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E-commerce · 15 alternatives

Instead of Shopify, try one of these 15.

Every alternative is lined up against Shopify on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Shopify sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
ShopifyWhat you have now
Hosted store platform that powers millions of shops.
PricePaid
from $39/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
WooCommerce#1Our pick
Turn WordPress into a store, free and self-hosted.
PriceFree
hosting extra
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Webflow#2
Visual web design that exports clean production code.
PriceFreemium
from $14/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Squarespace#3
Polished templates for portfolios and small shops.
PricePaid
from $16/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
PrestaShop#4
Open-source store platform popular in Europe.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
BigCommerce#5
Enterprise SaaS store platform with no transaction fees.
PricePaid
from $39/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Medusa#6
Open-source commerce engine for custom storefronts.
PriceFree
cloud from $/mo
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Shopware#7
Open-source commerce platform popular in DACH.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Saleor#8
Headless, GraphQL-first commerce platform.
PriceFree
cloud quote
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Adobe Commerce#9
Enterprise open-source commerce platform from Adobe.
PricePaid
enterprise quote
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
OpenCart#10
Lightweight open-source shopping cart.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Thirty Bees#11
Fast open-source ecommerce for independent merchants
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Sylius#12
Flexible Symfony-based framework for custom ecommerce
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
Your Next Store#13
Modern Next.js storefront powered by Stripe
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Drupal Commerce#14
Commerce framework built on the Drupal CMS
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Ecwid#15
Add an online store to any existing website
PricePaid
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web

How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. Our pick, marked in lime, is the option we would point most people leaving Shopify to first. How we compare.

Shopify alternatives at a glance

Shopify is a paid e-commerce app (from $39/mo). We compared 15 alternatives: 11 are open source, 9 are completely free, 11 can be self-hosted and 0 work fully offline. The most popular is WooCommerce, with 1.2k likes.

Most liked overallWooCommerce

Turn WordPress into a store, free and self-hosted.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best free optionPrestaShop

Open-source store platform popular in Europe.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best open-source optionMedusa

Open-source commerce engine for custom storefronts.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best to self-hostShopware

Open-source commerce platform popular in DACH.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable

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