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.
$39
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Snipcart
Score8 out of 10
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Snipcart is a developer-first, low-footprint commerce platform. Its frontend is stack-agnostic, and it boasts a feature-rich back-end. Snipcart the company is a startup in Québec City, Canada, and has been running for 8+ years.
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WooCommerce
Score8.5 out of 10
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WooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin for WordPress, developed by WooThemes (recently acquired by Automattic). Like WordPress, it is designed to be an extendable, adaptable, open-sourced platform. WooCommerce allows merchants to sell physical products, downloadables, or services.
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Basic Shopify
$39
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Grow
$105
per month
Advanced
$399
per month
Shopify Plus
2,000
per month
Shopify Plus
2,300
per month
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WooCommerce is a free and open-source plugin for WordPress. Merchants can host their WooCommerce store on any private hosting service, or with Automattic directly via WordPress.com. Some added features or services from the WooCommerce Official Marketplace may have one time or subscription pricing.
CTO in Manufacturing at Animal Necessity (Veterinary, 11-50 employees)
Chose Shopify
Shopify allows for companies to quickly and easily get online and selling. However, the more you want to customize the platform, the more you'll realize that other platforms (such as Wordpress + WooCommerce) end up being better because you have access to all of the core code …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
WooCommerce may be a good option for a developer or simple websites for service based businesses (e.g., electrician/cafe/etc). If you are selling a physical or digital product and require the ability to customize your store with any frequency or to track performance etc then I …
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Director Operaciones in Marketing at Posicion Uno (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees)
Chose Shopify
Shopify is easy to use. You do not need to install many plugins for it, and if you are using WooCommerce, you will have to install some plugins. With Shopify, you get a high speed hosting and CDN (content delivery network) which will make your website fast. The checkout is also …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
I have used WooCommerce and it definitely works well, but it does not seem to work as smooth as Shopify.
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify does not compare to any other platforms out there. It is by far superior,but we have use[d] WooCommerce before.
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify is one of the best e-commerce platforms out there. We have tried WooCommerce which is great but it definitely takes a lot more time to integrate and set up.
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify vs WooCommerce on WordPress. Shopify was better suited to smaller businesses with fewer design demands, limited budgets, and small product inventories. WooCommerce on the other hand was better suited for larger businesses with more complicated e-commerce needs such as …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify, being wholly self-contained, is a robust solution that doesn't require a developer to get up and running. WooCommerce is a plugin for WordPress that is effective if you already have a robust WordPress site and are tech-savvy. WooCommerce will require a developer's …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
It’s better than WooCommerce, in my opinion, and the best opinion overall for e-commerce
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Technical Director (CTO) in Corporate at Hackney City Farm (Food & Beverages, 1-10 employees)
Chose Shopify
Magento is more serious; you'll need support from your digital agency and a retainer for promotions and updates.
WooCommerce is good but becomes expensive with all the extras that shopify has out of the box. And this relies on WordPress which you'll need to maintain and keep …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify is much more user-friendly than WooCommerce and has more robust tutorials, especially for beginners. Shopify also includes more integrations and admin tools that provide an additional later of brand safety for our organization and our agency. Shopify also integrates …
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Senior Designer Developer in Marketing at AdventHealth (Design, 10,001+ employees)
Chose Shopify
Shopify eats woocommerces lunch. Shopify is probably the best all around way to get your business selling without doing it all yourself or involving too many moving parts. It’s not perfect but it’s worth what it costs if you are serious about the longevity of your business. …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
We used WooCommerce for many years before switching to Shopify. We switched because WooCommerce is not as user friendly on the backend, whereas Shopify is relatively easy to maintain and update. That said, WooCommerce does have additional functionalities that Shopify does not …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
I havent had a very detailed look at the others. But for us, to migrate the whole infrastructure to something else doesnt make sense. We are happy with Shopify.
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify is the best tool in the ecosystem because with all the apps in its sphere, you can do almost anything. It also has the best checkout experience one can ask for in the Ecommerce / website space. I think when it comes to shipping inventory and theme management it’s the …
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Contact Center Manager in Customer Service at Rush Order (Consumer Electronics, 51-200 employees)
Chose Shopify
Shopify is easy to navigate and export shipping data to other shipping management tools. We have multiple clients (70+) using Shopify and rarely have issues. With others, we seem to have trouble daily with export to our shipping management tools. In addition to export issues, …
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Lead Software Engineer in Information Technology at Movares (Civil Engineering, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose Shopify
Shopify is the best platform where I am handling our different stores. It is a secure and easy-to-use online e-commerce solution. I have been using a lot of software in my organization to gather information about different businesses and sometimes I need to import some data …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify has been a great solution! In my opinion it is the perfect balance between ease of use and customizable.
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify is way easier to set up. No coding needed. All the tools to create your eCommerce are there and are easy to use. You can literally set up a working site in minutes. Most of the initial work is more focused on us making sure we had proper images and product descriptions, …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify is really the only contender in the space. They do everything way better than any other platform out there so it is definitely the best option to go with.
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify is much much simpler than these 2 alternatives. It is aimed at small entrepreneurs or start-ups that cannot afford big costly developments of e-commerce solutions. Shopify works in a plug-and-play way that allows you to start selling right away and not lose time on the …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Wix was vastly more customizable but not built for stores with lots of products. We built a fantastic website on Wix with everything she needed but it had two fatal problems - the first was that it was just too slow to load on the page, and the second was that the products were …
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
Shopify is the number one product if you want to actually have sales. Some other competitors may seem to offer the same suite of functionalities, but Shopify really does stand out a lot by 99.99% availability and the whole shopping experience for your customers.
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Verified User
Chose Shopify
We selected Shopify because we did not need a lot of custom functionality but wanted the great UX of Shopify, the integration with our POS, and the out of the box designs that look better in the Shopify marketplace.
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Owner in Marketing at Visionforce Solutions LLC (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
WooCommerce has been here through many successes and failures for rivals but Shopify has a ton of new features that, in my opinion, the WooCommerce team should take a look at. A modern facelift and a complete review of the systems and I think it'll get to where it needs to be.
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
They both are great in terms of usability, Adobe Commerce (Magento) is powerful but provides limited customization than the WooCommerce whereas Shopify is not free and same it doesn't support the customization as much as other platforms do. WooCommerce is free and customizable …
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
In my opinion, Shopify is a much better option overall but perhaps more expensive then WooCommerce. I'd recommend Shopify for users with a higher budget as it will deliver a better website in the end
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Digital marketing executive in Social Media at Icraftyworld (Arts & Crafts, 11-50 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
Initially due to budget i have selected the woo commerce but the they dont have customisation as we are need when our customer base is increasing thats why i shifted to big platform like Shopify that give us alot of customisation but it comes with a price...but woo commerce is …
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
WooCommerce is great for customization and for customers whose needs grow with their business. With its add-ons, it works for customers of all sizes with a variety of e-commerce needs. It does need more technical development skills to set up compared to Wix or Shopify, which …
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Marketing and Design in Marketing at Learn English with Camille (E-Learning, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
The level of customization and ease of integration with an existing WordPress website makes it a good choice. Snipcart is better for developers or small sites and Shopify is an amazing e-commerce-optimized platform but if you have an existing website on Wordpress, it is much …
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CTO in Manufacturing at Animal Necessity (Veterinary, 11-50 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
We love the functionality of Wordpress itself, so that's why we ended up using WooCommerce to do checkout instead of going over to the Shopify platform. Wordpress allows us to do so much more with the backend code and customization of our website. We were not impressed with the …
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
Since I don't use the e-commerce options constantly for my photography business, I didn't want to pay a monthly subscription and waste that budget during the months when I don't need any online booking options. WooCommerce allows me to install and uninstall plugins as needed to …
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
We have used Shopify and definitely prefer it, since Shopify has been around longer and is more tailored to what we are trying to do.
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
We were pretty sure we wanted a WordPress site so that we had more control over the site itself, having been burned by third-party vendor sites before. The fact that WooCommerce integrates so well with WordPress was a big selling point for us. Magento would have been too heavy …
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Founder in Corporate at Custom Logo Shop (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
WooCommerce is a good free version that's very customisable, but is not a smooth or polished platform. If you look at both dashboards between Shopify and WooCommerce you can see the difference is huge.
WooCommerce seems to be built for websites that aren't focused entirely on …
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Owner in Information Technology at wporbit.net (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
Shopify is a premium e commerce platform tailored just for online shops. While WooCommerce is a plugin which has main platform as WordPress. Shopify is costly to have. Most of the basic shop functions that are offered in Shopify can be achieved using WordPress + WooCommerce …
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
Shopify while providing a more sophisticated user experience is less easy to integrate with an existing Wordpress website. Hence, WooCommerce is a go-to for those with existing Wordpress websites. Shopify provides a great store front of its own, and hence may be recommended for …
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Principal in Information Technology at Firefly Web Services (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
WooCommerce and Shopify both permit essentially limitless customization. However, WooCommerce runs on PHP, a commonly used development language with a thriving community, whereas Shopify uses Liquid, a relatively obscure programming language, in its backend. I'm not I would …
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Director of UX development, social media and SEO/SEM in Marketing at DFT (a number of local companies under one umbrella) (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
If someone is tech challenged I would recommend Shopify. If someone is comfortable with WordPress or tinkering with software, I would highly recommend WooCommerce. You can do much more with WooCommerce but you will probably break your website a couple of times in the process. …
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Digital Marketing Profession in Social Media at To Protect You (2pu.in) (Medical Device, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
WooCommerce is easy to use and maintain the order of users. While comparing with Shopify, WooCommerce is free software but Shopify is a paid software. You need to purchase the hosting plan for Shopify.
WooCommerce is a free platform to integrate the payment gateway. You'll get …
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General Manager in Corporate at KEYLOK (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
WooCommerce is customizable and can run on any platform. This is a double-edged sword though because you have to be familiar with website hosting. It is also nice that it is free. We compared it to Shopify which is nice because they take care of all of the hosting aspects, but …
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
From a functional perspective this can do everything that the others can do and for many developers it is the preferred platform for online stores that require a high level of customisation. It is an open source platform with a strong community of developers behind it who have …
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IT Manager in Information Technology at Kiwi Flower Shop (Retail, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
They're very similar to be honest, but from our experience and what I've seen online, WooCommerce seems to have better performance and pricing. I think they probably match in quality for most other features
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
I have used WooCommerce longer than other products that I have tried. WooCommerce fits my requirements mainly for the value it offers based on the features available for the cost.
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Especialista en Marketing Digital y Comercio Electrónico in Marketing at @luisescoffie (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
I like WooCommerce because it can be optimized, customized and adapted to every business needs. That's because it's WordPress core, it helps us customize stores in ways we can only imagine and also we can implement Google AMP and PWA easier and faster than with other platforms. …
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Verified User
Chose WooCommerce
One single word: cost! Most WooCommerce alternatives have very high monthly or annual costs. WooCommerce permits to have an implementation cost (low or high based on customization) and a very low maintenance cost. Even if some plugins are very expensive, the maintenance cost is a …
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CEO/President - 360° IT Consulting, Server Management, IT Security in Corporate at Virtua Computers Inc. (Computer Networking, 1-10 employees)
Chose WooCommerce
Since WordPress is free, and the core WooCommerce is free, there is zero commitment to the system. Other e-commerce platforms have a monthly fee. Don't get me wrong, if you need the power of something you use the right tool for the job, but if you are okay working the code, …
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Shopify allowed us to handle matrix items and combined listings. Both of which we could not do on our previous platform. There was some customization involved but overall, it did what we needed it to. The one downside was that if we want to change anything we would have to reload the entire set of matrix items manually.
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WooCommerce is best suited to customers whose website is built on the WordPress platform, and whose development team has a good understanding of plug-in implementation. If your website is not built on WordPress, but on Laravel or React (or any other non WordPress technology), then WooCommerce is not for you. WooCommerce is also great for customers who just need a simple online shopping experience. If your needs involve more complex or immersive features such as timed discounts, pick up locations, delivery reminders, or post shopping feedback surveys, know that you will need to purchase additional add-ons to make to get these features using WooCommerce set up on WordPress.
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It's base security and integration with trusted security partners (such as NoFraud) is a game-changer when it comes to reliability and a "hands off approach" for our IT department. The up-time is also very good.
It offers a wide range of verified plugins that are (for the most part) easy to install and use for any specific scenario you're looking for.
It's Analytics area in the admin is actually nice and offers a wide variety of reports that you can run.
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I would love it if Shopify built an in house app which helped us post UGCs and social proof from platforms such as Instagram, Youtube etc. more seamlessly on our website. Right now, we are able to do it through third party apps but the look and feel is just okay.
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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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Despite very rare glitches, more connected to an excessive number of plugins, that affect the speed of the site, we are extremely satisfied with the platform, the ability to import and export products, even though we just export them, as we have our proprietary system for updating inventories. We love the ease of upgrading, enhancing, innovating, and the freedom we have to do whatever we want, which is a plus, when you consider Shopify can take down your whole store as they please, if they think you aren't abiding to their TOS or their ever changing set of rules.
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It is fairly easy to use Shopify regardless of what task you are attempting to perform. Most things are customizable to a degree without requiring coding ability. I have very limited coding experience and have still been able to navigate my way around changing features of the website that require edits to the code with the use of AI and trial-and-error. This previously wasn't possible with the WooCommerce platform.
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It is built on the Wordpress platform, so there are some quirks compared to a dedicated e-commerce product, but it is very intuitive and easy to use, especially for anyone with Wordpress experience. There are numerous great support articles and learning resources available. Significant customization can be achieved with plugins vs other eCommerce platforms, which may require more custom code and have fewer plugin options.
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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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Shopify offered us several trainings to setup a Shopify store, how to build a brand, SEO, product photography etc. All this content have been super helpful in our journey.
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Big Commerce and SAP Hybris are two other platforms we've investigated and Shopify is by far easiest to use and customize. While it doesn't do everything out of the box, the apps do fill in many gaps. The cost however, is probably the biggest selling point against these other two options.
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We were pretty sure we wanted a WordPress site so that we had more control over the site itself, having been burned by third-party vendor sites before. The fact that WooCommerce integrates so well with WordPress was a big selling point for us. Magento would have been too heavy of a lift for our small dev team and we didn't want to rely on Shopify or BigCommerce (though all of those products could have their merits for other projects or clients).
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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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