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Heartland Retail vs Shopify

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Heartland Retail

Software

Omnichannel retail management platform

From
$150/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Shopify logo

Shopify

Software

The most trusted ecommerce platform to start, grow, and scale your business

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • They diverge on capability: Heartland Retail covers Point of sale, Shopify covers Hosted ecommerce platform.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Heartland Retail and Shopify actually diverge.

Attributes where Heartland Retail and Shopify differ
AttributeHeartland RetailShopify
Starting price$150/month$29/month
Founded19972006

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Heartland Retail

  • Point of sale
  • Omnichannel selling
  • Customer management
  • Employee management
  • Analytics
  • Reporting

Only in Shopify

  • Hosted ecommerce platform
  • Order tracking
  • Marketing automation
  • Apps and integrations
  • Multi-channel selling
  • SSL certificate

Both cover

  • Inventory management
  • Payment processing

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Heartland Retail

No use cases recorded yet. See the Heartland Retail review.

Shopify

  • Running a hosted ecommerce store with payments and fulfilmentnot Heartland Retail
  • Selling across online, in person and social channels from one cataloguenot Heartland Retail

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Heartland Retail

Nothing recorded yet. See the Heartland Retail review.

Shopify

  • Using any payment provider other than Shopify Payments adds a transaction fee on top of the card rate, at 2% on Basic falling to 0.2% on Plus
  • That fee makes the cheapest plan the most expensive place to use an outside processor, which is the opposite of how plans usually work
  • Card rates also improve with the plan, from 2.9% on Basic to 2.7% on Advanced
  • Amex is charged at a higher rate than other cards on every plan below Plus
  • Plus starts at $2,300 a month
  • The advertised lower monthly prices require paying a year up front

Pricing, plan by plan

Heartland Retail

$150/month
  • Core$150/month
    • POS system
    • Inventory management
    • Customer management
  • Professional$350/month
    • All Core features
    • Omnichannel
    • Advanced analytics

Shopify

$29/month
  • Starter$5/month
    • Buy Button & Sales Channel
    • Abandoned checkout recovery
    • Basic reporting
  • Basic$29/month
    • Online store
    • Up to 2 staff accounts
    • Basic reports
  • Standard$79/month
    • Professional reports
    • Gift cards
    • Up to 15 staff accounts

Which should you pick?

Choose Heartland Retail if

  • You need point of sale.
  • You also want omnichannel selling.
Heartland Retail review

Choose Shopify if

  • You need hosted ecommerce platform.
  • You also want order tracking.
Shopify review

Questions people ask

Is Heartland Retail or Shopify better?
Neither clearly leads. Heartland Retail starts at $150/month and Shopify at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Heartland Retail or Shopify?
Heartland Retail starts at $150/month and Shopify at $29/month.
Does Heartland Retail or Shopify run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What can Heartland Retail do that Shopify cannot?
Heartland Retail covers Point of sale, Omnichannel selling, Customer management, Employee management. Shopify covers Hosted ecommerce platform, Order tracking, Marketing automation, Apps and integrations. Both handle Inventory management, Payment processing.
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