# Payhip Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Payhip Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Payhip

## What is Payhip?

Payhip enables anyone to sell digital products or memberships directly to their fans and followers. \*\*\*\*Payhip makes it a piece of cake to sell and promote ebooks, courses, software, design assets, music, or any type of digital product directly.\*\*\*\* You can embed Payhip directly into your website or you can use our storefront to sell your work. Whether you want to sell ebooks, memberships, courses, software, designs, music, or anything else, Payhip takes care of everything.

## What is Payhip used for?

[eCommerce](https://www.capterra.com/ecommerce-software/)

Top alternative

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Overall rating

Based on 27 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

93%

Neutral

4%

Negative

4%

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Payhip

4.5 (27)

VS.

[4.2 (1,300)](https://www.capterra.com/p/135618/Odoo/reviews/)

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Starting Price

$31.1

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.6 (27)

Ease Of Use

4.0 (6,162)

Value For Money

4.6 (27)

Value For Money

4.1 (5,088)

Customer Service

4.2 (26)

Customer Service

3.9 (4,868)

## Payhip alternatives

Highest Rated

[Shopify](https://www.capterra.com/p/83891/Shopify/)

[4.5 (6,680)](https://www.capterra.com/p/83891/Shopify/reviews/)

Starting price

$29.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

93%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/83891/Shopify/)

[WooCommerce](https://www.capterra.com/p/225601/WooCommerce/)

[4.5 (1,042)](https://www.capterra.com/p/225601/WooCommerce/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

94%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/225601/WooCommerce/)

[Wix](https://www.capterra.com/p/169007/Wix/)

[4.4 (10,640)](https://www.capterra.com/p/169007/Wix/reviews/)

Starting price

$17.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

88%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/169007/Wix/)

[Squarespace](https://www.capterra.com/p/143461/Squarespace/)

[4.5 (3,393)](https://www.capterra.com/p/143461/Squarespace/reviews/)

Starting price

$25.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

93%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/143461/Squarespace/)

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Shopping Cart

4.4 (16)

81.25% of 16 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Checkout of online store

Data Security

4.5 (13)

84.62% of 13 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Protect sensitive data for digital privacy

Website Management

4.1 (13)

84.62% of 13 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Built-in website builder or integration with third-party site

Order Management

4.1 (12)

58.33% of 12 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage and track customer orders for goods, investments, or any other purchases

Mobile Access

4.6 (8)

62.50% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Templates

5.0 (8)

75.00% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Sample files or documents that could be customized as needed or used as is

Payhip 11 features

Create and manage digital catalog of products/services with their details, specifications, and price

Protect sensitive data for digital privacy

Create and send email blasts/campaigns

Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Manage and track customer orders for goods, investments, or any other purchases

Optimize and manage the search engine optimization efforts for a website or digital content

Manage and track orders being shipped to customers

Checkout of online store

Sample files or documents that could be customized as needed or used as is

Built-in website builder or integration with third-party site

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Features

4.4 (27)

4.4

Based on 27 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.6 (27)

Free Version

Basic

£0.00

Value for money

4.6 (27)

4.6

Based on 27 reviews

## Integrations

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.2 (26)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.2 (26)

4.2

Based on 26 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.5

Based on 27 reviews

Filter by rating

5(17)

4(8)

3(1)

2(0)

1(1)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

AR

Alexis R.

admin

Design

### "Payhip is my go to"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

April 23, 2026

I love Payhip because it’s such an easy and beginner-friendly tool to use. It allows you to do more than just sell products—you can also create blog content, promote your items, and set up upsells to increase your earnings.

Pros

Payhip is extremely easy to navigate, even for beginners who have little to no experience with online selling platforms.

Cons

Payhip requires you to handle your own advertising and promotion. While the platform gives you the tools to upload and sell your products, it doesn’t automatically bring in traffic or customers.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

IA

Ibrahim A.

Admin

Marketing and Advertising

### "Simple Platform for Selling Digital Products"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

April 18, 2026

Payhip is a great choice for beginners and small creators who want a simple way to start selling online without technical hassle.

Pros

Payhip is very easy to use, beginner-friendly, and allows quick setup for selling digital products. It handles payments, file delivery, and basic marketing in one place.

Cons

Payhip has limited customization and fewer advanced marketing features compared to bigger platforms.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Ceo and founder

Writing and Editing

### "Payhip is the way to go"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 20, 2026

I havent had issues and its been truly an awesome overall experience with them. I highly recommend payhip.

Pros

Payhip is user friendly setup. I have enjoyed using payhip. It has many useful add ons like analytics and the blog feature.

Cons

It could have more addons. Thats pretty much it though on the cons for me. I like simple and this is it.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Chris L.

Operations

Publishing

### "How my Payhip store become a hub for my online sales strategy. "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

February 25, 2026

I started using Payhip to sell my non-fictio books that weren't moving on other platforms. I had such a small audience and compared to other sites that did the same thing, Payhip just felt easier to use and set up. Plus I liked the store, and up-sell options: when somone adds a book to their cart, I can offer more books at a discount, which can increase total sale per client. It was easy to integrate with my ESP, and even has options inside payhip to create and send update emails. (like when I announce a new books!) There are subscription options, and membership, plus I can sell physical items, which helps if I want to clean out some of my vintage closet contents and share with my newsletter.

Pros

I have been using payhip as my main store for over three years and would recommend it to any author, creator or even a unique newsletter specialist. It literally takes three minutes to add a new product, it can be integrated with email service providers (when someone buys a product, it adds them to a list) plus on the Payhip store, there are cross sell and marketing opportunities that take seconds to set up.

Cons

Payment processing fees are in line with others, but it won't deposit on weekends, and because of the time zone, sales payments might feel like processing pay out takes an extra day. This can be a frustration at first, but as you reach daily sales, the processing time can even out.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Matthew G.

Coach

Health, Wellness and Fitness

### "Where Has Payhip Been All My Life?!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

November 5, 2025

I am blown away by how robust Payhip is for a free offering! Where has this platform been all my life!! I spent a long time setting up and testing a comparable platform that cost $135 month and it drove me crazy trying to wrap my head around the interface and work flow. PayHip is straight forward no nonsense!

Pros

It's totally FREE to start! It's got so many great features that you will pay dearly for on other platforms.

Cons

The user interface is somewhat convoluted trying to access pages to edit. Style sheets and ability to embed audio and video on public pages is limited.

Switched from

[Thinkific](https://www.capterra.com/p/132888/Thinkific/)

Mmmmm.... Thinkific started off really good. Over time it turned out to be a dud for the price.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Donna B.

Owner, Therapist

Health, Wellness and Fitness

### "Easy to use, works smoothly and a great price, what’s not to love!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 26, 2025

When I had a question, it was answered by support promptly. I found the software easy to use and downloads work swiftly for my clients.

Pros

Easy to use and works so well. I love that Payhip lets you use the software without a monthly charge, this is so helpful when getting started.

Cons

I haven’t found anything I dislike yet. If I was being picky I would say that it just took me a few clicks to figure out the design/colour options.

Switched from

[STAN AI](https://www.capterra.com/p/10011693/STAN-AI/)

Due to the monthly charge from Stan and the restrictions on adding clients to my email list.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Jade M.

Digital Marketing Specialist

Marketing and Advertising

### "Simple and affordable for selling digital products. "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

September 6, 2025

Pay-hip is smooth and creator friendly. It takes away a lot of the friction of setting up an online store. It's a little boring on Ui/Ux side of things but it gets the job done.

Pros

Payhip is a cool platform for creators who want an easy way to sell digital products, memberships, or courses without needing complicated technical setups. Has the essentials down to a T, not bloated with features.

Cons

Design customization is limited, lacks robust marketing analytics which can be helpful to digital creators. This is really digital product focused rather than volume.

Alternatives considered

[Squarespace](https://www.capterra.com/p/143461/Squarespace/)

Reasons for choosing Payhip

I've tested other products to see what works best for myself and other clients I manage. Payhip is very easy and straightforward for digital creators.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Juliana L. S.

Online Marketing Manager

Entertainment

### "An efficient bridge to sales funnels and creative monetization"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

August 9, 2025

Using Payhip has been smooth. Setup is easy, and it's great for digital products, though customization is a bit limited. I have successfully began monetizing social media pages for myself and my clients.

Pros

The value for money is excellent, as there is a free plan with full features for those that are just starting.

Cons

While it can start off great in terms of frugality, the transaction fees for the free plan higher than that of the paid plan. It will add up, and eventually you will feel like it only makes sense to upgrade.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Patrice M.

Digital Marketer

Retail

### "Payhip is a good beginners option for E-commerce"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

June 5, 2025

So far I like the ease of using it because I am new to the e-commerce world, and it was an easy set up and also easy for any customers to use

Pros

The ease of selling Digital products, Free setup, and pricing when you are just starting out with e-commerce

Cons

So far, the Limitations of customer management features, but I am new to using it to sell my Ebooks and journals

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

SH

Sadie H.

Owner operator

Cosmetics

### "Effective and easy to use "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

May 4, 2025

Overall my experience has been positive and I think more people shouldn’t use it

Pros

It is easy to use and is easy to get set up and started.

Cons

Doesn’t have much notoriety yet so it isn’t always easy to get people to use

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/251233/Payhip/reviews/)

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