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Best Shopify alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Shopify in e-commerce platforms, ranked by entry price. Shopify starts at $5/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than Shopify: Square Online.
- Free alternatives: Square Online, Wix Stores, Webflow Ecommerce.
- Closest by price: Square Online ($0/mo), Ecwid by Lightspeed ($5/mo), Wix Stores ($24/mo).
Shopify alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Square Online | $0/mo | Yes | No | Brick-and-mortar retailers adding online sales with existing Square POS | squareup.com |
| 2 | Ecwid by Lightspeed | $5/mo | No | No | Businesses adding a store to an existing website without rebuilding it | ecwid.com |
| 3 | Wix Stores | $24/mo | Yes | Yes | Small businesses wanting an all-in-one site + store with a free starting point | wix.com |
| 4 | Squarespace STALE · 2026-06-13 | $25/mo | No | No | Creative businesses and visual brands (fashion, art, food) | squarespace.com |
| 5 | Webflow Ecommerce | $29/mo | Yes | No | Design-led brands wanting complete visual control over their storefront | webflow.com |
| 6 | Volusion | $35/mo | No | No | Small-to-mid retailers wanting an all-in-one store with built-in CRM | volusion.com |
| 7 | BigCommerce | $39/mo | No | No | Mid-market and enterprise B2B sellers | bigcommerce.com |
Data current through 2026-09-02. STALE marks a row with at least one plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 1 of 7 rows above is marked. Compare any two directly on the E-commerce Platforms index.