name: Strikingly FinOps
description: Financial operations considerations for Strikingly, covering cost optimization strategies, transaction fees, billing cycles, and total cost of ownership for teams using the Strikingly platform to manage websites, ecommerce, and memberships.
url: https://www.strikingly.com/s/pricing
costFactors:
  - name: Subscription Plan
    description: Primary cost is the monthly or annual subscription plan (Free, Limited, Pro, VIP). Annual billing provides significant savings versus monthly billing.
    type: Recurring
  - name: Transaction Fees
    description: Strikingly charges transaction fees on ecommerce sales. Free and Limited plans incur 5%, Pro plans 2%, and VIP plans 0%. Higher transaction volume may justify upgrading to a higher plan to reduce per-transaction costs.
    type: Variable
  - name: Domain Registration
    description: Custom domain costs approximately $24.95/year if not included with the plan or registered externally.
    type: Recurring
  - name: Custom Email
    description: Professional email hosting add-on costs $25/year per account.
    type: Recurring
  - name: Audience Plan Add-on
    description: Optional add-on for live chat, email campaigns, and advanced membership features at $10/month.
    type: Recurring
optimization:
  - name: Annual Billing
    description: Choose annual billing to save approximately 20% versus monthly billing across all plans. A 5-year plan provides up to 43% savings versus monthly pricing.
    savings: Up to 43% versus monthly billing
  - name: Transaction Fee Optimization
    description: For high-volume stores, calculate whether upgrading to Pro (2% fee) or VIP (0% fee) saves more than the additional subscription cost based on monthly sales volume.
    formula: "Upgrade to Pro when: monthly_sales * 0.03 > (pro_plan_cost - limited_plan_cost); Upgrade to VIP when: monthly_sales * 0.02 > (vip_plan_cost - pro_plan_cost)"
  - name: Site Consolidation
    description: The Pro plan allows 3 sites and VIP allows 5 sites. Consolidating multiple sites onto a single account plan is more cost-effective than managing separate subscriptions.
  - name: Free Sites
    description: Pro plan includes unlimited free (subdomain) sites in addition to the 3 Pro sites, enabling testing and staging environments at no additional cost.
billing:
  - type: Monthly
    description: Pay month-to-month with flexibility to cancel anytime. Higher per-month cost.
  - type: Annual
    description: Pay once per year at a discounted rate versus monthly billing.
  - type: 5-Year
    description: Maximum commitment option with the deepest discount, up to 43% savings versus monthly billing.
pricing:
  - plan: Free
    monthly: 0
    annual: 0
  - plan: Limited
    monthly: 12
    annual: 96
    annualPerMonth: 8
    fiveYear: 6
  - plan: Pro
    monthly: 20
    annual: 192
    annualPerMonth: 16
    fiveYear: 11.20
  - plan: VIP
    monthly: 59
    annual: 588
    annualPerMonth: 49
    fiveYear: 34.40
currency: USD