Alternatives to Shopify
E-commerce platform for online stores
Pricing: $39/mo Basic, $105/mo Shopify, $399/mo Advanced From $39/mo
Common pain points:
- ✗ Transaction fees on top of monthly cost (unless using Shopify Payments)
- ✗ App ecosystem costs add up quickly
- ✗ Limited customization without liquid/theme knowledge
- ✗ Vendor lock-in — hard to migrate away
3 Alternatives to Shopify
WooCommerce
Open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress
Free plugin, pay only for hosting and optional extensions
- ✓ No monthly platform fees — only hosting costs
- ✓ Complete customization with WordPress ecosystem
- ✓ Thousands of free and paid extensions
Medusa
Open-source headless commerce engine for developers
Free and open-source, cloud hosting available
- ✓ Open-source with no platform fees
- ✓ Headless architecture — use any frontend
- ✓ Modular design for custom commerce flows
PrestaShop
Open-source ecommerce platform powering 300,000+ online stores
Free to download, pay only for hosting (~$10-30/mo)
- ✓ No monthly platform fees or sales commissions
- ✓ 5,000+ modules and themes in the marketplace
- ✓ Multi-language and multi-currency built-in
Replaces: Shopify , BigCommerce
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