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Alternatives to Trustpilot
24 e-commerce tools sit alongside Trustpilot in this directory. Below is what separates each from Trustpilot on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- 9
- Trustpilot starts at
- Free, then $99/month
Why people look past Trustpilot
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Trustpilot entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Trustpilot starts at $99/month. Across the 8 e-commerce tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $44/month.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Trustpilot publishes 5 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Trustpilot pricing page breaks each one down.
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.
Hosted e-commerce platform that charges no transaction fee and no surcharge for third party gateways
- No free tier, where Trustpilot has one.
- Starts $69.05 a month cheaper, at $29.95/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 2 tiers to Trustpilot's 5.
Open core commerce platform, free as Magento Open Source and licensed by revenue as Adobe Commerce
- Starts $99 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a open-source model rather than freemium.
- 2 tiers to Trustpilot's 5.
Cloud-based POS for small businesses
- No free tier, where Trustpilot has one.
- Starts $10 a month cheaper, at $89/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 3 tiers to Trustpilot's 5.
Automate and scale your product data with an AI-powered open-source PIM.
- Sold on a open-source model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to Trustpilot's 5.
Social resale marketplace with a flat fee on low-value sales and a percentage cut above that
- Sold on a Free to list; tiered seller commission by sale price model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to Trustpilot's 5.
Every Trustpilot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot (this page) | Free, then $99/month | Freemium | 5 | |
| BigCommerceEnterprise ecommerce platform for ambitious merchants | $29.95/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
| SquarePowering the economy | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
| MagentoOpen-source ecommerce platform for enterprise retail | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
| ShopkeepCloud-based POS for small businesses | $89/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Trustpilot |
| UnoPIM | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Trustpilot |
| Poshmark | Free | Free to list; tiered seller commission by sale price | 1 | vs Trustpilot |
| Instacart | Free | Free to download; item markups plus delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
| Mercari | Free | Free to list; 10 percent seller commission on sale price plus payment processing fee | 1 | vs Trustpilot |
| Depop | Free | Free to list; percentage plus per-order seller fee, separate payment processing fee | 1 | vs Trustpilot |
| Temu | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, heavy promotional discounting | 1 | vs Trustpilot |
| Shein | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, optional paid loyalty tier | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
| Wish | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order | 1 | vs Trustpilot |
| Amazon Shopping | Free | Free to use; optional Prime subscription for fast shipping and bundled media | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
| Vinted | Free | Free for sellers, no commission; buyer pays a variable Buyer Protection fee at checkout | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
| Zendrop | Free, then $49/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Trustpilot |
| Saleor | Free | Open-source | 4 | vs Trustpilot |
| CJ Dropshipping | Free | Freemium | - | vs Trustpilot |
| BackToMe | €25/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
| Mollie | £0.3/transaction | Per transaction by payment method | 3 | vs Trustpilot |
| Klarna | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Trustpilot |
| Drip | $39/month | Per month by contact count | 3 | vs Trustpilot |
| Memberful | $49/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
| FastSpring | On request | Transaction | 1 | vs Trustpilot |
| SamCart | $79/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Trustpilot |
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 Trustpilot badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Trustpilot (9)
Entry price under Trustpilot's $99/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Trustpilot is most often brought in for review collection and management, customer reputation monitoring, review widget integration, multi-location business review tracking. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
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 Trustpilot is broadly right and the question is cost, the Trustpilot pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the E-Commerce category lists everything the directory holds, and best e-commerce tools ranks them.
Trustpilot 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 Trustpilot alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Trustpilot?
- 24 other e-commerce tools are listed in this directory, led by BigCommerce, Square, Magento, Shopkeep. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Trustpilot?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Square, Magento, UnoPIM, Poshmark, Instacart.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Trustpilot?
- Yes. 9 of the alternatives below start under Trustpilot's $99/month: BigCommerce at $29.95/month, Magento at Free, Shopkeep at $89/month, Zendrop at Free, then $49/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Trustpilot?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Trustpilot?
- Trustpilot is most often brought in for review collection and management, customer reputation monitoring, review widget integration, multi-location business review tracking. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Trustpilot?
- Magento, UnoPIM, Saleor are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Trustpilot alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, E-Commerce, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Trustpilot against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Trustpilot 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 tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the E-Commerce category, 24 tools beside Trustpilot. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.