IF they offered a monthly Prime membership, I’d be all over it.
$99 a year upfront is too rich for me.
So, split it among a couple of friends.
One prime membership means that 4 different people can have free shipping. Everybody does not get streaming movies, but all four of you get free shipping.
You also get Prime Pantry with “prime”. I save a ton of time and money with it; makes up for the 99 bucks easily.
the $99 is well worth it because of he ease of ordering.
They do offer monthly prime memberships, but I think it is only for customer retention when someone cancels their renewal.
If you want it, you might do the free trial, call and cancel, and tell customer service you are only interested if they can do a monthly plan.