The free Wild Apricot alternative that doesn't bill you by contact count
Wild Apricot starts at $66 a month before you sell anything, and every event registrant and newsletter subscriber counts toward the bill. Checkout Page prices what you sell, not who you store.
Free up to $3K in monthly sales. No credit card needed.
Is Checkout Page a good Wild Apricot alternative?
It depends on what the system has to hold. Wild Apricot is a full membership system with a member database, directory and website, priced by contact count from $66/mo for 100 contacts, as of October 2026. US and Canadian accounts add 20% to the plan price to use Stripe. Stay if your member database is your system of record. Pick Checkout Page if you already have a website and need to collect dues, sell tickets and take donations. It is free up to $3K in monthly sales, then $99/mo up to $10K. Nonprofits get 50% off paid plans.
Pricing checked October 2026.
More than membership software
Everything you sell on Wild Apricot: membership dues, event tickets, donations and products. One platform, on your own Stripe account, priced on what you sell instead of how many contacts you store.
Membership dues
Monthly or annual dues that renew on a card on file, with a self-serve customer portal where members update cards and cancel without emailing you.
Event tickets and check-in
Ticket tiers, QR-coded tickets emailed after purchase, and a free check-in scanner that runs on any phone.
Donations
One-time or recurring, with suggested amounts your supporters can change.
Payment plans
Let members spread annual dues, a retreat or a program across several instalments.
Lead capture forms
Collect enquiries, volunteer signups and waitlists with no purchase attached.
Your own Stripe account
Everything runs on Stripe: payments, subscriptions, taxes and payouts, in your account, with no surcharge for choosing it.
Discount codes
Early bird pricing, member rates and group deals, with rules you set.
Why organizations outgrow Wild Apricot
Wild Apricot does not take a cut of your sales, and your organization is the merchant on every payment. The question is not what a transaction costs. It is what you are billed for in the first place.
Switching from
Wild Apricot
Priced by the contacts you store, not the money you make
Your contact count
- From $66/mo for 100 contacts, before you sell anything
- $82/mo at 250 contacts, $154/mo at 500, $992/mo at 50,000
- Event registrants, donors and subscribers all count as contacts
- 20% servicing fee added to US and Canada plans that use Stripe, PayPal or Authorize.Net
- Online payments require a paid plan
Switching to
Checkout Page
Priced on what you sell, on your own Stripe account
Your sales
- Free up to $3K in monthly sales, then volume-based plans from $99/mo
- Your bill tracks sales, not the size of your list
- Store as many contacts, attendees and donors as you like
- No surcharge for running on your own Stripe account
- Start selling on the Free plan, no card needed
Your contact list is not your revenue
Wild Apricot's price is set by the size of your database. Fair, if the member records, the directory and the members-only site are what you are buying. Less fair when what you needed was to collect dues, sell tickets and take donations, and a good year arrives as a bigger bill for the same job.
Grow the list without growing the bill
Sell 400 tickets to your gala and you have 400 more people in your database at no extra cost. Buyers, subscribers and attendees live in one place, and export whenever you want.
Pay when you sell, not when you store
Free up to $3K in monthly sales, then volume-based plans from $99/mo ($83/mo billed yearly). A quiet quarter costs you less, instead of costing you the same as your busiest one.
Keep the website you already have
Embed a checkout on your current site, drop in a payment pop-up, or share a payment link. There is no migration project, because your website stays where it is.
After your fundraiser
Add checkouts to your website or share a payment link
Your checkout works wherever your customers are, with or without a website.
Embedded checkout
Add a checkout to your website with a copy-paste snippet. Works with any site builder.
Payment pop-up
Open a checkout on top of your page, so customers pay without leaving your site.
Hosted payment page
A branded page for your products at its own URL. Start selling without a website.
Payment link
Send a link in a bio, DM, email, or QR code, and customers pay on the spot.
Custom domains
Put your checkout pages and payment links on your own domain.
- $2M+
- in monthly sales processed
- 200K+
- monthly checkout views
- 16K+
- businesses and organizations
Checkout Page vs Wild Apricot at a glance
Both run on a merchant account in your own name and neither takes a cut of the sale. The difference is what sets your bill, and how much of your organization has to move.
Payment processing
Your organization is the merchant on both
- Checkout Page
- Your own Stripe account
- Wild Apricot
- Personify Payments, Stripe or PayPal
Pricing
Wild Apricot is billed by contact count, from $66/mo for 100 contacts
- Checkout Page
- Free up to $3K/mo, then from $99/mo
- Wild Apricot
- From $66/mo, by contact count
Fee for using your own Stripe
Wild Apricot's Payment System Servicing Fee, US and Canada based accounts
- Checkout Page
- None
- Wild Apricot
- 20% of your plan price
Free plan
Wild Apricot online payments require a paid plan
- Checkout Page
- Up to $3K in monthly sales
- Wild Apricot
- 60-day trial, then paid
Membership dues and automatic renewals
- Checkout Page
- Yes
- Wild Apricot
- Yes
Event tickets and check-in
- Checkout Page
- Yes
- Wild Apricot
- Yes
Donations
- Checkout Page
- Yes
- Wild Apricot
- Yes
Selling digital and physical products
- Checkout Page
- Yes
- Wild Apricot
- Yes
Member database and directory
Wild Apricot is built around this, we are not
- Checkout Page
- No
- Wild Apricot
- Yes
Member-only website and CMS
We are the payments layer for the site you already have
- Checkout Page
- No
- Wild Apricot
- Yes
Switch the money side in an afternoon
Your website and your member list can stay exactly where they are. Rebuild what you charge for, connect Stripe, and repoint your payment links.
- 1
Create your checkouts
Set up your membership levels as recurring dues, your events as event pages with ticket tiers, and your donation page.
- 2
Connect your Stripe account
Connect your own Stripe account. Dues, tickets and donations pay out directly to you, with no fee for choosing Stripe.
- 3
Repoint your links
Swap the payment links on your existing website and in your emails. Members see your brand at every step.
"I did my research when looking for a way to sell event tickets. I did the math forward and backward, short term and long term to see what the best way would be. Checkout Page came out at the top of my list. When I began to use the platform, it was extremely easy to set up."
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know before switching from Wild Apricot.
Before you decide
Our exact pricing, real checkouts, and how organizations like yours made the switch from Wild Apricot.
Collect dues, tickets and donations without paying by the contact
Keep your website and your member list. Move the money side to your own Stripe account. Free up to $3K in monthly sales.
Free plan available. No credit card needed.