Compared, honestly
ForeverMissed vs I Miss You Memorial
ForeverMissed and I Miss You Memorial both make memorial websites a family fills together, and both keep advertising away from the page. The honest difference is the shape of the payment: ForeverMissed premium runs $9.95 a month, $79.95 a year, or $159.95 once for lifetime; here a complete page is free and $197 once opens everything. Neither of us should be chosen without reading the other's column.
Every price verified October 2026 from ForeverMissed's own pages and ours. We make one of these two services; the sources are at the foot, and when ForeverMissed is the better choice, this page says so.
Side by side
Verified October 2026 · sources below
| ForeverMissed | I Miss You Memorial | |
|---|---|---|
| The free page | Tributes, stories, more than 100 themes, unlimited collaborators, and 5 photos | Their story, timeline, family tree, the service with RSVP, 12 photographs, 10 memories — every contribution approved by the family |
| Paid | Premium: $9.95 a month · $79.95 a year · Lifetime $159.95 once. All premium tiers carry the same features | Plus: $197 once — unlimited photos, videos and memories, their voice, the page played as a presentation, a custom address, help with the words |
| How it is paid | Monthly and annual plans auto-renew until canceled; the lifetime plan is one payment. 30-day money-back on premium and lifetime | One payment, once. A subscription does not exist here, so there is nothing to cancel |
| If the paying stops | Not spelled out on their pages. The company has said elsewhere that a lapsed memorial is locked with its content kept, and can be restored or reverted to the free plan — ask them, or take the lifetime plan | Nothing stops. Free is free forever; Plus never renews |
| Ads | None — ForeverMissed is completely ad-free, and says so plainly | None, ever |
| Moderation | Premium adds customized user roles — who may post, share stories, upload media | Every memory, photograph and reply waits for the family's approval, on every plan including free |
| Voice and sound | Premium adds music and video galleries and a background-music playlist for the page | Their voicemails and recordings, and voice memories from visitors (Plus). The page itself stays quiet by design |
What ForeverMissed does well
Credit first. ForeverMissed has been doing this since 2008 and says more than 300,000 families have used it — in this category, having existed for eighteen years is itself a feature. The platform is genuinely ad-free, offers over a hundred themes, lets unlimited collaborators build a memorial together, and backs premium purchases with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Families in its reviews talk about the anniversary and birthday reminder emails with real warmth.
The cost over the years
Their lifetime plan is $159.95 — about $37 less than our Plus, and if the lifetime price is the deciding fact, theirs is lower and we would rather say so than have you find out. The monthly path reads differently: $9.95 a month is $119.40 a year, and by year two it has passed both lifetime prices. If you choose ForeverMissed, their own numbers argue for the lifetime plan over the subscription.
What the prices buy also differs. Our free page already includes the family-approval moderation, the service details with RSVP, the timeline, the family tree, and 12 photographs against their free plan's 5; our Plus adds the things a subscription cannot — their actual voice, and the page played on a TV at the service.
Where the two part ways
ForeverMissed believes in customization: a hundred themes, background music, the family as curator of a look. We believe in one quiet design and the family as curator of words — every page here looks like ours and sounds like your person. Neither philosophy is wrong; one of them will feel right to you within a minute of seeing an example of each.
When ForeverMissed is the better choice
- You want the lower lifetime price — $159.95 against our $197
- Choosing a theme and a background song is part of how your family grieves
- The eighteen-year track record is the reassurance you need
- Relatives already keep memorials there and familiarity matters
When ours is
- You want more page without paying — 12 photographs against their 5, approval of every contribution, the service details and RSVP
- Their voice matters — voicemails, recordings, and voice memories from visitors
- You want the page played on the TV at the service, and current to that morning
- You never want a subscription to exist anywhere near the page
- You want everything exportable, on every plan, in writing
See both before deciding
The fairest test is ten minutes with each: open forevermissed.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 Ever Loved, Keeper, GatheringUs.
Questions, answered plainly
Is ForeverMissed free?
There is a free plan with tributes, stories, more than 100 themes, unlimited collaborators and 5 photos. The full gallery, music and video features are premium: $9.95 a month, $79.95 a year, or $159.95 once for lifetime, as verified October 2026 from their own pages.
Which lifetime plan is cheaper, ForeverMissed or I Miss You Memorial?
ForeverMissed's lifetime plan is $159.95; our Plus is $197, both paid once. Theirs is about $37 less. The free tiers differ more than the lifetime prices do: ours includes family approval of every contribution, the service details with RSVP, the timeline and the family tree at $0.
Which is better for the week of the funeral?
Ours carries the service itself: every part of the day with its time and place, RSVP so the family knows who is coming, and with Plus the page plays on the TV at the service. ForeverMissed is strongest as a long-term remembering place with themes and music.
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/
