Commerce Platform Comparisons

Choosing store software shapes how much you can change later. It's more difficult to migrate an operating store than to start strong. These pages focus on decisions that are expensive to undo: where your data lives, what your team maintains, and how monthly costs grow.

Every option here is good at something. We compare them on their own terms, then show where 86d's open-source, one-store-at-a-time approach feels different.

Cost examples are estimates, not quotes or profit forecasts. Each one lists the costs it includes so you can replace the assumptions with your own.

• Shopify

  Hosted convenience from Shopify, or source code and store data you control with 86d.

• BigCommerce

  Compare BigCommerce sales thresholds and payment-provider fees with 86d's planned store-based pricing.

• WooCommerce

  Commerce inside WordPress, or a separate open-source store application.

• Magento

  A mature PHP ecosystem beside a younger TypeScript project with a different shape.

• PrestaShop

  Compare PrestaShop's localization and add-on ecosystem with 86d's single-project approach.

• Saleor Commerce

  A GraphQL core with separate apps, or storefront, admin, and store code kept together.

• Spree Commerce

  A Ruby on Rails store server beside an open-source TypeScript project.