SamCart positions itself as a shopping cart platform for digital sellers. But behind the sleek surface, you’ll find ongoing subscription fees, locked features, and expensive upgrades that cut into your profits.
At ThriveCart, we give you everything you need to sell more and keep more, without the recurring costs. Pay once, own it for life, and get the conversion-focused checkout and sales tools serious businesses rely on.
BUSINESSes POWERED
Representing 1.5% of the creator economy, people trust ThriveCart to grow their business & boost revenue.
PRODUCTS SOLD
Sell your digital products, courses, & physical products to a growing audience with tools designed to scale your business, fast.
IN PROCESSED SALES
Driven by high-converting checkouts, upsells, & optimized funnels used across 1000s of businesses.
Feature
ThriveCart
SamCart (Launch/Grow/Scale)
Pricing (monthly)
✅ $495 one-time lifetime payment
❌ $79/$159/$319 paid monthly
Pricing (annually)
✅ $495 one-time lifetime payment
❌ $59/$119/$239 per month paid annually
Recurring Platform Fees
✅ None – pay once, use forever
❌ Ongoing
Transaction Fees
✅ No transaction fees
✅ No transaction fees
Checkout Customization
✅ Highly customizable checkout & cart builder
❌ Limited customization
Sales Funnel Builder
✅ Full funnel builder with advanced logic
❌ Limited funnel capability, higher tiers only
A/B Testing
✅ Built-in
❌ Only on Grow & Scale plan
Cart Abandonment Recovery
✅ Built-in
❌ Scale plan only
Custom Integrations
✅ Zapier, APIs, webhooks, and direct integrations
❌ Most integrations locked to higher tiers
Custom Receipts & Thank You Pages
✅ Fully customizable
❌ Limited unless upgrading
SupportAffiliate Management
✅ 24/7, 365 days a year
❌ Limited support hours
⭐ 4.3/5
⭐ 3.7/5
⭐ 4.6/5
⭐ 4.3/5
No ongoing fees
– Pay once, keep 100% of your revenue. SamCart costs $708
to $3,588+ per year.
Everything included
– Upsells, bumps, A/B testing, cart recovery, affiliates — ThriveCart gives it to you upfront. SamCart hides them behind premium plans.
Advanced checkout tools
– Conversion-focused checkout, customizable designs, and subscription management.
True scalability
– ThriveCart grows with you, while SamCart punishes your growth with higher plan costs.
👉 The bottom line: With SamCart, the more you grow, the more you pay. With ThriveCart, you pay once, and get every tool you need to maximize sales and keep more of your hard-earned profits.
I more than doubled the conversion rate – it was more like 4x or 5xing. Going from a third-party, scammy-looking checkout page to my own branded one really helped. And I loved ThriveCart’s dashboard. Being able to so easily see metrics let me make better decisions powered by data.
Course Creator School and The Passive Project
I was considering Kajabi and Kartra platforms, but if I built my house on that platform I’d be paying over $1,800 per year. And when you’re starting out you want to bootstrap.
ThriveCart expert and strategist
I do all the marketing and we’ve got a decent team of ten different people, and all I have to worry about is content and my podcast. ThriveCart has been an incredible boost for us and allowed us to publish this incredibly meaningful content that’s helped thousands of people.
Course creator and owner of TheRiseToTheTop.com
I’ve released ebooks and online courses through ThriveCart. I’m planning on exploring more complex sales funnels soon.
YouTube marketing coach
It is so easy to setup a sales page or funnel, checkout and bump order with this software. They have a build in “page builder” with all the necessary components and you can simply duplicate your products to create new similar funnels.
Web consultant
The team got Pro+ setup in under an hour, and we have already seen an increase in AOV from adding an additional order bump, accepting crypto and the new reporting has been extremely helpful for our leadership team.
CEO and Founder of Onfolio
“I’m getting that ‘kid in a candy store’ feeling. Hands-down best purchase decision I’ve ever made. Thrivecart is amazeballs.”
MJI Solutions
Upgrading to ThriveCart Pro+ transformed how I run my business affiliate setup became seamless, reporting improved drastically, and features like multiple order bumps and subscription management finally gave me the flexibility I needed to scale effortlessly.
Founder of Passive Income Journeys
