PrestaShop vs. Shopify

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PrestaShop
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
PrestaShop is a free, open source e-commerce solution available under the Open Software License and officially launched in August 2007. The software is written in PHP and based on the Smarty template engine and is currently used by 165,000 shops worldwide. The PrestaShop group was founded in Paris, with a second Headquarters opened in Miami in 2011. PrestaShop is translated into 63 languages, with English, French, Portuguese, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Russian having full…N/A
Shopify
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Shopify is a commerce platform designed for both online stores and retail locations. Shopify offers a professional online storefront, a payment solution to accept credit cards, and the Shopify POS application to power retail sales.
$29
per month
Pricing
PrestaShopShopify
Editions & Modules
PrestaShop
Free
Shopify Lite
$9
per month
Basic Shopify
$29
per month
Shopify
$79
per month
Advanced Shopify
$299
per month
Shopify Plus
2,000
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PrestaShopShopify
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
PrestaShopShopify
Considered Both Products
PrestaShop
Chose PrestaShop
In the past I have used Magento, which is a very popular platform, but personally it didn't sit well with me because of the complexity of the back-end and how inconvenient it was for developers. Shopify is more for a quick setup and hands-off approach. It's good for those who …
Chose PrestaShop
From a developer point of view Prestashop offers more than other similar platforms.
Shopify

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
PrestaShopShopify
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
PrestaShop
7.3
5 Ratings
6% below category average
Shopify
8.5
137 Ratings
9% above category average
Product catalog & listings9.75 Ratings9.4137 Ratings
Product management7.75 Ratings8.5135 Ratings
Bulk product upload5.04 Ratings8.7116 Ratings
Branding5.04 Ratings8.8135 Ratings
Mobile storefront9.75 Ratings8.7131 Ratings
Product variations5.04 Ratings8.7128 Ratings
Website integration9.85 Ratings8.6128 Ratings
Visual customization6.04 Ratings7.9134 Ratings
CMS7.85 Ratings7.7110 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
PrestaShop
6.9
5 Ratings
11% below category average
Shopify
7.8
130 Ratings
1% above category average
Abandoned cart recovery6.03 Ratings7.8121 Ratings
Checkout user experience7.95 Ratings7.9128 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
PrestaShop
7.8
5 Ratings
7% below category average
Shopify
9.6
132 Ratings
14% above category average
eCommerce security7.85 Ratings9.6132 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
PrestaShop
6.6
12 Ratings
14% below category average
Shopify
8.4
134 Ratings
10% above category average
Promotions & discounts7.95 Ratings9.0129 Ratings
Personalized recommendations5.14 Ratings8.432 Ratings
SEO6.912 Ratings7.7125 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
PrestaShop
9.0
5 Ratings
13% above category average
Shopify
8.1
135 Ratings
2% above category average
Multi-site management7.85 Ratings6.719 Ratings
Order processing8.85 Ratings9.7133 Ratings
Inventory management9.65 Ratings7.9132 Ratings
Shipping10.04 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
Custom functionality8.75 Ratings8.4125 Ratings
Best Alternatives
PrestaShopShopify
Small Businesses
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
PrestaShopShopify
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
(13 ratings)
8.6
(150 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
1.0
(1 ratings)
9.2
(15 ratings)
Usability
3.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
2.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PrestaShopShopify
Likelihood to Recommend
PrestaShop
This is a great system for small and medium businesses dealing from 1 product to 100,000 products. It is elegant to use and very stable. The system may not be great for converting into a marketplace and the handling of > 1million products. The system is also not suitable for services selling like events, registrations, subscriptions and ticket bookings etc.
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Shopify
Shopify has low barriers to entry so it's a great store for new businesses and small to medium size businesses who have a limited product amount and are interested in building a site from scratch that is centered around the buying experience. However, if you're a larger to enterprise company and want to incorporate an e-commerce element to your site, then they are still a possible solution but be prepared to hire a firm to help you implement and connect to your site in a seamless way because without a developer, it's near impossible.
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Pros
PrestaShop
  • The PayPal button modality was integrated with the PrestaShop system, which helped our clients to complete payments digitally in just a few seconds, this integrated button allowed to streamline many transactions.
  • Performing inventory reviews and modifying the PrestaShop catalog was one of the things that I liked the most, I could make changes to the catalog, make changes to the conditions of the products in the catalog and all those changes were reflected on my website in a instant, no need to wait some time.
  • The PrestaShop system created a digital invoice for each client who made the advance payment of a property, which made it even easier to complete the property negotiation. Customers came to our company with the digital invoice for the advance payment and it was easy to identify the property that was paid, thanks to the digital invoice.
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Shopify
  • Managing products and Sales using a very user friendly platform.
  • Apps that make marketing really easy and effective.
  • Directly linking platforms like Instagram and Titkok and managing content that is posted on the sites.
  • Fast customer service.
  • Customer Analytics, allows me to see what type of products should I sell more.
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Cons
PrestaShop
  • Not a lot of free templates.
  • Images can sometimes be too compressed and lose their full quality, so better settings for that could be introduced.
  • Being able to change the look of your automatic emails via default settings can also be introduced.
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Shopify
  • The main drawback that I am facing in Shopify for a long time is that their sales analytics system is not up to mark. As I am using Shopify to run different stores for my organization it does not get updated after-sales and does not provide the right analytics about the product strength and number of sales.
  • Secondly, Shopify has different apps which are best to run the store on max strength but they are very much costly like inventory management, generating multiple discount codes, and more robust customizable editing.
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Likelihood to Renew
PrestaShop
Considering the problems we had and still have, 0.
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Shopify
Nothing we have used in the past or have seen thus far even comes close to offering what we get with Shopify Plus, especially for the price. You cannot even come close to getting what we are getting at the price we pay. We are beyond thrilled and Shopify Plus meets and exceeds all of our needs and expectations. We love it!
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Usability
PrestaShop
The lack of performance and the unstable system make it very hard to use it for a serious e-commerce application.
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Shopify
I think most people are able to suer Shopify that have used a computer. There are some features that take a bit longer to learn. If you are not a creative person it may be a bit more difficult to learn the website customization, but with a help guide or tutorial it will only take a few tries to understand how to work the interface
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Reliability and Availability
PrestaShop
100s of implementation and so far no major security breaches.
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Shopify
No answers on this topic
Performance
PrestaShop
Some caching and optimization is definitely needed. However, it is not as bloated as other CMSs with lots of plugins needed.
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Shopify
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
PrestaShop
Since we use PrestaShop OpenSource there is only community support. What we found is that many other users fight with the same problems and there seems no solution or input from the PrestaShop developers' side.
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Shopify
In terms of support I give Shopify a 9 out of 10 because they're always very friendly and thorough, and they personally can't solve my problem for me they always point me in the proper direction with the proper information I need to move forward
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Implementation Rating
PrestaShop
No answers on this topic
Shopify
Just start now and make the switch, the sooner the better. You will love it and it is really a simple process
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Alternatives Considered
PrestaShop
It's a no-brainer for e-commerce stores. BigCommerce and Magento both far out-distanced PrestaShop in every major category. If you're just getting into e-commerce, I would highly recommend either BigCommerce or Magento. Their online documentation and support far outweigh any advantages you'd have over going with an open source software like PrestaShop.
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Shopify
The old platform that I used could not help us to meet our requirements. It was not helping us properly, then I got to know about Shopify and started using it. After 1 month [of] usage of Shopify we could understand that this is the best platform [for E-commerce] to make better sales and goodwill. Shopify helped us to get a proper idea of the analytics of the website. Shopify [supports] most of the [applications] and helps us to make better results.
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Scalability
PrestaShop
This is the best example of "If it's not broken, don't fix it!".
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Shopify
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
PrestaShop
  • It slowed down our Hosting service. Our website took a long time to fully load on our clients' devices due to the high consumption of the integration with the PrestaShop service.
  • It provided us with a fast billing service, where our clients obtained invoices in PDF mode for the electronic payments they made for the properties. These digital invoices helped us to recognize the property they wanted faster and streamlined the negotiation process.
  • The templates that had an optimized design, were too expensive, this caused that our catalog design was very simple and did not capture the interest of customers.
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Shopify
  • It got the store up quickly so the client could start selling. She was previously selling products on Etsy and Facebook and wanted to consolidate everything onto one website, so the main thing Shopify solved was to reduce the store owner's time in managing all her products on multiple sites. Also, we had previously built a website on Wix with all the custom functionality and branding she needed - a truly great, high-end website - but it performed so slowly that it was unusable. So the speed at which Shopify can be set up and then works on the page is appreciable.
  • The website was manageable by the client - she could figure the system out herself after a while so she saved money on costs for hiring developers. She did have to hire developers to customize some of the plug-ins but costs are all relative; it wasn't a high investment compared to building a full e-commerce website. With the complexity and size of her product base and the functionality and branding she wanted to have in a website, and the potential of her business, she would have needed to invest well over $10,000 to get to where she really needs to be. In the end she kept the budget under $5000.00.
  • Costs kept climbing with plug-ins having to be added with everything. My client became more involved in building the website and began to try multiple plugins, and she did not have the skill base to evaluate the plugins functionalities so she chose plugins that did not do everything she needed, and then ended up paying the plugin developers to customize the plugins. So on one hand, it's pretty amazing to be able to bring up an e-commerce website as quickly as a week or so, but on the other hand if you need anything customized or deeper functionality in regards to product searching and filtering on the web page, and management on the backend, it quickly goes beyond the skills of the average person to manage, and above their expected budget as well. In the end my client really did not get anything close to the functionality for the website we had originally envisioned.
  • Shopify was the easiest way we could find to bring the client's products to a global market. We evaluated several other platforms and the functionality simple did not seem to be adequate, so Shopify seemed like the only solution that could do enough of what we needed and still stay within this client's budget. Really the problem in this project was not platform per se but that the budget wasn't large enough. Shopify managed to provide a solution for an ecommerce store with thousands of products on a tiny budget, so in the sense of pure functionality it provided the best value of all the platforms we evaluated. The solution still isn't big enough for this client's business though so, without having insights into this client's post-build sales results, my guess is that because her new website did not make her products easier to sort through, and she likely didn't have much more budget left to invest in SEO and other marketing of the website, her sales probably didn't increase substantially as a result of having built the website. So I think this project all in all did not likely have a high ROI.
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