Compare tools side by side
Pick two or three tools and set your size. See what each one costs you, fees included, and what you get for it.
For $5,000 a month in sales, paying yearly, Shopify is cheapest at $204 a month. BigCommerce costs $48.50 more.
ShopifyBasic plan
$204
a month, billed yearly
Cheapest
BigCommerceGrowth plan
$252.50
a month, billed yearly
Plan and feesWhat makes up the monthly total
Price being rechecked
Plan $29Card fees $175
Plan $79Card fees $173.50
Over a year
$2,448$214 a month if you pay monthly
$3,030$278.50 a month if you pay monthly
Limits the vendor lists
- Extra 2% fee if you use another payment provider
- POS Pro is an add-on at $89/mo per location
- Over 50 synced marketplace orders a month: 1% up to $99/mo
- Sales capped at $100,000 over 12 months, then you need a bigger plan
- Open Payment Providers fee: monthly fee on GMV via open providers; varies by plan
Features
For the plan in each column, from each vendor's own pages. "Not recorded" is a gap in our records, not a missing feature. How we check
Selling
Unlimited productsNo cap on the number of products.
Yes
Yes
Abandoned cart recoveryEmails shoppers who left items in their cart.
Yes
Yes
Running the store
Staff accountsLogins for people who help run the store.
NoNo extra staff accounts
YesUnlimited users
Payments
Use any payment providerTake payments through a provider other than the vendor's own.
YesShopify adds a 2% fee
YesBigCommerce charges a fee on orders through open providers
Support
Live supportLive chat or phone support.
Yes24/7 live chat
Yes24/7 chat and phone
Recorded for only some of these tools
Sell on social and marketplacesList products on social, marketplaces or AI chats.
Yes
Not recorded
Shipping discountsDiscounted carrier rates.
YesUp to 87% off
Not recorded
In-person selling (POS)Sell in person with a point-of-sale system.
YesPOS Pro is $89 a month per location
Not recorded
Gift cardsSell gift cards in your store.
Yes
Not recorded
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Every option, ranked
How we rank6 options fit $5,000 a month in sales, paying yearly. 1 left out. Tick Compare to put an option in the side by side above.
Full price published
Number 1: Shopify Basic
3-day free trial
Being rechecked$204a month
$2,448 a year
Plan $29, billed yearlyCard fees $175Why it's here
- Cheapest Shopify plan for $5,000 a month in sales
- Paying yearly saves $120 a year
Limits to know
- Extra 2% fee if you use another payment provider
- POS Pro is an add-on at $89/mo per location
- Over 50 synced marketplace orders a month: 1% up to $99/mo
- International cards: +1% on online rates
- No separate sales fee is listed when you use the vendor's own payments.
Number 2: BigCommerce Growth
$252.50a month
$3,030 a year
Plan $79, billed yearlyCard fees $173.50Go to BigCommerceAll BigCommerce plansDetails
Why it's here
- Cheapest BigCommerce plan for $5,000 a month in sales
- Paying yearly saves $312 a year
Limits to know
- Sales capped at $100,000 over 12 months, then you need a bigger plan
- Open Payment Providers fee: monthly fee on GMV via open providers; varies by plan
- No separate sales fee is listed when you use the vendor's own payments.
Provisional price
Number 3: Squarespace Core
Provisional figure
$204a month
$2,448 a year
Plan $29, billed yearlyCard fees $175Go to SquarespaceAll Squarespace plansDetails
Why it's here
- Cheapest Squarespace plan for $5,000 a month in sales
Limits to know
- Contributors: Unlimited
- Online store transaction fee: 0%
- Card rates: from 2.9% + $0.30
- AI credits: 20; resets monthly
- Provisional: the vendor's page doesn't state this clearly.
Starting price only. The price at your size isn't published
Number 4: Wix Core
Starting price
From $29a month
No published price at your size
Go to WixAll Wix plansDetails
Why it's here
- Cheapest Wix plan not ruled out for $5,000 a month in sales
Limits to know
- 5 team seats included
- Storage: 50 GB
- Site collaborators: 5
- Price at your size not published: We haven't recorded the card rates for this plan.
Number 5: WordPress.com Commerce
Starting price
From $50a month
No published price at your size
Go to WordPress.comAll WordPress.com plansDetails
Why it's here
- Cheapest WordPress.com plan not ruled out for $5,000 a month in sales
Limits to know
- Yearly plan renews at $50/mo
- Storage: 50 GB
- Price at your size not published: We haven't recorded the card rates for this plan.
Cost can't be compared
Number 6: WooCommerce Core
Can't be compared
Depends on your setup
Go to WooCommerceAll WooCommerce plansDetails
Why it's here
- Not ruled out for $5,000 a month in sales. The total depends on choices outside WooCommerce
Limits to know
- Hosting not included
- Hosting (vendor estimate): $25 – $350/month
- Extensions (vendor estimate): $29 – $299/year per extension
- WooPayments card rate: ~2.50-2.90% + 30¢
- Not comparable: The plugin is free, but hosting, extensions and payment fees depend on the host and add-ons you choose; WooCommerce publishes only ranges.
Left out: 1 tool doesn't fit what you asked for
- Etsy
No prices recorded yet
How we rank
- Fit comes first. The plan must cover your size, fit your budget and have your must-haves (or at least not be ruled out by the vendor's page). Tools that don't are listed under "Left out" with the reason.
- Confirmed features rank above add-ons. Add-ons rank above features the vendor's page doesn't mention for that plan.
- A fully published cost ranks above a provisional one. Next comes a starting price (when the price at your size isn't published), then a cost that can't be compared.
- Then the lowest total at your size wins: plan price, extra seats or sites, and card and sales fees.
- An option we earn from can be shown first only when two options are equal on all of that, both costs are fully published for your billing period, and they're within 5% of each other. The result says when that happens. App builders never get this tie-break, because their allowances can't be compared.
Prices are vendors' list prices in US dollars, before tax. How we check prices