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Enter your budget. See what it actually buys.

Every ecommerce guide lists plan fees. None show you what a real monthly invoice looks like AFTER payment processing, apps, and hosting — and how much is left for the thing that actually grows your store: ads.

All 16 platforms comparedCountry-aware payment mathShows what's left for growth
$500/mo
$20$5k$50k
200
101,00010,000+
~$55

Best fit for your budget

DukaanFree

Your tools cost

$379/mo

Left for ads

$121/mo

Budget used

76%

All 16 platforms — ranked by fit

Dukaan logo
Dukaan

Tight — most budget on tools

76%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$0/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$0/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$379/mo
Left for ads / growth$121/mo

Recommended for 0-100 orders/mo. Dukaan subdomain.

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SpreadSimple

Tight — most budget on tools

83%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$14/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$20/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$413/mo
Left for ads / growth$87/mo

Recommended for 20-200 orders/mo.

Ecwid by Lightspeed logo
Ecwid by Lightspeed

Tight — most budget on tools

86%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$21/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$30/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$430/mo
Left for ads / growth$70/mo

Recommended for 50-300 orders/mo.

Weebly by Square logo
Weebly by Square

Tight — most budget on tools

86%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$29/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$20/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$428/mo
Left for ads / growth$72/mo

Recommended for 30-300 orders/mo.

WooCommerce logo
WooCommerce

Tight — most budget on tools

87%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$0/mo
Hosting
$15/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$40/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$434/mo
Left for ads / growth$66/mo

Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo. Cheapest path. Needs WordPress comfort.

FluentCart (WordPress) logo
FluentCart (WordPress)

Tight — most budget on tools

87%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$12/mo
Hosting
$15/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$30/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$436/mo
Left for ads / growth$64/mo

Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo.

Brizy Shop (powered by Ecwid) logo
Brizy Shop (powered by Ecwid)

Tight — most budget on tools

87%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$14/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$40/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$433/mo
Left for ads / growth$67/mo

Recommended for 0-200 orders/mo. Uses Ecwid underneath.

OpenCart logo
OpenCart

Tight — most budget on tools

89%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$0/mo
Hosting
$15/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$50/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$444/mo
Left for ads / growth$56/mo

Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo.

SureCart (WordPress) logo
SureCart (WordPress)

Tight — most budget on tools

89%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$19/mo
Hosting
$15/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$30/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$443/mo
Left for ads / growth$57/mo

Recommended for 20-500 orders/mo.

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LaunchMyStore

Tight — most budget on tools

90%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$29/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$40/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$448/mo
Left for ads / growth$52/mo

Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo. Actual pricing on signup (not public).

Shopify logo
Shopify

No budget left for ads

92%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$29/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$53/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$461/mo
Left for ads / growth$39/mo

Recommended for 0-300 orders/mo.

Wix eCommerce logo
Wix eCommerce

No budget left for ads

92%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$29/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$50/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$458/mo
Left for ads / growth$42/mo

Recommended for 50-400 orders/mo.

Squarespace logo
Squarespace

No budget left for ads

92%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$27/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$53/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$459/mo
Left for ads / growth$41/mo

Recommended for 50-500 orders/mo.

PrestaShop logo
PrestaShop

No budget left for ads

92%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$0/mo
Hosting
$20/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$60/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$459/mo
Left for ads / growth$41/mo

Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo.

BigCommerce logo
BigCommerce

No budget left for ads

96%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$39/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$60/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$478/mo
Left for ads / growth$22/mo

Recommended for 0-400 orders/mo. Zero transaction fees on every plan.

200%

of budget

Plan

Platform plan
$0/mo
Hosting
$500/mo
Apps (typical at your volume)
$833/mo
Processor fees (2.9% × 200 × $55)
$379/mo
Total operating cost
$1712/mo
Left for ads / growth-$1,212/mo

Recommended for 2,000+ orders/mo (needs dev team). Requires engineering team + serious infra.

These numbers are estimates. Want an exact picture for YOUR store?

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How these numbers are calculated

Platform plan: current published list price.

Apps cost: typical monthly spend at your order volume, interpolated from real-world data from 500+ stores. Your actual spend varies with business specifics — expect ±30%.

Processor fees: United States uses Stripe as the typical processor (2.9% + $0.3/transaction). Actual rate varies by volume and negotiation.

Platform extra fees: Shopify charges 0.15-2% additional on non-Shopify-Payments transactions. Shopify Payments isn't available in India — so Indian users see extra fees. BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and most others charge 0% platform fee.

This isn't an invoice. Real costs depend on product type, return rates, marketing efficiency, and dozens of other factors. Use this to pick a ballpark — book a call for precise numbers.

Why this calculator is different

Every other "Shopify cost" calculator lies to you.

Most platform pricing calculators online are one of two things: marketing pages showing only the sticker price, or affiliate-driven quizzes where the top recommendation is whoever pays the highest commission.

We're neither. No affiliate links. No paid rankings. Just the actual math — plan + apps + payment fees + hosting — based on what 500+ real stores actually pay every month.

What we include that others don't

  • Country-specific payment processing rates. Razorpay charges 2% in India; Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 in the US. That 1% difference is $1,500/year at $150k revenue — not a rounding error.
  • Shopify's "non-Shopify-Payments" penalty. In India (where Shopify Payments isn't available), you pay Shopify's platform fee ON TOP of your processor's rate. That's 4% per sale on Basic — double what platforms like Dukaan or WooCommerce charge.
  • Realistic apps spend by volume. A store doing 50 orders/month needs different apps than one doing 2,000 orders. We scale the apps estimate with your volume.
  • Hosting cost for self-hosted platforms. WooCommerce's "free plugin" comes with $15-$150/month in hosting. Magento Open Source is "free" but needs $500+/month in infra. We show it.
  • Plan tier selection. Click a plan chip on any platform card to see how Basic vs Shopify Plus changes the math — because the right tier depends on your volume, not just marketing tier names.

The "left for ads" number is the one that matters

Most founders obsess over the $29 vs $79 plan. The real killer is running out of budget for customer acquisition. At $500/month total, an 80% tool cost = $100/month for ads = roughly 30-50 visitors/day = you won't grow.

This calculator surfaces that trade-off in every card. Green means plenty left for growth. Red means you're all-in on tools with nothing to acquire customers. Pick the green.

Want to walk through YOUR specific numbers with me? Book a 30-min call and I'll audit your actual situation — including anything this calculator can't capture (return rates, margin, channels, seasonality, your specific ads cost).