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Swell Commerce pricing
Swell Commerce publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Swell Commerce pricing is $29/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $29/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
Swell Commerce plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $29/month | 5 | Entry tier |
| Basic | $79/month | 6 | +$50/month, 3 more features |
| Standard | $299/month | 6 | +$220/month, 6 more features |
| Unlimited | $2250/month | 7 | +$1951/month, 7 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Starter
$29/monthThe entry tier. It covers up to $50k annual revenue, basic reports, up to 5 admin users, email and chat support, 2% overage fee on revenue exceeding ceiling.
Basic
$79/monthOver Starter, this tier adds:
- Up to $250K annual revenue
- Most popular plan
- 1.5% overage fee on revenue exceeding ceiling
Standard
$299/monthOver Basic, this tier adds:
- Up to $1M annual revenue
- Advanced reports
- Up to 15 admin users
- Priority support
- International price lists
- 1% overage fee on revenue exceeding ceiling
Unlimited
$2250/monthOver Standard, this tier adds:
- Up to $5M annual revenue
- Unlimited scalability and granular control
- Unlimited admin users
- Role-based permissions
- Developer support
- 100% uptime SLA
- 0.4% overage fee on revenue exceeding ceiling
What the product covers
The full Swell Commerce feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Headless architecture
- GraphQL & REST APIs
- Subscription commerce
- Multi-currency support
- Inventory management
- Custom checkout
- Webhook integrations
- Developer-friendly SDK
People bring Swell Commerce in for running a headless commerce backend with apis for a custom storefront, selling subscription products alongside one off purchases, operating multi currency stores from one commerce backend. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Swell Commerce are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in E-Commerce
Too few e-commerce tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swell Commerce (this page) | $29/month | subscription | - | |
| BackToMe | €25/month | subscription | - | vs Swell Commerce |
| UnoPIM | Free | open-source | - | vs Swell Commerce |
| Instacart | Free | Free to download; item markups plus delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription | - | vs Swell Commerce |
| Temu | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, heavy promotional discounting | - | vs Swell Commerce |
| Vinted | Free | Free for sellers, no commission; buyer pays a variable Buyer Protection fee at checkout | - | vs Swell Commerce |
| Shein | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, optional paid loyalty tier | - | vs Swell Commerce |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Swell Commerce badges page.
Before you pay for Swell Commerce
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between $29/month and $2250/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Swell Commerce against the tools that do have one before committing.
Swell Commerce runs on web, and is published by Swell Inc of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Swell Commerce review, and the rest of the category is under best e-commerce tools.
Swell Commerce pricing questions
- How much does Swell Commerce cost?
- Swell Commerce publishes 4 tiers, from $29/month for Starter up to $2250/month for Unlimited. The cheapest paid tier is $29/month.
- Does Swell Commerce have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Swell Commerce is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Starter and Basic on Swell Commerce?
- Basic costs $79/month against $29/month, and adds up to $250k annual revenue, most popular plan, 1.5% overage fee on revenue exceeding ceiling.
- Is the Unlimited plan on Swell Commerce worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is up to $5m annual revenue, unlimited scalability and granular control, unlimited admin users, role-based permissions. It costs $2250/month against $29/month for Starter. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which e-commerce tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 e-commerce tools listed alongside Swell Commerce have a free tier: UnoPIM, Instacart, Temu, Vinted, Shein.
- What am I actually paying for with Swell Commerce?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for running a headless commerce backend with apis for a custom storefront, selling subscription products alongside one off purchases, operating multi currency stores from one commerce backend.
- Does Swell Commerce charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Swell Commerce prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Swell Commerce against before paying?
- The closest e-commerce tools in this directory are BackToMe, UnoPIM, Instacart, Temu. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Swell Commerce covering price, platforms and features.