2026 memorial website comparison
Free memorial website builders in 2026
Ever Loved and ForeverMissed both make free online memorials, with paid upgrades from $9.95 a month.
Heya, which we make, is free for a 3-page memorial site with the life story, service times, directions
and shared memories, and no ads.
Heya is ours, so read its row with that in mind. Every other number comes from each company's own pages,
checked on October 26, 2026.
The 4 memorial sites at a glance
What's free, what upgrades cost, and how fundraising works.
| Site |
Free plan |
Paid upgrade |
Fundraising |
Web address |
| Ever Loved |
Free memorial |
One-time $199.99 |
0% platform fee, 2.9% + 30 cents processing |
everloved.com/life-of/name |
| ForeverMissed |
Basic, free, no card |
$9.95/mo, $79.95/yr or $159.95 once |
Not stated |
Not stated |
| We Remember |
Free memorials |
Not stated |
Not stated |
Not stated |
| Heya |
3 sites, 5 pages each |
Pro Lite, $3/mo |
Link your fund |
name.heya.bio |
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How each site works
Ever Loved
Free, premium $199.99 once
Ever Loved gives you a free memorial at everloved.com/life-of/name with an obituary, funeral details
and RSVPs, a livestream, photos, videos, messages and a timeline. The $199.99 one-time premium has a
24-hour trial, adds a password and posting controls, and removes links to other Ever Loved pages.
Their memorial fund takes a 0% platform fee and 2.9% + 30 cents for processing.
- Better at
- Funeral details, RSVPs and a memorial fund in one place.
- Watch out
- Privacy controls need the $199.99 premium.
ForeverMissed
Free, Premium from $9.95/mo
With ForeverMissed, you can start a Basic memorial for free without putting in a credit card. If you
want their Premium plan later on, it comes with a 14-day free trial and costs $9.95 a month, $79.95
a year, or $159.95 as a one-time payment.
- Better at
- A one-time lifetime price for the premium plan.
- Watch out
- Premium is billed monthly or yearly unless you pay $159.95 once.
We Remember
Free
We Remember lets you set up a free online memorial. One thing to keep in mind is that its memorial
pages load ad code from ad networks.
- Better at
- Free online memorials.
- Watch out
- Ad code runs on its pages.
Heya
Free, or Pro Lite, $3/mo
Heya is ours. You get 3 free sites at name.heya.bio with 5 pages each and a small Made with Heya
badge, no credit card or account needed until you sign in with Google to publish. Heya's 3-page
memorial template takes Google Maps, YouTube and Vimeo embeds, and you get 68 templates on any plan,
or you can pay $3 a month for Pro Lite to drop the badge and get 20 pages, or $15 a month for Pro
Plus to download a ZIP of plain HTML, CSS, fonts and images.
- Better at
-
A calm memorial template with no ads, on a free plan
with 5 pages per site.
- Watch out
-
No guestbook or comments: you add the memories yourself or link a form that collects them.
What to put on a memorial website
Start at the top with their full name, their dates, and a photo, then follow that with a life story or
obituary. People looking at the site will also need the service details, so put down the date, the
time, and the address with a map, plus a livestream link if you have one. You can also list where to
send flowers or donations, and set up a page of memories and photos from family and friends.
On Heya, Heya's memorial template has all of these laid out across 3 pages for you. You can embed
Google Maps right on the page for the service, and if there is a recording of the service, you can
embed it from YouTube or Vimeo too.
Free now, and what it costs later
You can start a memorial on Ever Loved for free, and if you want password protection and control over
who can post on the page, their one-time premium upgrade costs $199.99. ForeverMissed also has a free
Basic plan, while its Premium plan runs $9.95 a month, $79.95 a year, or $159.95 if you pay once.
Heya is free for up to 3 sites. You can also download your whole site as plain HTML, CSS, fonts and
images, which means your family can keep a copy of the memorial for themselves or host it somewhere
else later on.
How we checked
We checked each site on October 26, 2026 from a US connection, using their pricing and home pages.
Ever Loved blocked our checks, so we used its pricing page as archived in December 2025. The facts
come from
everloved.com/pricing,
forevermissed.com/ourplans,
weremember.com.
Plans change often. If a number here is out of date, email hello@heya.page and we'll fix it.
FAQ
How do I make a free memorial website?+
You pick a memorial site or a template, fill in the life story, photos and service details, and
then send the link out to family and friends. If you use Heya, you can edit the memorial template
right away without making an account. When it's ready, you just sign in with Google to publish it
for free at name.heya.bio and share that link.
Are memorial websites free?+
Yes, you can get a free memorial from Ever Loved, ForeverMissed, and We Remember, and Heya is free
for up to 3 sites. If you want to upgrade on the memorial platforms, that costs money. Ever Loved
charges a one-time $199.99 for its premium plan, and ForeverMissed Premium is $9.95 a month,
$79.95 a year, or $159.95 once.
Can family and friends add memories?+
Yes, depending on which builder you pick. Ever Loved and ForeverMissed both let visitors post
their own messages, photos and tributes right on the site. Heya doesn't have comments or forms
built in, so you either edit the memories page yourself or add a link to a form that collects them
from people.
Can I keep a memorial website private?+
Yes, if you use a tool that supports passwords. Ever Loved gives you password protection when you
pay for its one-time $199.99 premium upgrade. A Heya site is public, and you can turn on Hide from
Google in your settings.
Try Heya free
Build without an account, then sign in with Google to publish on name.heya.bio. 3 sites, up to 5
pages each, no credit card.