The short answer
Percentage pricing costs more the better your season goes; flat pricing costs the same whether you have 20 members or 300. At 100 members paying $600 a season, a 2% platform takes $1,200 — about seven times Clementine's flat annual fee.
The two pricing models
CSA software charges one of two ways. A flat fee — monthly or annual — that covers the farm regardless of size. Or a percentage of sales, usually 2% to 7%, taken from every member payment, often with a monthly minimum so a quiet month still bills. Card processing sits underneath both and is the same everywhere: roughly 2.9% plus 30 cents per charge, set by the card networks and Stripe, not by the software.
Published prices, September 2026
These are the numbers on each vendor's public pricing page, checked on September 16, 2026. CSAware is the exception: its site could not be reached that day, so its figures are carried forward from the September 3, 2026 check. Processing fees are excluded because they apply to all of them.
| Tool | Model | Published price | Year-one floor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clementine | Flat | $29/month or $169/year | $169 |
| Local Line | Flat + add-ons | $109–$399/mo; CSA subscriptions add 29 dollars/mo on Core | $1,322 (Core + subscriptions) |
| Barn2Door | Flat + setup fee | $119–$299/mo billed annually; $399–$599 setup | $1,827 (Entrepreneur) |
| CSAware | Percentage | 2% of delivery revenue, $100/mo minimum | $1,200 |
| Farmigo | Percentage | 2% of delivery revenue, $150/mo minimum, delivery months only | $900 (six-month season) |
| GrownBy | Plan + percentage | CSA plan $50/mo; 2% co-op fee on card and ACH | $540 plus 2% of card sales |
| Harvie | Percentage | ~7% of gross sales | Closed December 31, 2024 |
The math at 50 and at 150 members
Take a CSA selling a $600 season share. Fifty members is $30,000 in sales. A 2% platform takes $600 a year; at CSAware's minimum that is $1,200 regardless. Clementine is $169. Local Line Core with the subscriptions add-on is $1,322. One hundred fifty members is $90,000 in sales. The 2% tools take $1,800; Harvie's old 7% would have been $6,300. The flat tools cost exactly what they did at fifty members. Percentage pricing is a bet that the software will grow your CSA enough to justify sharing the growth; flat pricing is a bet that it won't matter.
What to add to the sticker price
- Setup fees. Barn2Door charges $399 to $599 once. Most others charge nothing.
- Add-ons. Local Line's subscriptions feature — the part a CSA runs on — is 29 dollars a month on the Core plan; custom domains, extra price lists, and reports are extra too.
- Minimums. A percentage tool with a $100 or $150 monthly minimum charges that minimum in every month you deliver, however light the week. CSAware and Farmigo both bill only in delivery months, so the floor depends on how long your season runs.
- Annual-only billing. Barn2Door's monthly figures assume an annual commitment. Check what a month-to-month plan actually costs if you want to leave after one season.
Which model should a small CSA pick
For a CSA, a flat fee wins at almost any size, and the gap widens every year the CSA grows. There is no free lane into a percentage tool: GrownBy's free plan covers market and store sales only, so a CSA needs its $50-a-month CSA plan and still pays the 2% co-op fee on card and ACH payments, and CSAware and Farmigo each carry a monthly minimum. For most farms in the 20-to-300-member range the question is therefore not flat or percentage, but which flat tool has the features you actually use. Clementine's pricing is on the pricing page; the comparisons put it next to each tool above.
Common questions
How much does CSA software cost?
Published prices in September 2026 run from $50 a month plus 2% of card sales (GrownBy's CSA plan) to $399 a month (Local Line Ultimate). Clementine is $29/month or $169/year flat.
What is a platform percentage?
A cut the software takes from every member payment on top of card processing. CSAware and Farmigo charge 2%; Harvie charged about 7% before it closed.
Is card processing included in the software price?
No. Every tool passes card processing through at roughly 2.9% plus 30 cents per charge. The software fee and the platform percentage are what differ.
Does Clementine charge a percentage?
No. $29/month or $169/year covers unlimited members and boxes; the only other deduction is standard card processing.
Written by Josh Reeder-Esparza, who builds Clementine. Prices and figures checked September 16, 2026.
$169/year. No percentage. No per-member fee.
Clementine runs the members list, the weekly charges, the sign-up page, and the pack-out list. I set it up with you.