E-commerce
Shopify: Shopify is a hosted e-commerce platform for building online stores and selling products. These tools do a similar job: indie picks from our Friday drops and open source projects, each one chosen by a person.
Updated How we pick
6 alternatives to Shopify
Built by small, independent teams
Create and sell merch, digital products and memberships
Best for Creators combining merch, digital products and memberships
fourthwall.com ↗Free plan (5% on digital); Pro $15/mo
Create your own online store with zero transaction fees
Best for Creators selling digital and physical products from one store
sellfy.com ↗From $22/mo; 0% transaction fees
Free to use, and you can host them yourself
Building an alternative to Shopify?
Get it in front of people who want to try it. Free for makers.
Submit your toolOpen source commerce platform for developers
Best for Developers building custom headless stores
medusajs.com ↗GitHub ↗Free self-hosted; paid Medusa Cloud
Open source e-commerce software for self-hosted online stores
Best for Merchants self-hosting a full store
prestashop.com ↗GitHub ↗Free core; paid modules
Open source headless GraphQL commerce platform
Best for Teams building composable storefronts
saleor.io ↗GitHub ↗Free self-hosted; paid Saleor Cloud
Open source e-commerce plugin for WordPress
Best for Selling online from a WordPress site
woocommerce.com ↗GitHub ↗Free core; paid extensions
