Trustpilot Business is $199+ a month, forever, to display the reviews you already earned. Star Stack is $29 once. Aggregate your Google, Facebook, and manually-imported reviews into one embeddable, themeable widget — with moderation, featured pins, and an aggregate star badge, from one Node process and one SQLite file. Your reviews are not a subscription.
This is the full pricing breakdown: what Trustpilot Business actually costs over one, two and three years, what Star Stack gives you for $29 paid once, and the honest cases where the subscription is still the right call.
What Trustpilot Business actually costs you
At $199+/mo, one Trustpilot Business subscription adds up to $2,388 every year — $7,164 over a three-year window, for software you stop owning the day you cancel. Star Stack is $29 the day you buy it, and the meter never runs again.
| Star Stack | Trustpilot Business | |
|---|---|---|
| Sticker price | $29 once | $199+/mo |
| Cost after 1 year | $29 | $2,388 |
| Cost after 2 years | $29 | $4,776 |
| Cost after 3 years | $29 | $7,164 |
Three years in, the gap is $7,135 — and every year after that adds another $2,388 to the subscription side of the ledger.
Star Stack vs Trustpilot Business, feature by feature
Price is only half the story — here's how the two line up on the things that decide day-to-day use:
| Star Stack | Trustpilot Business | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29 once | $199+/mo |
| Cost after 1 year | $29 | $2,388+ |
| Show your existing reviews on your site | Yes | Yes |
| Your data, your server | Yes | No |
| Moderation / curation | Yes, full control | Limited |
| Widget branding | Yours | Theirs |
| Review invitations / SEO snippet network | No | Yes |
| Source code | MIT, on GitHub | Closed |
What you get for $29, once
Self-hosted widget aggregating Google, Facebook and CSV reviews with moderation and a star badge. The highlights:
- 🔌 Multiple sources — Google Business Profile, Facebook Page reviews, and manual or CSV import for everything else.
- 🔑 BYO API keys — You plug in your own free-tier Google and Facebook credentials, so there is no proxy service to bill you monthly.
- 🛡️ Moderation first — Synced and imported reviews arrive hidden — approve, hide or feature from the dashboard, so nothing goes public without your click.
- 🧩 Embeddable widget — One script tag, shadow-DOM isolated, in grid or carousel with light, dark or auto theme and a custom accent color.
Costs less than a single month of Trustpilot Business, then displays your stars for free.
Switching is 3 steps
- Buy once on Whop. One payment of $29 gets you the packaged Windows installer, or clone the MIT source and deploy it yourself for free.
- Connect your reviews. Paste your own Google and Facebook API keys and bulk-import the rest via CSV, then moderate what goes public.
- Embed the widget. Drop one shadow-DOM-isolated script tag on your site and pick grid or carousel with your accent color.
When paying Trustpilot Business is still the right call
Being straight about it: the subscription earns its keep in three situations. If your team is large enough that Trustpilot Business's collaboration features, permissions and admin controls are genuinely load-bearing; if your workflow is built on its integrations and leaving means rebuilding that plumbing; or if you have enterprise requirements — SSO, audit logs, SLAs, a vendor to call — that a pay-once app doesn't come with. Everyone else is paying $199+/mo for a job that runs fine on hardware they already own.
If that's you, Star Stack is $29, once. For the deeper dive, read the Star Stack vs Trustpilot Business head-to-head.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — the source is MIT, forever, at github.com/bensblueprints/review-aggregator-widget-mvp. The $29 buys a packaged Windows installer with updates; building from source is free.
Where does my review data live?
On your server. Star Stack is one Node process and one SQLite file, and because you bring your own free-tier API keys there is no proxy service to bill you monthly.
Does it replace Trustpilot?
No. Trustpilot sells a review platform with invitations, TrustBoxes and an SEO snippet network. If you just need the five stars you already earned displayed on your homepage, that is Star Stack.
More on Trustpilot Business pricing
Star Stack — product page, demo & full feature list · All OneTimeSuite pricing breakdowns
Try Star Stack — $29, once
Self-hosted widget aggregating Google, Facebook and CSV reviews with moderation and a star badge.