Looking for a Shopify alternative?
Waise is an online store with a flat fee per order instead of a percentage, and what Shopify sells as apps is already built in.
Why store owners look elsewhere
- A cut of every sale With any processor other than Shopify Payments, Shopify takes Basic 2%, Grow 1%, Advanced 0.6% of every sale. The more you sell, the more you pay. Checked on Oct 4, 2026.
- A bill for every app Reviews, bundles, loyalty and email are separate apps, typically $50 to $100 a month for a mid-size store. Checked on Oct 22, 2026.
The same store, two bills
200 orders a month, a $60 average order. What does it cost?
Shopify Grow
About $155 to $205
$105 plan with Shopify Payments, plus typical apps at $50 to $100. With an outside processor, add 1% of sales ($120)
Waise Growth
$89
$59 plan, plus 200 × $0.15. Apps included
The apps a Shopify store adds for what’s built in here, at list price: reviews (Judge.me $15, Loox $49.99), bundles (Kaching $14.99 to $59.99), loyalty (Smile $15 to $199), email (Klaviyo about $30 to $150). The 1% applies whenever you use a processor other than Shopify Payments. Official US list prices, billed monthly, taxes not included, checked on Oct 22, 2026.
What moves over, and how long it takes
- I have a Shopify store. What exactly moves over, and how long does it take? Paste your store’s address into the wizard, and up to 2,000 products come over: names, descriptions, variants, prices, categories and up to 15 photos per product. Customers and orders come from Shopify’s export file. A product in a foreign currency or without a photo arrives as a draft, so you can look it over. How long it takes depends on how many products and photos you have. WooCommerce works the same way, and Wix moves over from a file.
When to stay on Shopify
- You rely on a specialised app If it isn’t in our list of what’s included, check before you move.
- You’re in the US, on Shopify Payments, with almost no apps Then the gap in the bill is small. Check it in the calculator.
- You need point-of-sale for a physical shop Waise has no point-of-sale hardware.
And the other alternatives?
- Wix Wix’s connection for assistants like Claude is built for developers: searching docs, writing code and making API calls. On Waise: a connection for store owners: write in plain language, see a preview, undo with one click. Per the official Wix MCP docs. Checked on Oct 4, 2026. Waise vs Wix
- WooCommerce The plugin is free, but hosting is on you: usually $25 to $350 a month. Extensions cost $29 to $299 a year, each. On Waise: hosting, updates, security and backups are already built in. Nothing to install. Per WooCommerce’s pricing page. Checked on Oct 4, 2026.
Sources
Every competitor figure on this page was checked against its official page, on the date beside the source. We check again before every update.
- shopify.com/pricing Official US price list, billed monthly. Checked on Oct 21, 2026.
- help.shopify.com/en/manual/payments/shopify-payments/supported-countries Countries where Shopify Payments is offered. Checked on Oct 4, 2026.
- digismoothie.com/app/cartly Cartly price list. Checked on Oct 4, 2026.
- apps.shopify.com/bundle-deals Kaching Bundles price list. Checked on Oct 4, 2026.
- Judge.me, Loox, Kaching, Smile, Klaviyo The example’s app price lists, as published. Checked on Oct 22, 2026.
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