Cheapest Ecommerce Platforms (By True Cost)

Shopify, Wix, Squarespace ranked by true cost including transaction fees, app costs, and hidden charges.

📊 Ranked by estimated true cost, not advertised price•🔄 Updated April 2026•9 tools compared
#1

Webflow

Professional website builder with powerful CMS. Beautiful sites, but CMS item limits, form submissio

$29/mo$74/mo

true cost (advertised + hidden fees)

CMS Item Overage: +$10Form Submission Limit: +$10Bandwidth Overage: +$2583% confidence
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#2

Wix

Drag-and-drop website builder for non-technical users. Free plan is ad-supported with Wix branding.

$0/mo$74/mo

true cost (advertised + hidden fees)

Wix Branding on Free: +$17App Market Cost Accumulation: +$35Heavy Sites Performance Degradation: +$078% confidence
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#3

Bubble

Full-stack no-code app builder. The most powerful no-code platform — but workload-based pricing is t

$32/mo$82/mo

true cost (advertised + hidden fees)

Workload Overage: +$50File Storage Limit: +$075% confidence
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#4

Vercel

Frontend deployment platform for Next.js and modern web frameworks. Free for hobby projects, then $2

$0/mo$90/mo

true cost (advertised + hidden fees)

Bandwidth Overage on Pro: +$40Serverless Function Execution: +$50Per-Seat Team Pricing: +$078% confidence
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#5

WordPress

The world's most popular CMS powering 43% of all websites. Free and open-source, but hosting, themes

$0/mo$105/mo

true cost (advertised + hidden fees)

Hosting Required: +$25Premium Plugins: +$30Theme & Maintenance: +$5078% confidence
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#6

Squarespace

Design-forward website builder with beautiful templates. Plans from $16-$49/mo but e-commerce transa

$16/mo$133/mo

true cost (advertised + hidden fees)

E-Commerce Transaction Fee: +$75Scheduling Add-On (Acuity): +$21Email Campaigns Add-On: +$1479% confidence
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#7

Framer

Modern website builder with AI features. Sleek and fast, but CMS limits and custom domain pricing cr

$15/mo$345/mo

true cost (advertised + hidden fees)

Per-Editor Surcharges: +$401 CMS Collection on Basic: +$20Convert Add-on for Forms: +$5072% confidence
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#8

WooCommerce

Free WordPress ecommerce plugin. No transaction fees, fully customizable, but requires hosting + ext

$0/mo$400/mo

true cost (advertised + hidden fees)

Hosting + Performance: +$50Payment Processing: +$290Extensions & Plugins: +$6075% confidence
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#9

Shopify

E-commerce platform for online stores. $39/mo sounds simple but transaction fees, app costs, and the

$39/mo$519/mo

true cost (advertised + hidden fees)

Transaction Fees (Non-Shopify Payments): +$100App Store Cost Accumulation: +$100Premium Theme Purchase: +$25084% confidence
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