# Checkout cost calculator: fees at your revenue · CheckoutScale > Source: https://checkoutscale.com/best/checkout-cost-calculator-what-each-platform-costs-at-your-monthly-revenue ## Checkout cost calculator: what each platform costs at your monthly revenue The plan price on a pricing page is the smallest part of the bill once you sell at volume. Enter your monthly revenue and order count, and the calculator adds the plan, the vendor's cut of each sale and card processing for every platform we review, then sorts them by total. By [Marcus Reyes](/authors/marcus-reyes), Editor. Published 13 October 2026. Treat every figure as an estimate. Card processing defaults to the 2.9% + 30¢ that SamCart publishes for SamPay on its [pricing page](https://www.samcart.com/pricing), and you can change it below. Your real rate depends on your gateway, your card mix and your merchant category. [Calculate your checkout costs](#calculator) now, or read how the numbers are built first. ### Estimate your monthly checkout cost Monthly gross revenue (USD) Orders per month Card processing rate (%) Processing fee per order (USD) Page views per month (optional) Only plans priced by page views use it. I need order bumps and one-click upsells Calculate my costs Fill in your revenue and orders, then press Calculate my costs. The table orders every platform by estimated total. ### How the estimate is built Each total is three numbers added together: the monthly plan, the vendor's own fee on your sales, and card processing. Where a vendor is a merchant of record or a marketplace, its per-sale fee already includes processing, so the third number is zero. Our explainer on [merchant of record vs payment processor](/compare/merchant-of-record-vs-payment-processor) covers what else changes when you sell that way. The plans and fees come from the same catalog rows that feed each vendor's pricing page on this site. Each figure was taken from the vendor's own pricing page, and the table further down shows the date we checked it. When a vendor sells several plans, the calculator takes the cheapest one that fits your inputs: a revenue cap, a page-view limit, or whether the plan includes bumps and upsells. That is how Kartra's Essentials plan, with its 5% transaction fee, loses to Starter once your revenue passes about $1,200 a month. Some costs are left out on purpose because they depend on how you run the account: ElasticFunnels page-view overages, GoHighLevel's SMS and email usage, SamCart's optional tax collection, Checkout Champ's billable add-ons, Sticky.io's fee on declined cards, affiliate commissions, payout fees and ClickBank's one-time activation fee. If one of those is large for your business, add it to the total by hand. The [method behind our rankings](/methodology) explains how the catalog itself is researched. ### Worked example: $50,000 a month across 500 orders Take a seller with a $100 average order who needs order bumps and upsells. At the default rate, processing comes to 2.9% of $50,000, which is $1,450, plus 500 orders at 30¢, which is $150\. That $1,600 is the same on every platform where you bring your own processor, so the plan and the platform fee decide the order. * **ClickFunnels Launch:** $97 a month and nothing per sale, as the [ClickFunnels plans FAQ](https://www.clickfunnels.com/pricing) confirms, so about $1,697 in all. * **SamCart Pro:** $199, the tier that carries the bump and upsell features, for a monthly total of around $1,799. * **ElasticFunnels Growth**, assuming around 120,000 page views: $197, then 0.5% of revenue through its own gateways ($250), then processing, about $2,047. * **Checkout Champ Growth:** a $300 plan and 1% of gross sales ($500), as [Checkout Champ lists them](https://checkoutchamp.com/pricing), for a total near $2,400. Comparing SamCart and ClickFunnels on cost at this volume, ClickFunnels comes out about $100 a month cheaper, and the whole gap is the subscription. If your offer runs without add-on offers, SamCart Core flips that result. The [SamCart pricing breakdown](/reviews/samcart/pricing) and the [ClickFunnels pricing breakdown](/reviews/clickfunnels/pricing) list every tier, and the [ElasticFunnels pricing breakdown](/reviews/elasticfunnels/pricing) shows how its page-view limits map to plans. ### When the plan price misleads A low or zero subscription often hides a percentage that grows with you. Kartra Essentials looks cheap until its 5% fee meets real revenue, at which point a $97 flat plan elsewhere costs a fraction as much. Marketplaces and merchants of record work the other way round. ClickBank charges 7.5% + $1.00 per sale with no monthly plan, as [ClickBank explains](https://www.clickbank.com/how-clickbank-works/). Paddle and Lemon Squeezy charge 5% + 50¢, and Gumroad takes 10% + 50¢ before processing. The [merchant of record fee calculator](/best/merchant-of-record-fee-calculator-paddle-lemon-squeezy-fastspring-and-gumroad-at) prices those four at your order count, including Lemon Squeezy's add-ons and Gumroad's card line. That is cheap at $2,000 a month and the most expensive line on the table at $50,000, though the fee also buys tax handling, dispute handling or an affiliate marketplace that a plain checkout does not include. PayKickstart sits between the two. The [PayKickstart plan page](https://app.paykickstart.com/pricing) offers $79 a month for up to $3,000 in monthly revenue, or a Launch plan at 6% of revenue with no subscription. Its higher subscription tiers sit on a slider, so past that cap the calculator shows Launch and links you to [PayKickstart's pricing page here](/reviews/paykickstart/pricing) to compare a tier quote against it. My take: run the calculator at the revenue you expect six months from now, not today's. Percentage fees are the line that grows fastest as ad spend scales, and switching checkouts later means rebuilding funnels and re-testing. For sellers whose processor is the real constraint, the guide to [high-risk merchant account providers](/best/best-high-risk-merchant-account-providers-for-online-sellers) covers the rate and reserve side that this calculator holds constant, and the [chargeback ratio checker](/best/chargeback-ratio-checker-your-dispute-ratio-against-visa-and-mastercard-threshol) shows how close your dispute rate is to the card networks' monitoring thresholds. ### The fee rules behind the calculator Every vendor the calculator covers, alphabetically, with the plans it can choose from. Monthly figures are in US dollars. * [Builderall](/reviews/builderall/pricing) (checked 2026-09-29) Priced in euros Essentials, the first plan with a checkout, is €21.75 a month billed annually. Not converted to dollars. * [BuyGoods](/reviews/buygoods/pricing) (checked 2026-09-28) Quote required Merchant of record with a per-sale cut quoted per vendor. * [CartFlows](/reviews/cartflows/pricing) (checked 2026-09-27) * Starter: 8.25 a month plus 0% of sales * Pro: 16.58 a month plus 0% of sales Billed yearly ($99 Starter, $199 Pro), shown per month at first-year prices; renewals cost more. Bumps and upsells need Pro. WooCommerce gateway fees are yours. * [Checkout Champ](/reviews/checkout-champ/pricing) (checked 2026-10-13) * Growth: 300 a month plus 1% of sales 1% of gross sales through the platform. Processor fees and billable add-ons are separate. Enterprise lowers the percentage by volume on a quote. * [ClickBank](/reviews/clickbank/pricing) (checked 2026-10-12) * Per sale: 0 a month plus 7.5% of sales and 1 per sale, processing included Marketplace: 7.5% + $1 per sale covers processing. The one-time $49.95 activation fee is not modelled. * [ClickFunnels](/reviews/clickfunnels/pricing) (checked 2026-10-13) * Launch: 97 a month plus 0% of sales * Scale: 197 a month plus 0% of sales * Optimize: 297 a month plus 0% of sales No percentage of sales on any plan. Card processing is paid to your own gateway. Dominate is annual only and is not in this list. * [Convertri](/reviews/convertri/pricing) (checked 2026-09-29) See vendor page Plan figures sit behind a toggle on Convertri's pricing page and are not in our catalog. * [Digistore24](/reviews/digistore24/pricing) (checked 2026-10-12) * Per sale (from): 0 a month plus 2.9% of sales and 1 per sale, processing included Starting rate of 2.9% + $1 per sale, including processing; the final rate varies by product, traffic source and volume. Payout fees are not modelled. * [ElasticFunnels](/reviews/elasticfunnels/pricing) (checked 2026-10-13) * Starter: 97 a month plus 0.5% of sales * Growth: 197 a month plus 0.5% of sales * Scale: 497 a month plus 0.5% of sales 0.5% applies only to sales through ElasticFunnels-run gateways; plan follows page views (50,000 / 250,000 / 500,000). Page-view overages are not modelled. * [FastSpring](/reviews/fastspring/pricing) (checked 2026-09-28) Quote required Flat-rate merchant-of-record pricing, quoted per seller. * [FunnelKit](/reviews/funnelkit/pricing) (checked 2026-09-28) * Basic: 8.29 a month plus 0% of sales * Plus: 12.46 a month plus 0% of sales Billed yearly ($99.50 Basic, $149.50 Plus), shown per month at first-year prices; renewals cost more. Bumps and upsells need Plus. WooCommerce gateway fees are yours. * [GoHighLevel](/reviews/gohighlevel/pricing) (checked 2026-10-12) * Starter: 97 a month plus 0% of sales SMS, voice, email and AI usage are billed separately and are not modelled. * [Gumroad](/reviews/gumroad/pricing) (checked 2026-10-12) * Direct sales: 0 a month plus 10% of sales and 0.5 per sale 10% + 50¢ on each direct sale, with card processing charged separately. * [JVZoo](/reviews/jvzoo/pricing) (checked 2026-10-13) * Own processor: 0 a month plus 5% of sales * JVZoo processing: 0 a month plus 8.5% of sales, processing included 5% per sale with your own Stripe or PayPal, or 8.5% with JVZoo processing. The calculator picks the cheaper of the two. * [Kajabi](/reviews/kajabi/pricing) (checked 2026-10-12) * Basic: 179 a month plus 0% of sales Basic on monthly billing. No revenue share. Kajabi Payments charges 2.9% + 30¢ on Basic; a third-party processor adds 2% on Basic. * [Kartra](/reviews/kartra/pricing) (checked 2026-10-12) * Essentials: 59 a month plus 5% of sales * Starter: 119 a month plus 0% of sales Essentials carries a 5% transaction fee and caps you at 5 pages and 1 product. Starter has no transaction fee. Monthly billing prices. * [Konnektive](/reviews/konnektive/pricing) (checked 2026-09-28) Quote required Demo-gated pricing with a platform fee quoted on a call. * [Lemon Squeezy](/reviews/lemon-squeezy/pricing) (checked 2026-10-12) * Per transaction: 0 a month plus 5% of sales and 0.5 per sale, processing included Merchant of record: 5% + 50¢ per transaction covers processing and tax. No monthly fee. * [MaxWeb](/reviews/maxweb/pricing) (checked 2026-09-29) CPA per offer An affiliate network with no seller subscription: advertisers pay a CPA per offer. * [Ontraport](/reviews/ontraport/pricing) (checked 2026-10-03) * Pro (billed annually): 124 a month plus 0% of sales Pro at its annual-billing rate; monthly billing costs more. Add-ons such as SMS are not modelled. * [Paddle](/reviews/paddle/pricing) (checked 2026-10-13) * Per transaction: 0 a month plus 5% of sales and 0.5 per sale, processing included Merchant of record: the per-sale fee includes card processing, tax and disputes. No monthly fee. * [PayKickstart](/reviews/paykickstart/pricing) (checked 2026-10-13) * Subscription: 79 a month plus 0% of sales * Launch: 0 a month plus 6% of sales The subscription plan has a monthly revenue cap, and PayKickstart shows its higher tiers only on an interactive slider, so past the cap the calculator uses the 6% Launch plan. * [Perspective](/reviews/perspective/pricing) (checked 2026-10-03) Priced in euros A lead-gen funnel builder; Base is €47 a month billed annually. Not converted to dollars. * [SamCart](/reviews/samcart/pricing) (checked 2026-10-13) * Core: 79 a month plus 0% of sales * Pro: 199 a month plus 0% of sales No platform fee on SamPay (2.9% + 30¢). Order bumps and upsells need Pro. Optional tax collection (50 or 35 bps) is not modelled. * [Sticky.io](/reviews/sticky-io/pricing) (checked 2026-09-28) * Base, 1% tier: 499 a month plus 1% of sales * Base, 0.75% tier: 499 a month plus 0.75% of sales * Base, 0.5% tier: 499 a month plus 0.5% of sales * Base, 0.25% tier: 499 a month plus 0.25% of sales $499 base licence plus a revenue share that falls by volume tier. The $0.04 fee per declined transaction is not modelled. * [Systeme.io](/reviews/systeme-io/pricing) (checked 2026-09-27) * Startup: 17 a month plus 0% of sales 0% transaction fees on every plan. A free plan exists for 3 funnels and 2,000 contacts; the calculator uses Startup. * [ThriveCart](/reviews/thrivecart/pricing) (checked 2026-10-12) * Standard: 47 a month plus 0% of sales The calculator uses the month-to-month price of Standard; paying for a year brings it down to $37 a month. 0% platform fee on sales. ### Your next step [Run your own numbers](#calculator), then open the pricing page for the platform you are leaning toward: each name in the results links straight to it. If two land close together, a head-to-head settles what the totals cannot, such as [SamCart vs ThriveCart](/compare/samcart-vs-thrivecart), [ClickFunnels vs GoHighLevel](/compare/clickfunnels-vs-gohighlevel) or [Checkout Champ vs ClickFunnels](/compare/checkout-champ-vs-clickfunnels). The [checkout and funnel software ranking](/best) says which of them we would trust with paid traffic, and why. ### Frequently asked questions Does ClickFunnels charge a transaction fee? ClickFunnels itself takes nothing per sale; its pricing FAQ answers that question with a plain no. You still pay whichever gateway you connect, so a sale through ClickFunnels costs the plan plus your processor's rate. Is SamCart cheaper than ClickFunnels? Only if Core covers you. Once you need order bumps or one-click upsells, SamCart moves to Pro and costs more each month than ClickFunnels Launch. Processing is close to identical on both, so the subscription decides it. What counts as a checkout platform transaction fee? It is the cut the software vendor takes from each sale, separate from the card processor's cut. Some vendors charge none, some charge a percentage on top of a plan, and merchants of record roll both into one per-sale price. Why does the calculator not show a price for some vendors? A few vendors quote each seller after a call, and two publish prices only in euros. Inventing a number for them would make the comparison look more complete than it is, so they sit below the table with the reason. Written by Last checked 2026-10-13 --- We rank the platforms that build the pages and host the checkout for teams running paid traffic: order bumps, one-click upsells, split-testing whole checkouts, different checkouts per traffic source, and payment routing for high-risk verticals. CheckoutScale [Top ↑](#main) We may earn a commission when you buy through links on this page. It never affects our rankings. © 2026 CheckoutScale. Independent and reader-supported.