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Shopify Inc.
The e-commerce platform everything else gets compared to.
Price
From $5/mo
Last checked
June 2026
Best for
Serious online stores
Category
Online stores
About Shopify
Shopify is not a website builder with a shop bolted on; it is a commerce engine with a website attached, and that ordering shows everywhere: the checkout converts better than anything self-hosted, payments, taxes, and shipping integrate natively, and the app store covers every retail edge case. Basic runs around $29 a month on annual billing (plus payment processing fees, and an extra fee if you skip Shopify Payments); the $5 Starter plan sells through social links without a full store. Content pages and blogs are serviceable rather than great. For a real store with growth plans, it is the safest infrastructure decision in this lineup.
“If the site exists to sell, this is the platform: the best checkout in the business, an app for every commerce problem, and infrastructure that survives Black Friday. You pay for it in subscription plus fees, and for pure content sites it is the wrong tool.”Editorial team, via WebsiteShortlist
Where to get it
From $5/mo
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