Compared, honestly
Memorial Websites, Compared
Choosing where a memorial lives is a decision a family makes once, on a hard week, for decades. This is the comparison we would want handed to us: the major services side by side, prices from their own pages, and the question that matters most — what happens to the page when the paying stops.
Every price verified October 2026 from each service's own pages. If one has changed, tell us and we will fix it the same week.
The services, side by side
Prices verified October 2026 · sources at the foot of the page
| Service | The free page | Paid | How it is paid | When the paying stops |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Miss You Memorial | Story, timeline, family tree, service with RSVP, 12 photographs, 10 memories — every word approved by the family | Plus · $197 | Once. No subscription exists | Nothing stops — free stays free forever, and Plus never renews |
| ForeverMissed | Tributes, stories, 100+ themes, unlimited collaborators, 5 photos | Premium · $9.95 a month or $79.95 a year · Lifetime $159.95 | Monthly and yearly auto-renew until canceled; lifetime is one payment | Not spelled out on their pages — the company has said content is kept and a page can revert to free; the lifetime plan avoids the question |
| Ever Loved | Obituary, funeral details, RSVPs, photos, fundraising | Free · Premium $199.99 once (pre-approval of posts, password, product links removed) · donations carry 2.9% + 30¢ processing | One-time Premium; no platform fee on donations — the platform earns around the funeral (flowers, products, tips) | Nothing to lapse — free and Premium pages stay up, in their words, indefinitely |
| Keeper | Guest book and tributes, up to 5 photos and videos | Keeper Plus · $99 · Concierge $350 | Once. No subscription | Free pages never expire; nothing renews |
| GatheringUs | A memorial page — now migrating to Keeper (mykeeper.com) after the acquisition | Facilitated events: Livestream Only $750 · Core $1,400–$1,850 · Premium $2,100–$2,300, a Keeper Plus page included | Per event, once | In their words the memorial remains online; after migration, Keeper's no-deletion promise applies |
| Legacy.com | Obituaries with a staff-moderated guest book, rather than a family-run memorial page | Online-only obituary $149 flat · newspaper placement priced by each paper (their samples: $85–$780 short, $290–$1,930 long) | Per placement, once | The $149 obituary is sold as permanently published; newspaper guest-book terms vary by notice |
Each service, plainly
I Miss You Memorial — a complete tribute page free forever — their story, timeline, family tree, 12 photographs, 10 approved memories, the service with RSVP — and Plus at $197 paid once for everything else: unlimited media, their voice, and the page played at the service. No subscription exists; nothing renews; everything is always exportable.
ForeverMissed — the longest-running of the memorial sites — since 2008, ad-free, more than 100 themes. Premium is $9.95 a month, $79.95 a year, or $159.95 once for lifetime. The full comparison →
Ever Loved — a free memorial page built around funeral fundraising — no platform fee, 2.9% + 30¢ processing — inside a funeral marketplace, with a $199.99 one-time Premium for pre-approval of posts, a password, and removing the product links. The full comparison →
Keeper — free with up to 5 photos and videos; Keeper Plus is $99 once, Concierge $350. Memorials 'designed to last a lifetime', and nothing renews. The full comparison →
GatheringUs — an events company for virtual and hybrid memorial services — published packages $750 to $2,300 with facilitators and tech support — part of Keeper Memorials, where its memorial pages are migrating. The full comparison →
Legacy.com — where newspaper obituaries live online. A family can place an online-only obituary with a guest book for a flat $149, or buy placement in one of 2,800+ partner papers at each paper's own rates — Legacy's published samples run $85 to $780 for a short notice and $290 to $1,930 for a long one. Guest book entries are reviewed by Legacy's staff rather than the family, and display advertising runs beside obituary content. It is the right door for a notice of record in a hometown paper — and a different product from a memorial page a family moderates and fills for years.
How to choose, in one minute
- If the page should simply stay, without anyone remembering a renewal: a one-time or funded-free model. That is ours, and it is Keeper's model too.
- If the family needs to raise money for the funeral itself: Ever Loved does fundraising best.
- If the service will be virtual and you want help hosting it: GatheringUs built for that.
- If relatives already use it and familiarity matters most: ForeverMissed has been at this a long time.
- Whatever you choose, ask the three permanence questions first — they are in what happens to memorial sites.
How we verified this, and the bias to know about
We make one of the services on this page, and you should weigh our words accordingly. So the rules: every price and policy above was read from the named service's own public pages in October 2026, each carries its source below, we say plainly on every comparison page when the other service is the better choice, and when a reader shows us an error we fix it the same week. The comparison is useful or it is nothing.
Questions, answered plainly
What is the best memorial website in 2026?
It depends on what the family needs most. For a permanent page with a one-time price, I Miss You Memorial ($0 free, $197 once for everything). For funeral fundraising alongside the memorial, Ever Loved. For a virtual or hybrid memorial service with hosting help, GatheringUs. ForeverMissed and Keeper are long-standing alternatives with their own pricing models. The honest differences are the payment model and what happens when the paying stops.
Are there truly free memorial websites?
Yes — most services here have a free tier, including ours. The real question is what free includes and how long it lasts. Our free page includes the story, timeline, family tree, service details with RSVP, 12 photographs and 10 approved memories, and it stays online forever with no card.
How were these comparisons verified?
Every price and policy was read from each service's own public pages and recorded with its source link in October 2026. Prices change; if you find one that has, write to us and we will fix it the same week.
Sources
- ForeverMissed — Our plans and prices · https://www.forevermissed.com/ourplans
- ForeverMissed — features and facts (their blog, October 2026: plan prices, ad-free, founded 2008) · https://www.forevermissed.com/blog/forevermissed-features-and-facts/
- Ever Loved — funeral fundraising (no service fees; 2.9% + 30¢ processing) · https://everloved.com/funeral-fundraising/
- Ever Loved help center — how much a memorial site costs (free; Premium $199.99 one-time; stays up indefinitely) · https://support.everloved.com/article/277-how-much-does-an-ever-loved-memorial-site-cost
- Ever Loved help center — limiting who can post (pre-approval is Premium) · https://support.everloved.com/article/237-premium-websites-how-to-limit-who-can-post-on-your-website
- Keeper — pricing and plans (Basic $0, Plus $99 once, Concierge $350) · https://www.mykeeper.com/pricing/
- GatheringUs — virtual and hybrid memorial services (planning, facilitation, tech support) · https://www.gatheringus.com/
- GatheringUs — virtual funeral service packages and published prices · https://events.gatheringus.com/pages/virtualfuneralservices
- GatheringUs — about: the Keeper acquisition and the memorial-page migration (2026 update) · https://events.gatheringus.com/pages/about-us
- Legacy.com — how much does an obituary cost (their published samples by paper and length) · https://www.legacy.com/faq/how-much-does-an-obituary-cost/
- Legacy.com help center — obituary pricing and the $149 online-only obituary · https://contact.legacy.com/contact/en/articles/10752883-how-much-does-an-obituary-cost
- I Miss You Memorial — pricing as shown on the live page · https://imissyoumemorial.com/pricing
