Comparisons
SaySo vs Stan Store: price, features and payments compared (2026)
Stan's $29 plan leaves out discount codes, upsells and payment plans. SaySo includes them at $19. Here's the side-by-side, and when Stan is the better fit.
Kim DoyalOct 29, 2026 · 5 min read
The short version
- Stan and SaySo both charge a flat monthly price and take nothing from your sales, so the difference is in what that price includes.
- Stan's $29 Creator plan leaves out discount codes, order bumps, upsells, payment plans and pixels, which sit on the $99 Creator Pro plan.
- SaySo includes all of those at $19 a month.
- Stan is the better pick if you sell mainly from Instagram or TikTok and want hosted courses, a community or Instagram auto-DMs built in.
Stan and SaySo agree on the big thing. A percentage of every sale is a tax on doing well, and both of us said no to it. So this one comes down to what you get for the monthly price, and where your money sits while you wait for it.
SaySo vs Stan Store at a glance
| SaySo | Stan Creator | Stan Creator Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $19 (founding price for the first 100 sellers, kept for as long as you stay), then $29 | $29, or $300 a year | $99, or $948 a year |
| Cut of each sale | None | None | None |
| Discount codes | Included | Not included | Included |
| Order bumps and upsells | Included, plus a downsell | Not included | Included |
| Payment plans | Included, 2 to 24 payments | Not included | Included |
| Meta Pixel and Google Analytics | Included | Not included | Included |
| Email marketing | Connects to your email service (Bento, Kit, beehiiv, MailerLite, ActiveCampaign, Flodesk) | Not included | Built in |
| Affiliates | Not yet | Not included | Included |
| Your Stripe account | Your own, existing or new | A new account managed by Stan. An existing one can't be connected. | Same as Creator |
What a $2,000 month costs on each
Say you sell a $50 product 40 times in a month, all to buyers on US cards. That's $2,000 in sales.
| SaySo (founding price) | SaySo (after founding) | Stan Creator | Stan Creator Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform fee | $19 | $29 | $29 | $99 |
| Card processing (2.9% + 30¢) | $70 | $70 | $70 | $70 |
| Total for the month | $89 | $99 | $99 | $169 |
On price alone, SaySo and Stan's Creator plan land close together. The gap opens when you want the selling tools. A discount code for your list, a payment plan for a bigger offer or an order bump at checkout all move you to Creator Pro, and that's $80 a month more than SaySo's founding price ($70 more than Creator) for the same 40 sales.
One smaller thing. Stan's fee page lists a Stripe payout fee of 0.25% + 25¢ per payout (minimum $1) on its accounts. With your own Stripe account, Stripe's standard payout schedule is free.
Where Stan is the better pick
- You sell mostly from social. Stan is built around a link-in-bio store, and Creator includes AutoDM for Instagram, so a comment can turn into a link in someone's inbox.
- You want your course and community hosted in the same place. Stan's Creator plan includes courses and a community. SaySo delivers files and video links, and doesn't host a course player or a community.
- You want email marketing and affiliates in one bill. On Creator Pro, Stan has email broadcasts, flows and an affiliate program built in. SaySo connects to the email service you already use, and affiliates are still coming.
- Your buyers want Afterpay or Klarna, or PayPal. Stan supports PayPal, and Afterpay and Klarna on Creator Pro. SaySo is Stripe only for now.
Where SaySo fits better
- You want the selling tools without the $99 plan. Discount codes, payment plans, an order bump, an upsell and a downsell, and Meta Pixel and Google Analytics are all on SaySo's one plan.
- You want to keep your own Stripe account. On Stan, you open a new Stripe account that Stan manages. With SaySo, you connect your own, existing or new, and it stays yours. Buyers pay straight into it.
- You'd rather run your store from a conversation. Connect SaySo to Claude and you can ask it to add a product, edit a draft, check sales or change your store design. New discount codes and price changes wait for your approval, and Settings › Activity shows every change marked You, Your Claude or SaySo.
- You want a store on your own domain. SaySo includes your own domain and three store templates, and you can run up to three stores on one account.
- You sell services as well as products. A SaySo service product can send buyers to your Calendly, Cal.com or Google booking page after they pay.
What SaySo doesn't do yet
I'd rather you know now than find out in month three.
- No affiliate program yet, and no marketplace. Both are on the way, not here yet.
- No built-in email broadcasts. SaySo hands buyers to your email service instead.
- Stripe only for now. No PayPal.
- SaySo isn't the merchant of record and doesn't calculate or add sales tax or VAT at checkout. You're the seller, so working out and paying what you owe is yours to manage.
- Stripe can still restrict a Stripe account. Owning the account means it's your relationship with Stripe instead of somebody else's... it doesn't make the risk disappear.
FAQ
Does Stan Store take a percentage of sales? No. Stan's fee page says it takes 0% of transactions and charges only the monthly plan. Stripe or PayPal still charge their processing fees, the same as on SaySo.
Is SaySo cheaper than Stan? On the base plans they're close: $19 or $29 for SaySo, $29 for Stan Creator. If you need discount codes, payment plans, order bumps or pixels, Stan puts those on Creator Pro at $99, and SaySo includes them.
Can I use my existing Stripe account with Stan? No. Stan's help center says you'll create a new Stripe account managed by Stan, and an existing account can't be connected. SaySo connects to your own Stripe account.
Does SaySo have Instagram auto-DMs like Stan? No. That's one of Stan's strengths for social-first sellers.
Can I sell coaching calls on SaySo? Yes. A service product takes payment and then sends the buyer to your Calendly, Cal.com or Google booking page.
Can I run SaySo from Claude? Yes. Connect it once, and Claude can create and edit products, publish them and change your store design. A new discount code, or publishing a new price, waits for your approval.
Can I move from Stan to SaySo? Yes. Keep your Stan store open while you rebuild your products in SaySo, then point your link-in-bio at the new store. Your old Stan links won't forward, so update anywhere you've shared them.
Sources
All checked October 29, 2026.
- Stan: Creator vs Creator Pro: plan prices and which features sit on Creator Pro (page updated June 23, 2026)
- Stan, Stripe, and PayPal transaction fees: 0% Stan fee, Stripe rates, payout fee (page updated September 23, 2026)
- How to connect Stan with Stripe: new Stan-managed Stripe account, existing accounts can't be connected (page updated October 9, 2026)
- Stripe pricing: 2.9% + 30¢ on US cards, free standard payouts
- SaySo's home page and help center for SaySo's price, features and what Claude can change
Written by
Kim DoyalFounder of SaySo. Kim built the store she wanted: one price, everything turned on, and every sale going straight to the seller.
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