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Alternatives to WooCommerce
20 e-commerce & retail tools sit alongside WooCommerce in this directory. Below is what separates each from WooCommerce on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 9
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- WooCommerce starts at
- Free
Why people look past WooCommerce
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. WooCommerce 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 freemium.
- 1 tier to WooCommerce's 2.
Open-source ecommerce platform for enterprise retail
- Sold on a open-source model rather than freemium.
Market research tool for online sellers
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Cloud-based retail POS system
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Open-source ecommerce platform for business
- Sold on a open-source model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to WooCommerce's 2.
Open source Shopify alternative
Priced and rated the same as WooCommerce on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every WooCommerce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WooCommerce (this page) | Free | Freemium | 2 | |
| Printful | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs WooCommerce |
| Magento | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| Algopix | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| KORONA POS | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| OpenCart | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs WooCommerce |
| Medusa | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| Ecwid | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| PrestaShop | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| AliExpress | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs WooCommerce |
| Inventory Lab | $29/month | Subscription | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| BigCommerce | $29.95/month | Subscription | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| Oracle Commerce | $100000/year | Subscription | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| Etsy | $0.2/per-listing | Transaction | 1 | vs WooCommerce |
| Retail Pro | On request | - | - | vs WooCommerce |
| Clavio | $50/month | Subscription | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| Big Cartel | On request | Subscription | - | vs WooCommerce |
| Revel | $99/month | - | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| Heartland Retail | $150/month | Subscription | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
| commercetools | On request | Quote | - | vs WooCommerce |
| Namecheap | $0.88/year | Subscription | 2 | vs WooCommerce |
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 WooCommerce badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (9)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Printful , Free
- Magento , Free
- Algopix , Free
- KORONA POS , Free
- OpenCart , Free
- Medusa , Free
- Ecwid , Free
- PrestaShop , Free
What you would be giving up
WooCommerce is most often brought in for running an online store inside an existing wordpress site, selling physical, digital or subscription products with full control of the code, building a customised commerce workflow through plugins and hooks. 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 WooCommerce is broadly right and the question is cost, the WooCommerce 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.
WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to WooCommerce?
- 20 other e-commerce & retail tools are listed in this directory, led by Printful, Magento, Algopix, KORONA POS. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to WooCommerce?
- 9 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Printful, Magento, Algopix, KORONA POS, OpenCart.
- Is there a reason to switch away from WooCommerce?
- Nothing in the data flags one. WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce?
- WooCommerce is most often brought in for running an online store inside an existing wordpress site, selling physical, digital or subscription products with full control of the code, building a customised commerce workflow through plugins and hooks. 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 WooCommerce?
- Magento, OpenCart, PrestaShop are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against WooCommerce 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, 20 tools beside WooCommerce. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.