Online store platforms compared on sourced facts
Prices, fees and features read on each platform's official pages, with the source and the date under every fact.
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- Relevance to your answers, then alphabetical order. Without answers: alphabetical order. Relevance = how many of your answers a sourced fact confirms (most first), then the fewest contradicted answers. An unverified fact counts neither for nor against.
- Comparison
- 10 platforms compared. This list is not exhaustive.
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- Entry price per month
- Starter: 5 USD/month (up to 10 products); Venture: 29 USD/month yearly, 35 USD/month monthly.
- Transaction fees
- No Ecwid transaction fee on any plan (payment provider fees apply).
- Free trial
- No free trial stated; month-to-month plans, no commitment.
- Languages and currencies
- Multilingual catalogue with the Business plan.
- Digital products
- Yes from Venture (files up to 25 GB).
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- Reads your catalogue and publishes the fixes you approve (previous version saved first). Measures sales before and after each fix.
PrestaShop
Open-source store software, self-installed (Classic) or hosted by the publisher (Hosted).
- Entry price per month
- Classic: free download (hosting and domain extra). Hosted: €24 excl. VAT/month paid yearly, €29 excl. VAT/month with no commitment.
- Transaction fees
- Not verified
- Free trial
- Hosted: 14 days free (payment details required, charged at the end of the trial).
- Languages and currencies
- Sell in 20 currencies with PrestaShop Checkout (PayPal).
- Digital products
- Yes (virtual products).
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- Reads your catalogue and publishes the fixes you approve (previous version saved first). Measures sales before and after each fix.
Sellfy
Simple store for selling digital and physical products.
- Entry price per month
- Starter: 29 USD/month monthly, 22 USD/month with the yearly option.
- Transaction fees
- 0% Sellfy fee; PayPal or Stripe fees apply.
- Free trial
- 14 days free; 30-day money-back guarantee after upgrading.
- Languages and currencies
- Storefront in 7 languages (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese); payments via Stripe and PayPal.
- Digital products
- Yes (up to 50 files per product).
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- No dedicated connector: the free scan reads your public pages.
- Entry price per month
- Basic: 29 USD/month paid yearly, 39 USD/month paid monthly.
- Transaction fees
- 2% when you use a payment provider other than Shopify Payments (Basic plan); online card rate with Shopify Payments: 2.9% + 30¢.
- Free trial
- 3 days free with no credit card, then 1 USD/month for 3 months (most plans).
- Languages and currencies
- Storefront translation included in all plans; local-currency prices with Shopify Payments.
- Digital products
- Yes, from the Shopify admin.
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- Reads your catalogue and publishes the fixes you approve (previous version saved first). Measures sales before and after each fix.
SHOPLINE
Online store platform geared to selling internationally.
- Entry price per month
- Starter: 29 USD/month (24 USD/month with the 17% discount, billing terms not stated).
- Transaction fees
- Third-party payment provider: 2% (Starter), 0.8% (Essential).
- Free trial
- 14 days free, no credit card.
- Languages and currencies
- Selling in multiple languages and currencies (automatic price conversion).
- Digital products
- Not verified
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- Reads and audits your catalogue (read-only connection). Measures sales before and after each fix.
- Entry price per month
- Basic: 19 USD/month paid annually, 25 USD/month paid monthly.
- Transaction fees
- Basic: 2% on store sales (0% from Core); card rate with Squarespace Payments: 2.9% + $0.30.
- Free trial
- 14 days free, no credit card.
- Languages and currencies
- Payments in your own currency (1% conversion fee); Squarespace Payments available in 13 countries.
- Digital products
- Yes (content and memberships: 7% fee on Basic).
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- Reads and audits your catalogue (read-only connection).
- Entry price per month
- Ecommerce Standard: 29 USD/month billed yearly (monthly price not shown), plus taxes.
- Transaction fees
- Standard: 2% on top of Stripe or PayPal fees; 0% on Plus and Advanced.
- Free trial
- Free Starter plan with no time limit, but publishing a store needs a paid plan.
- Languages and currencies
- Translation as a paid add-on (Localize, from 9 USD/month).
- Digital products
- Yes (downloadable products).
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- Reads and audits your catalogue (read-only connection). Measures sales before and after each fix.
Weblium
Do-it-yourself website builder; the store is in the Business plan.
- Entry price per month
- Business (only plan with a store): 25 USD/month paid monthly; the page's yearly prices contradict each other.
- Transaction fees
- Not verified
- Free trial
- 14 days free with no credit card (Starter and Business).
- Languages and currencies
- Multilingual site, up to 5 languages, with Business.
- Digital products
- Not verified
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- No dedicated connector: the free scan reads your public pages.
- Entry price per month
- Core: 29.77 USD/month, yearly plan paid upfront; first plan that accepts payments. Prices vary by location.
- Transaction fees
- Not verified
- Free trial
- No paid-plan trial: refund within 14 days of the first upgrade to a paid plan. The free plan does not accept payments.
- Languages and currencies
- Not verified
- Digital products
- Yes (files up to 1 GB for documents).
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- Reads and audits your catalogue (read-only connection). Measures sales before and after each fix.
WooCommerce
Free open-source plugin that adds a store to a WordPress site you host.
- Entry price per month
- Free software, no subscription. Hosting is paid separately: 25 to 350 USD/month according to WooCommerce.
- Transaction fees
- No platform fee; with WooPayments, about 2.50–2.90% + 30¢ per transaction.
- Free trial
- No trial (free software); 30-day money-back guarantee on paid extensions.
- Languages and currencies
- Not verified
- Digital products
- Yes ("virtual" and "downloadable" products).
- What Storapulse fixes on this platform
- Reads your catalogue and publishes the fixes you approve (previous version saved first). Measures sales before and after each fix.
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