with every subscription; limits rise from Starter to Growth.
- **Affiliates on Pro+:** Recruit affiliates, set commissions, track referrals and pay affiliates automatically, with joint venture contracts for partners.
- **Digital delivery and tax:** Instant delivery with expiring download links, plus sales tax calculation and collection with tax-inclusive pricing.

## Good for

- Course sellers who want checkout, funnels and course hosting together
- Creators who would rather pay once than pay every month
- Sellers who run affiliate programs and upsell funnels

## Worth knowing

- ThriveCart takes 0% of sales, but payments run through your own Stripe, PayPal or Authorize.net account, whose processing fees apply.
- The affiliate center, multiple order bumps, dunning and custom domains all need Pro+ at $87 a month or $804 a year.
- The lifetime Standard licence costs $495 once; Pro+ bought outright costs $790 and then $295 a year from year two.
- Checkout pages offer paid add-ons, such as $69 courses and a $19 one-time offer, which are optional.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. ThriveCart does checkouts, upsell funnels, subscriptions and course hosting in one, with no cut of sales. What makes it unusual is the lifetime Standard licence: $495 once instead of a subscription. Affiliates, multiple order bumps and custom domains need Pro+, though, at $87 a month or $790 up front plus $295 a year.

- **Value for money: B.** The lifetime Standard licence is $495 once, with no cut of sales. Spread over two years, as we do for one-off prices, that's well under the yearly plan's $888 for the same two years ($444 + $444) and under two years of this category's middle price. Processor fees aren't counted.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** No free plan, but a 30-day free trial on the monthly and yearly plans, longer than most here. The listing doesn't say whether it needs a card.
- **Features: B.** Checkouts, order bumps, one-click upsells, A/B tests, subscriptions with retention offers, buy now pay later, sales tax, and courses and communities through Academy. Nothing's missing from the job; affiliates and custom domains need Pro+.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. A visual editor helps, but you're building checkouts, funnels and courses and linking Stripe, PayPal or Authorize.net before anything sells.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Zapier, ActiveCampaign, ConvertKit, Mailchimp and HubSpot. No phone or desktop app is listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ThriveCart's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among tools for selling digital products

- ThriveCart's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 6 of the 14 other tools for selling digital products we grade, and level with 5.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 13 of 14) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $37 a month, against a middle price of $24.50 for the category: 7 of the 9 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/digital-products

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of ThriveCart you could make: digital downloads and online courses. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $444 a year.

- You could make: Digital downloads and online courses: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
- You could not: Every click and sale traced back to the right partner.
- You could not: Splitting visitors between versions and telling you which won.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal and Authorize.net among them.
- You could not: People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Zapier, ActiveCampaign, ConvertKit, Mailchimp, HubSpot

**Tags:** Digital downloads, Online courses, Community, Affiliate tracking, A/B testing

## Alternatives

- [SamCart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/samcart): Checkout and sales page builder with courses and an AI assistant. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/samcart-vs-thrivecart)
- [SendOwl](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sendowl): Checkout and delivery for downloads, licenses and subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sendowl-vs-thrivecart)
- [Kajabi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kajabi): All-in-one platform for selling courses, coaching and communities. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kajabi-vs-thrivecart)
- [Stan](https://toolgpa.com/tools/stan-store): Link-in-bio store for creators selling downloads, courses and calls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/stan-store-vs-thrivecart)
- [Payhip](https://toolgpa.com/tools/payhip): Store for downloads, courses and memberships, with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/payhip-vs-thrivecart)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://thrivecart.com/
- https://checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-standard-monthly-plan/
- https://checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-standard-yearly-plan/
- https://checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-standard-account/
- https://checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-pro-account/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/thrivecart
Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).