E-commerce tools in 2026, compared by price

We track 21 e-commerce tools. The list below is ordered by what it costs to start, cheapest first. Tools that cannot be put on that scale — usage-based pricing, a free tier, or a price we could not verify — come last, and each one says which case it is. The cheapest verified entry point is PrestaShop at Free.

How to choose e-commerce software

E-commerce pricing comes in two shapes: platform plans with a monthly fee, and payment infrastructure that charges per transaction. Many stores end up paying both, so the honest number to compare is the stack — plan fee, plus processing percentage, plus any app fees.

Enterprise platforms often quote instead of publishing, which is why several entries here say quote only. For smaller stores, the plan limits that matter are usually staff seats, order volume and the transaction-fee difference between tiers.

Before you commit, check:

Whether transaction fees are charged on top of the plan
Payment gateway lock-in, or a fee for using an external one
Staff seats and order-volume limits per tier
What enterprise pricing covers when it is quote-only

No vendor has paid for a position on this page. Price is not quality: the cheapest tool here is not the best one for your team, it is only the cheapest. We do not publish a quality score because we do not have one we can stand behind. How we score tools.

PrestaShop
Self-hosted open-source commerce platform with modular storefront tooling.
Commerce foundation: Core supplies product, customer, order and storefront management.
Freeverified
Shopify
Best store platform.
Rapid Start: Launch a professional store in minutes with no technical hurdles.
From $19/mo billed annuallyverified
BigCommerce
Modern headless commerce.
No Transaction Fees: Does not take extra commissions from your sales, unlike Shopify.
From $29/mo billed annuallyverified
Sellfy
Simple storefront for creators.
Quick to set up
From $29/mo billed monthlyverified
Teachable
Top course platform.
Great Student Experience: A polished course player that students rarely complain about.
From $29/moverified
Podia
All-in-one creator site.
Ultra Simple: One of the easiest platforms to set up and start selling.
From $84/moverified
Chargebee
Subscription billing and revenue management.
Handles complex subscription and tax scenarios
Free tier availablenot a monthly price
Ecwid
Add a store to any existing website.
Adds commerce without rebuilding your site
Free tier availablenot a monthly price
Epos Now
Cloud point-of-sale ecosystem combining retail or hospitality software, terminals, payment processing, support and third-party apps.
Integrated hardware, software and payments can reduce manual reconciliation at the till.
Subscription plus transaction feesnot a monthly price
Gumroad
Sell anything easily.
Zero Setup: Upload your product and share your link in under 2 minutes.
Usage-based pricingnot a monthly price
Lemon Squeezy
Simple SaaS payments.
Beautiful UI: By far the most modern and pleasant dashboard in the industry.
Usage-based pricingnot a monthly price
Magento
Flexible enterprise commerce.
Infinite Flexibility: Total control over every single line of code and customization.
Custom pricing — quote requirednot a monthly price
Paddle
SaaS billing & tax.
Total Tax Compliance: They calculate, collect, and remit all global taxes for you.
Usage-based pricingnot a monthly price
Payhip
Sell digital products and memberships.
Handles EU VAT for you
Free tier availablenot a monthly price
Printful
Print on demand and fulfilment.
No inventory or upfront stock cost
Usage-based pricingnot a monthly price
Printify
Print on demand marketplace.
Choice of print providers per product
Free tier availablenot a monthly price
Recurly
Subscription management and billing.
Strong dunning and failed-payment recovery
Pricing not verifiednot a monthly price
Shopware
Open-source commerce platform from Germany.
Open source with full code access
Free tier availablenot a monthly price
Snipcart
Drop-in shopping cart for custom sites.
Works with any stack or static site
Usage-based pricingnot a monthly price
Stripe
Payment infrastructure for the internet.
Best Developer Experience: Flawless documentation and a clean, powerful API.
Usage-based pricingnot a monthly price
WooCommerce
Open-source store plugin for WordPress.
No platform fee on sales
Free tier availablenot a monthly price

Head-to-head comparisons

Two e-commerce tools side by side, on price and on the features we actually checked.

Looking to switch?

What each of these costs to replace, with the closest tools that do the same job.