Budget Calculator
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.
Best fit for your budget
Dukaan — Free
Your tools cost
$379/mo
Left for ads
$121/mo
Budget used
76%
All 16 platforms — ranked by fit
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
Recommended for 0-100 orders/mo. Dukaan subdomain.
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
Recommended for 20-200 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 50-300 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 30-300 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo. Cheapest path. Needs WordPress comfort.
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
Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 0-200 orders/mo. Uses Ecwid underneath.
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
Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 20-500 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo. Actual pricing on signup (not public).
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
Recommended for 0-300 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 50-400 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 50-500 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 0-500 orders/mo.
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
Recommended for 0-400 orders/mo. Zero transaction fees on every plan.
Over budget
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
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?
A 30-minute call walks through your specific product, unit economics, country, and growth plan — with real numbers, not averages.
Book a call · $29How 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).