# Shopify alternatives in 2026 Shopify Basic is $29 to $39 a month, and using another payment provider adds a fee on every sale. Eight options compared on price, fees on sales, design, moving your products over, AI agents, and export. PageHub is ours, so we list where it's weaker too. Every competitor fact comes from that company's own pages, checked October 19, 2026. If you want a Shopify alternative that's cheaper than Shopify, or you're ready to leave Shopify and move from Shopify without retyping your catalog, start with the import column. ## Quick picks - No monthly bill and no fee on sales: **PageHub** - Full control on your own hosting: **WooCommerce** - A big catalog, with a free migration app: **BigCommerce** - A brand-led site with a small store: **Squarespace** - A store plus bookings or events: **Wix** - Selling in person and online: **Square Online** - Adding a store to a site you already have: **Ecwid** - An AI that sets up the store for you: **Amboras** ## The baseline: Shopify No free plan: 3 days free, then $1 a month for 3 months. Basic is $29 a month billed yearly or $39 monthly; Grow is $79 or $105. Shopify Payments is 2.9% + 30¢ online on Basic. Another payment provider adds 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced. Products export as CSV without images, and the theme downloads as Liquid files. ## PageHub The full store is on the free plan: Stripe Checkout, cart, product grids, category and product pages, sizes and colors, search and filters, subscriptions, up to 5 flat shipping rates and a free-shipping threshold, Stripe Tax, promo codes, stock tracking, and an orders screen for marking orders shipped with tracking and refunding. PageHub adds no fee on sales on any plan; Stripe's card fees apply. Products live in your own Stripe account. Pro is $7 a month per published site and adds customer accounts with order history, order confirmation emails, and emails to opted-in customers. Shopify import works on every plan: products, sizes and colors, images, discounts, and customers. Stock copies once; later Shopify changes don't sync. WooCommerce import too. Build with the built-in AI chat (Claude, GPT, or Gemini; 1,000 credits on free, packs from $5), connect your own agent over MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) using no PageHub credits, or edit by hand in the visual editor. Export any site's files as a ZIP, with the published pages as static HTML, on every plan; customers and collections export as CSV. Weaker than Shopify: Stripe connection is for US businesses only. Flat-rate shipping only, with no weight-based rates or carrier labels. No currency switcher, abandoned-cart emails, or product reviews. You add and edit products in Stripe, not in PageHub. No app store and no point of sale. ## WooCommerce A free, open-source WordPress plugin. WooCommerce puts hosting at $25 to $350 a month for most stores, plus extensions at $29 to $299 a year each. No WooCommerce fee on sales; WooPayments is about 2.5% to 2.9% + 30¢. Imports Shopify's product CSV for free; a paid extension also moves customers and orders. MCP support is in developer preview, for products and orders. ## BigCommerce Core is $29 a month billed yearly or $39 monthly, for up to $30K in sales over 12 months. No fee with its built-in payment providers; others add 2% on Core. A free Data Migration app moves products, customers, orders, CMS pages, and redirects, up to 500,000 records. Its MCP server is for shoppers. ## Squarespace Basic is $19 a month billed yearly or $25 monthly, with a 2% fee on product sales; Core and up have none. One-time CSV import of Shopify products and customers; orders and design don't move. MCP covers domain search only. ## Wix Selling starts on Core, $29 a month billed yearly. Wix Payments is 2.9% + 30¢ for US cards. No automatic Shopify import: CSV, or the paid Cart2Cart app. Official MCP server. The site doesn't export. ## Square Online A free store on a square.site address, at 3.3% + 30¢ per online card payment. Your own domain needs Square Plus, $49 a month per location, at 2.9% + 30¢. Square's MCP server (beta) covers its API, not website pages. ## Ecwid Starter is $5 a month for 10 products; Venture is $29 billed yearly or $35 monthly for 100. No fee on sales. Adds a store to WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, and other sites, or use its Instant Site. Shopify's product CSV imports after you reformat it. ## Amboras A newer store platform built around an AI assistant. Basic is $39 a month billed yearly or $49 monthly. Free migration on paid plans: products, images, stock, pages, and blog posts, with redirects. Its pages don't state a fee on sales or an MCP server. ## When to stay on Shopify If you rely on carrier-calculated shipping and labels, selling in several currencies, a point of sale, or a particular Shopify app, Shopify does more than most of this list. Leave when the monthly bill and the apps cost more than the store needs. ## Frequently asked questions ### What's the cheapest Shopify alternative? PageHub runs a full Stripe store on its free plan, with no fee on sales; you pay only Stripe's card fees. Pro is $7 a month per published site and adds customer accounts and order emails. Square Online has a free store on a square.site address, with 3.3% + 30¢ per online card payment. Ecwid starts at $5 a month for 10 products. WooCommerce is free, but you pay for hosting. ### Which Shopify alternatives don't charge a fee on sales? PageHub, WooCommerce, and Ecwid add no fee on any plan. Squarespace adds none on Core and up (2% on Basic). BigCommerce adds none with its built-in payment providers. Card processing fees still apply everywhere. Shopify adds 0.6% to 2% when you use a payment provider other than Shopify Payments. ### Can I move my products from Shopify? Yes, on most of these. PageHub imports products, sizes and colors, images, discounts, and customers on every plan, into your own Stripe account; stock copies once and later Shopify changes don't sync. BigCommerce has a free migration app that also moves orders. Amboras migrates for free on paid plans. Squarespace, WooCommerce, and Ecwid take Shopify's product CSV, Ecwid after reformatting. Wix has no automatic import. ### Which Shopify alternatives let Claude or ChatGPT build the store? PageHub lets your own agent (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) build, restyle, and publish the store over MCP, on every plan, using no PageHub credits. Wix's MCP server can create and publish sites. WooCommerce's MCP (developer preview) manages products and orders but not pages. BigCommerce's is for shoppers, Square's covers its API, and Shopify's covers docs and code checks. ### Should I leave Shopify at all? Stay if you rely on carrier-calculated shipping and labels, selling in several currencies, a point of sale, or a specific Shopify app. Leave when the monthly bill and the apps cost more than your store needs.