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    Shopify

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AShopify 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

    per month

    WooCommerce

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AWooCommerce 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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    Pricing
    ShopifyWooCommerce
    Editions & Modules
    Basic Shopify
    $39
    per month
    Grow
    $105
    per month
    Advanced
    $399
    per month
    Shopify Plus
    2,000
    per month
    Shopify Plus
    2,300
    per month
    Woo Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ShopifyWooCommerce
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA 25% discount is offered for annual billing.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.
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    Community Pulse
    ShopifyWooCommerce
    Considered Both Products
    Shopify
    No answer on this topic
    Automattic
    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
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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.
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose WooCommerce
    Shopify is better in almost every way, but does come with a premium.
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose WooCommerce
    I haven't used Shopify as much as WooCommerce so can't draw an accurate comparison.
    Incentivized
    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. …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose WooCommerce
    Shopify is better suited for non-technical businesses. WooCommerce is great because it can be a free way to get started quickly.
    Incentivized
    Chose WooCommerce
    WooCommerce integrates directly with our existing WordPress site and gives me full control over the shopping process. Shopify doesn't offer the same flexibility. Also, WooCommerce is free to use a basic version, and we implemented it when we weren't ready to invest in a paid …
    Incentivized
    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
    Incentivized
    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.
    Incentivized
    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. …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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, …
    Incentivized
    Chose WooCommerce
    Since WooCommerce has merged with WordPress, the integration has become even more seamless than ever before. The fact that the database space has been reduced because of the integration, has lightened the load on servers. The additional overhaul of variations has also taken a …
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    ShopifyWooCommerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Shopify and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Shopify
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    7.8
    88 Ratings
    Product catalog & listings9.5136 Ratings8.587 Ratings
    Product management8.7134 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.6115 Ratings6.370 Ratings
    Branding8.8134 Ratings7.076 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.9130 Ratings9.080 Ratings
    Product variations9.0127 Ratings6.480 Ratings
    Website integration8.6127 Ratings9.288 Ratings
    Visual customization8.0133 Ratings8.084 Ratings
    CMS8.1109 Ratings7.766 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Shopify and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Shopify
    7.9
    129 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    7.5
    84 Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery7.9120 Ratings7.355 Ratings
    Checkout user experience7.8127 Ratings7.784 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Shopify and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Shopify
    9.6
    131 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    8.9
    77 Ratings
    eCommerce security9.6131 Ratings8.977 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Shopify and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Shopify
    8.4
    133 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    5.7
    86 Ratings
    Promotions & discounts9.2128 Ratings6.483 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations8.432 Ratings4.068 Ratings
    SEO7.6124 Ratings6.675 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Shopify and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Shopify
    8.2
    134 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    6.7
    85 Ratings
    Multi-site management6.719 Ratings5.342 Ratings
    Order processing9.8132 Ratings7.883 Ratings
    Inventory management7.8131 Ratings7.382 Ratings
    Shipping7.8124 Ratings6.376 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.6124 Ratings7.079 Ratings
    User Ratings
    ShopifyWooCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (149 ratings)
    7.8
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)