ThriveCart takes the payment. Tapmy runs the store.
ThriveCart is built to tune the transaction. Tapmy hosts, sells and delivers the whole creator business around it, from the first link in bio visit to the next offer.
Pick Tapmy if you want the whole store and not only the cart. It hosts and delivers your files, Courses, calls and memberships behind a public store, with One-Step Checkout. ThriveCart is the specialist for order bumps, upsells and affiliate programs. On cost, ThriveCart Standard is $47/month (or a promotional one-time $495 licence), does not host digital files, and some Stripe accounts carry ThriveCart application fees. Tapmy's Free plan takes no fee (0%), then Pro at $29/month charges 3% of sales and Max 1%.
Hosting and delivery included
ThriveCart links out to files hosted elsewhere. Tapmy delivers downloads and Courses right after checkout, so there is no second host to pay for.
Every sale feeds one record
A template buyer can become a call booking, a call booking a Course buyer, and a Webinar attendee a Community member, all in one customer record.
What you gain when the cart is not the whole business.
ThriveCart does one job well: it takes the payment. The file sits on another host, the storefront is somewhere else and calls run in a third tool. Tapmy keeps the shop window, the checkout and the delivery in one place.
What holds you back on ThriveCart
- It does not host digital files, so you link to them.
- It has no public creator storefront, only checkout and funnel pages.
- No booking tool is listed for paid calls.
- Stripe application fees can apply (0.5% on some accounts since October 2026).
| Feature |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| File hosting and delivery after checkout | Yes | No |
| Creator Store, a public storefront | Yes | No |
| Link in bio that opens the whole catalog | Yes | No |
| Schedule Link for 1:1 calls and Services | Yes | No |
| Webinars next to every offer | Yes | No |
Where Tapmy beats a cart on its own.
The sale starts before the payment form
A branded Creator Store lets buyers browse your full offer ladder, so they reach checkout already knowing what they want.
One model for every format
Services, Schedule Link, Digital Products, Courses, Webinars and Community share the same store and customer record. You do not bolt a public site onto a checkout engine.
No separate file host
Files and lessons live in Tapmy and unlock after payment. ThriveCart expects you to link to storage you manage.
Less to tune
ThriveCart rewards teams that keep adjusting checkout mechanics. Tapmy suits a creator who wants a simple store that stays easy to run. See one store for every offer.
Pick Tapmy over ThriveCart if this is you.
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| You want files and Courses hosted and delivered right after checkout. | Yes | No |
| You want a public storefront behind your bio link, not only checkout pages. | Yes | No |
| You want paid 1:1 calls booked natively in the same store. | Yes | No |
| You want Webinars and Community sold from the same catalog. | Yes | No |
| You want to start on a Free plan, not a paid cart. | Yes | No |
Already selling through ThriveCart? Keep the carts that earn.
A checkout that earns today can stay. Launch your next offer on Tapmy's Free plan, with hosting, delivery and booking built in, while your existing carts keep running.
Once the store converts, move your bio link and simple offers, then retire the cart and the file host behind it. Comparing funnel tools too? See Tapmy vs ClickFunnels.
Tapmy vs ThriveCart. Capability by capability.
What a creator needs around the checkout, checked against ThriveCart's own pages on October 16, 2026.
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| File hosting and delivery | Yes, delivered right after checkout | No, you link to files hosted elsewhere |
| 1:1 booking | Native scheduling | Not listed |
| Is there a public creator storefront? | Link in Bio plus Creator Store | Checkout and funnel specialist |
| Can you run paid Webinars? | Yes, native Webinars | Not the primary product model |
| Price | Only $29/mo | $47/mo |
Tapmy vs ThriveCart pricing.
At $2,000 a month in sales, Tapmy Free costs $70 including card processing. ThriveCart Standard (monthly) costs $117. ThriveCart has no free plan (30-day free trial on monthly plans).
| Feature | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per month | $0 | $47 | $87 |
| Price per year | $0 | $444 | $804 |
| Platform fee on sales | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Billing notes | Cancel anytime | $37/mo billed yearly | $67/mo billed yearly |
What you pay each month
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | $17.50 | $64.50 |
| $2,000 | $70 | $117 |
| $10,000 | $350 | $397 |
Subscription, platform fees and card processing, assuming $50 orders. Where a platform charges processing separately (Tapmy included), it is counted at Stripe's US rate of 2.9% + $0.30. ThriveCart advertises 0% fees, but Stripe accounts can carry ThriveCart application fees: 0.7% Stripe Billing on recurring charges, a 0.5% sales-tax surcharge, and a 0.5% external platform fee on some Stripe accounts since October 8, 2026.
Yearly totals are ThriveCart's monthly-equivalent yearly price × 12.
ThriveCart also sells a one-time Standard licence for $495 (a promotional price that ThriveCart says may end).
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Move off ThriveCart without breaking checkouts that earn.
Rank your carts by revenue.
List products, checkout pages, order bumps, upsells, affiliates, subscriptions and integrations. Mark the ones that bring in most of your income.
Upload what you used to link to.
Add your files and Courses to Tapmy as offers, so delivery no longer depends on an outside host. Start with Add a digital product.
Start with simple offers.
Move one-time Digital Products, Services and Courses that do not rely on upsell trees.
Connect Stripe and buy your own product.
Connect Stripe and get paid, then check delivery, confirmation and refund handling.
Test before you send traffic.
Follow Test before switching traffic and compare conversion and order value against the old cart.
Leave affiliate and upsell flows alone.
Keep them running in ThriveCart until Tapmy covers the outcome you need.
Active subscriptions and affiliate commitments need their own plan, and buyer access does not transfer automatically. There is no verified one-click ThriveCart migration. Reconcile refunds and attribution before you retire a cart.