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 attendee 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.
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 money lands in your own account. 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 attendees, 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 $29/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, and that is a fair deal if the database is the product you are buying: the member records, the directory, the members-only site and the CMS all come with it. It stops being a fair deal when what you actually needed was to collect dues, sell tickets and take donations. Then a good year, a big fundraiser or a growing mailing list all arrive as a bigger invoice for a job that did not get harder.
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 from every checkout, event and form live in one place, with their full history, and export to a spreadsheet or your CRM whenever you want.
Pay when you sell, not when you store
Free up to $3K in monthly sales, then volume-based plans from $29/mo ($24/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+
- stores running on Checkout Page
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.
| Capability | Checkout Page | Wild Apricot |
|---|---|---|
Payment processing Both pay out to a merchant account in your own name | Your own Stripe account | Your own Stripe, PayPal or Personify |
Pricing Wild Apricot is billed by contact count, from $66/mo for 100 contacts | Free up to $3K/mo, then from $29/mo | From $66/mo, by contact count |
Fee for using your own Stripe Wild Apricot's Payment System Servicing Fee, US and Canada based accounts | None | 20% of your plan price |
Free plan Wild Apricot online payments require a paid plan | Up to $3K in monthly sales | 60-day trial, then paid |
Membership dues and automatic renewals | Yes | Yes |
Event tickets and check-in | Yes | Yes |
Donations | Yes | Yes |
Selling digital and physical products | Yes | Yes |
Member database and directory Wild Apricot is built around this, we are not | No | Yes |
Member-only website and CMS We are the payments layer for the site you already have | No | 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.
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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.