SamCartvs
Plandalf
SamCart alternative
Order bumps, one-click upsells and a checkout without SamCart branding, all in one $49/month plan. It runs on your own site, styled like it.
To get order bumps and upsells, one year costs:
SamCart ProPlandalf$588Monthly prices ($199 and $49 a month), card processing not included.
The short version
SamCart Core ($79/mo) leaves out order bumps, upsells and your own checkout branding. They're on Pro ($199/mo). Plandalf includes them in one $49/mo plan.
Plandalf $49/mo
SamCart Core $79/mo
What you get on $49
Offer an add-on right beside the payment form, then a one-click upsell after payment with the card already on file. Add more than one bump if you like. On SamCart, both need Pro at $199/mo.
| Status | Provider | Amount | External ref | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| succeeded | stripe | $20.00 | pi_3PTestSucceeded | 14 May, 10:42 AM |
| failed | stripe | $49.00 | pi_3PTestRetry | 14 May, 10:39 AM |
When a subscription payment fails, Plandalf follows up to recover it, and every charge attempt is on the record. SamCart keeps its Subscription Saver for Pro.
Plandalf builds the checkout theme from your website's logo and colours, and opens it on your own page. Core checkouts on SamCart are SamCart-branded.
Pricing, head to head
All prices in USD
Plandalf$49/moSamCart Core$79/moTo get these on SamCart you'd need Pro at $199/mo, four times the price of Plandalf.
Fit check
Before you switch
Keep them while you try Plandalf. Rebuild one checkout, add it to your own site with one script tag, and compare. Plandalf doesn't host courses: it grants access in Kajabi or Teachable after purchase, with MemberPress and Circle on the way. If you want pages, courses and checkout in one tool, SamCart may suit you better.
Plandalf builds the checkout theme from your website's logo and colours, and opens it as a modal on your own page. No redirect, and no SamCart branding.
Order bumps, one-click upsells, failed-payment recovery, subscription upgrades, API access, Zapier and unlimited team members all come in Plandalf's single $49 plan.
Subscriptions in your own Stripe account move across. On SamPay? Send us your links and we'll talk you through it.
Message us about migrating →Switching
Drop them in chat, before or after you sign up. We'll reply with a simple plan for moving everything across.
We match your brand and connect your subscriptions, so customers keep their card and billing date.
Start with one product if you like, and switch over fully when you're happy.
Products, prices and subscriptions stay in your Stripe account. Before switching off SamCart, check affiliate links, course access rules and email tags.
Full comparison
What each plan includes, side by side.
All prices in USD
| Feature | Plandalf | SamCart Core | SamCart Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Monthly price | $49/mo | $79/mo | $199/mo |
| Annual price | $490/yr | $711/yr ¹ | $1,791/yr ¹ |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | 7 days, card required | 7 days, card required |
| Team seats | Unlimited | 1 | 10 |
| Selling | |||
| Checkout design | Block builder | CheckoutOS | CheckoutOS |
| Coupons | |||
| Courses | Via your LMS | Courses app | Courses app |
| Sales page builder | Uses your site | Pages and sites | Pages and sites |
| Payment processors | Stripe, PayPal | SamPay, Stripe, PayPal | SamPay, Stripe, PayPal |
| Braintree, Authorize.net, Easy Pay Direct | Pro only | ||
| Pro features, included | |||
| Order bumps | Multiple | Pro only | |
| One-click upsells | Pro only | ||
| Failed-payment recovery | Pro only | Subscription Saver | |
| Upgrades | Pro only | ||
| Developer tools | API, SDK, Zapier | Pro only | API, Zapier, webhooks |
| Affiliate programme | Via Tolt | Pro only | Affiliate Center |
| Your brand, end to end | |||
| Checkout on your own page | Checkout Anywhere ² | Checkout Anywhere ² | |
| White-label checkout | SamCart-branded | Customisable | |
| Themed from your website | SamCart-branded | Styled by hand |
¹ SamCart's pricing page offers yearly billing at 25% off but doesn't print yearly totals; these are the monthly price less 25%.
² SamCart's Checkout Anywhere embeds its checkout on your own pages. Its pricing page doesn't say which plans include it.
| Plan | Year 1 | 3 years |
|---|---|---|
| Plandalf (annual) | $490 | $1,470 |
| Plandalf (monthly) | $588 | $1,764 |
| SamCart Core (yearly) | $711 | $2,133 |
| SamCart Pro (yearly) | $1,791 | $5,373 |
| SamCart Pro (monthly) | $2,388 | $7,164 |
List prices only. SamCart yearly figures are its monthly price less 25%. Run the Stripe cost audit on your own stack →
FAQ
On list price, yes. Plandalf is $49/mo. SamCart Core is $79/mo, and Pro, where order bumps, upsells and customisable checkout branding live, is $199/mo. SamCart's yearly billing is 25% off, which brings Core to about $711 a year and Pro to about $1,791. Plandalf is $490 a year.
No. SamCart's plan guide lists 1-click upsells, order bumps and upgrades as Pro features, along with Subscription Saver, A/B testing, the Affiliate Center, the customer portal and API access.
Yes. SamCart's plan guide describes Core checkouts as SamCart-branded. Checkout branding is customisable on Pro.
SamCart lists SamPay at 2.9% + 30c with no added fees. If you use SamCart's tax collection, it costs 0.5% of sales on Core and 0.35% on Pro, on top. Plandalf takes 0% of revenue; Stripe's own fees apply, as with any Stripe-based checkout.
Subscriptions in your own Stripe account move across. On SamPay? Send us your links and we'll talk you through it.
No. Plandalf grants access in Kajabi or Teachable automatically after purchase, with MemberPress and Circle on the way.
Yes. It works with the products already in your Stripe account. Cards go straight to Stripe, and your money and customers stay in your account.
Yes. It applies tax by billing location, inclusive or exclusive, using built-in rates or TaxJar or Avalara. It validates VAT, GST, ABN and EIN numbers and applies reverse charge for business buyers.
Not natively. Plandalf credits affiliates through its Tolt integration. There's no built-in affiliate payout centre today. SamCart's Affiliate Center is on Pro.
Not yet. If split-testing checkouts is essential to you today, SamCart Pro includes A/B testing.
Plandalf's free trial is 14 days, and you don't need a card. SamCart's trial is 7 days, and you need to enter a card up front.
Keep SamCart running. Rebuild one checkout in Plandalf, compare them side by side, and only move across when you're sure.
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