Compared, honestly
Ever Loved vs I Miss You Memorial
Ever Loved and I Miss You Memorial are built for different parts of the same hard season. Ever Loved is built around the money of a funeral: a free memorial page with fundraising attached, no platform fee, 2.9% + 30¢ card processing, and a $199.99 one-time Premium for pre-approving posts and adding a password. We are built around the remembering: approval-first moderation on every page, the story, their voice, and permanence in writing. Some families honestly need both.
Every price verified October 2026 from Ever Loved's own pages and ours. We make one of these two services; the sources are at the foot, and when Ever Loved is the better choice, this page says so.
Side by side
Verified October 2026 · sources below
| Ever Loved | I Miss You Memorial | |
|---|---|---|
| The free page | Obituary, funeral details, RSVPs, photos, videos and messages, a life timeline, fundraising | Their story, timeline, family tree, the service with RSVP, 12 photographs, 10 memories, family approval on every word |
| Fundraising | The center of the product: donations with no platform fee, 2.9% + 30¢ card processing, transfers to a bank account or directly to the funeral home | None — we are not a fundraising platform. A family can link an Ever Loved or GoFundMe fundraiser from their page |
| Paid | The memorial tools are free; Premium is $199.99 once — pre-approval of posts, password protection, and removing the memorial-gift and product links. The platform also earns around the funeral: flowers, products, optional donor tips | Plus, $197 once, for unlimited media, their voice, and the page played at the service |
| Moderation | Anyone can post; organizers delete or hide afterward. Pre-approval of posts is a Premium feature ($199.99) | Every memory, photograph and reply waits for the family's approval before it appears — on every plan, including free |
| Permanence | In their words: the site stays up indefinitely, free and Premium alike, until the family takes it down | In writing: every tribute stays online, backed up and funded for generations |
| Export | Community photos download as a zip, free; a fuller export is not described on the pages we reviewed | Everything is always exportable — photographs, words and recordings, on every plan |
What Ever Loved does well
When the honest emergency is the cost of the funeral itself, Ever Loved is the strongest tool on this page. The fundraiser sits inside the memorial rather than beside it, there is no platform fee, and the money can go straight to the funeral home — which is sometimes the difference between a service happening and not. The free tier is genuinely broad: obituary, funeral details, RSVPs, photos and a timeline, with no charge for any of it. And their permanence words are real: free and Premium pages stay up, they say, until the family decides to take them down.
Where the two part ways
Ever Loved's page is organized around the event and its costs; ours is organized around the person and the years after. The practical test: picture the page in five years. If what matters then is that the community carried the family through the funeral, Ever Loved did its work. If what matters is hearing their voice, reading forty approved memories, and playing the page at the anniversary gathering, that is the page we build.
The two are not exclusive. A family can raise the funeral money on Ever Loved and keep the long remembering here, with each page linking the other. We would rather say that plainly than pretend one tool does both jobs best.
When Ever Loved is the better choice
- The family needs help paying for the funeral — their fundraising is the real thing, with no platform fee
- You want donations to go directly to the funeral home
- You want obituary, funeral details and fundraiser on one page this afternoon
- You are shopping for funeral services and products and want the marketplace beside the page
When ours is
- Approval-first moderation at $0 — pre-approval of posts there is a $199.99 Premium feature
- Their voice matters: voicemails, recordings, voice memories from visitors
- You want the page played on the TV at the service
- Everything is exportable here — photographs, words and recordings; their verified free export is a photo zip
- You want no commerce of any kind beside their name — removing their product and gift links takes Premium
See both before deciding
The fairest test is ten minutes with each: open everloved.com and our living example page, and picture your person in both. The rest of the comparison is on the full comparison page · or beside ForeverMissed, Keeper, GatheringUs.
Questions, answered plainly
Is Ever Loved really free?
The memorial and fundraising tools are free, and Ever Loved charges no platform fee on donations — card processing of 2.9% + 30¢ is deducted. Premium is $199.99, paid once, and adds pre-approval of posts, password protection, and removal of the product and gift links. Verified October 2026 from their site and help center.
Can I Miss You Memorial collect donations?
No. We are not a fundraising platform and do not plan to be one — money changes what a memorial page is. A family that needs funeral help can run an Ever Loved or GoFundMe fundraiser and link it from their tribute page here.
Can a family use both?
Yes, and some should: the fundraiser on Ever Loved for the funeral weeks, the permanent remembering here, each linking the other. The two products overlap less than their category suggests.
Sources
- 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
