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A Zlick alternative with no cut of your sales.

Zlick adds a paywall plugin to a WordPress site you run, and takes 10% of each transaction. PaywallProject builds, hosts, and runs your WordPress news site, with the paywall built in and no revenue share.

Feature
Starting price with a paywall
$299/moCommunity plan
No monthly feePlus 10% of each transaction
What your price is based on
The plan you pick
A 10% fee on each transaction, plus €199/mo on Premium
Revenue share on subscriptions
None
10%Transaction fee on each payment
Built on WordPress
Yes
PluginWordPress-only plugin with a hosted portal
Who runs the website day to day
We doHosting, updates, security, paywall
You doZlick runs the paywall; you run WordPress
Public notices, obituaries, and e‑edition
IncludedNoticePress, ObitPress, FlipPress
Not listed
Support from real people
YesEmail; Slack from $599/mo
YesEmail; dedicated account manager

Choose Zlick if

  • You already run your own WordPress site and want a paywall plugin you can set up yourself in minutes.
  • You would rather pay no monthly fee and give Zlick 10% of each transaction instead.
  • You want readers to pay in one click, without an account, for a subscription or a single article, including by phone bill in selected countries.

Choose PaywallProject if

  • You want a paywall, newsletter, and hosting from $299 a month, with no revenue share.
  • You would rather hand off the tech entirely and have us run the site.
  • You want public notices, obituaries, or an e-edition built in.

Questions publishers ask

Which costs less, Zlick or PaywallProject?

It depends on your subscription revenue. Zlick’s Essential plan has no monthly fee and takes 10% of each transaction. Its Premium plan is €199 a month plus the same 10%. PaywallProject’s Community plan is $299 a month with no revenue share, and it includes hosting and a team that runs your site. If you want to keep running your own WordPress site, our self-hosted plugin is $99 a month plus 5%. Stripe’s processing fees apply on both.

Does Zlick work with WordPress?

Yes. Zlick works only with WordPress. Its plugin shows readers a few preview paragraphs and then the paywall, and Zlick says setup takes about 10 minutes. You still host and maintain the WordPress site yourself. With PaywallProject, we build, host, and run the WordPress site for you, with the paywall built in, generally in 30 days or less.

Where does my subscriber data live?

With Zlick, your readers and their subscriptions are stored in the Zlick portal, and card payments run through a Stripe account you connect. With PaywallProject, payments go straight to your own Stripe account, your subscribers live in your WordPress site, and you can export them at any time.

Can I move from Zlick to PaywallProject?

Yes. We handle the move for you. We bring your subscribers over and create their subscriptions in Stripe going forward, so renewals keep running. Readers who pay Zlick through their phone bill have no card on file, so they’ll add a card when we move them. Zlick runs on WordPress, so your stories stay in WordPress too.

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Prices are taken from Zlick’s public pricing page, where they are listed in euros, and may change. Payment processing fees (such as Stripe’s) apply on both platforms. “Not listed” means the feature isn’t shown on that company’s pricing page.Last updated October 2026Compare all platforms