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Alternatives to Magento
19 e-commerce & retail tools sit alongside Magento in this directory. Below is what separates each from Magento on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Magento starts at
- Free
Why people look past Magento
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Magento has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $39.98/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Print on demand dropshipping service
- Sold on a transaction model rather than open-source.
- 1 tier to Magento's 2.
Market research tool for online sellers
- Sold on a subscription model rather than open-source.
Cloud-based retail POS system
- Sold on a subscription model rather than open-source.
Open-source ecommerce platform for business
- 1 tier to Magento's 2.
Open source Shopify alternative
- Sold on a freemium model rather than open-source.
Sell anywhere ecommerce platform
- Sold on a subscription model rather than open-source.
Every Magento alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magento (this page) | Free | Open-source | 2 | |
| Printful | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Magento |
| Algopix | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Magento |
| KORONA POS | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Magento |
| OpenCart | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Magento |
| Medusa | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Magento |
| Ecwid | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Magento |
| PrestaShop | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs Magento |
| AliExpress | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Magento |
| Inventory Lab | $29/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Magento |
| BigCommerce | $29.95/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Magento |
| Oracle Commerce | $100000/year | Subscription | 2 | vs Magento |
| Etsy | $0.2/per-listing | Transaction | 1 | vs Magento |
| Retail Pro | On request | - | - | vs Magento |
| Clavio | $50/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Magento |
| Big Cartel | On request | Subscription | - | vs Magento |
| Revel | $99/month | - | 2 | vs Magento |
| Heartland Retail | $150/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Magento |
| commercetools | On request | Quote | - | vs Magento |
| Namecheap | $0.88/year | Subscription | 2 | vs Magento |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Magento badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Printful , Free
- Algopix , Free
- KORONA POS , Free
- OpenCart , Free
- Medusa , Free
- Ecwid , Free
- PrestaShop , Free
- AliExpress , Free
What you would be giving up
The record we hold does not list what Magento is typically used for, so there is no honest way to enumerate what a switch would cost you from this page alone.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Magento is broadly right and the question is cost, the Magento pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the E-commerce & Retail category lists everything the directory holds, and best e-commerce & retail tools ranks them.
Magento runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Magento alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Magento?
- 19 other e-commerce & retail tools are listed in this directory, led by Printful, Algopix, KORONA POS, OpenCart. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Magento?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Printful, Algopix, KORONA POS, OpenCart, Medusa.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Magento?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Magento has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $39.98/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Magento?
- The record we hold does not list what Magento is typically used for, so the honest answer is to check the side-by-side comparison for whichever alternative you are considering. Each one puts the two full feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Magento?
- OpenCart, PrestaShop are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Magento alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, E-commerce & Retail, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Magento against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Magento covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every e-commerce & retail tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the E-commerce & Retail category, 19 tools beside Magento. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.