Two percent, or a licence. We only have the percentage, and it is half.
SureCart takes 2% on its free plan and drops the fee on plans from $179 a year. Milo takes one percent through Milo Payments, has no plan above it, and keeps the whole store inside your own WordPress and WooCommerce.
SureCart
A hosted checkout with a WordPress plugin
2%
on the free plan
Plus 1% on payments through Milo Payments, and nothing with your own gateway.
Their free plan carries a 2% transaction fee; paid plans start at $179 a year with no fee. Checked July 2026. Their pricing
| Milo | SureCart | |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction fee | 1% with Milo Payments, 0% with your own gateway | 2% on the free plan |
| Fee-free option | Any Gateway add-on, one purchase | A plan from $179 a year |
| Where the store lives | Your WordPress and WooCommerce | Their hosted checkout |
| Where orders are stored | Your database | Their platform |
| Database overhead | Your subscribers are rows you own | None, because the rows are theirs |
| Works with your existing WooCommerce catalogue | Yes | Separate product setup |
| Leaving | Migrator, in the free plugin | Export and rebuild |
| Open source | GPL, on WordPress.org | Plugin is open, platform is not |
Where we actually differ
This is the honest one: SureCart is a good product with a different bet. Theirs is that a hosted checkout is worth the fee. Ours is that your store should stay in your database, and that one percent is enough.
Decide with your own store, not our table.
The engine is free and the migrator runs on a staging copy, so you can see the result before committing anything.