Big Cartel vs Printify

Two e-commerce tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	Big CartelBig Cartel	PrintifyPrintify
In one line	Simple store for artists and makers, free up to 5 products	Print-on-demand products made and shipped for your store
Starting price	Free	Free
Six-person team	$0/mo	$0/mo
On $10,000 of card sales	Your own card processor	No card payments
Plans	Gold free (5 products); Platinum $15/mo (50 products, custom domain); Diamond $30/mo (500 products, abandoned-cart emails); 20% off yearly ($12/$24); no Big Cartel selling fees, card processing about 2.9% + 30¢	Free $0 (5 stores, unlimited designs; you pay each product's base cost, e.g. $8.77 for a basic tee before shipping); Premium from $24.99/mo billed yearly or from $39/mo monthly (10 stores, up to 20% off all products, up to 33% off new products); Enterprise custom pricing (unlimited stores, dedicated account manager); no platform or listing fees
Pricing model	Free tier	Free tier
Free trial	7 days	—
Users	Not listed	5 stores on Free, 10 on Premium
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	Mailchimp, Omnisend	None in our catalog
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	Plans not stated	Every plan
Support hours	Live chat: 24/7 · Email: 24/7	Live chat: 24/7
Incidents posted	Big Cartel has a public status page. Status page	Printify has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.2 / 5 from 16 reviews (few reviews)	Not listed
Trustpilot score	4.7 / 5 from 441 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	70	30
Fit: Restaurant or café	15	5
Fit: Service business	20	10
Fit: Agency or studio	15	15
Fit: Trades or contractor	10	5
Fit: Online store	85	80
Why people pick it	Free plan and no selling fees Quick to set up	Free plan with no monthly fee Choose from 70+ print providers per product
Where it falls short	Product caps of 5, 50, and 500 Abandoned-cart emails only on the $30 plan	Print quality and shipping times vary by provider Margins are thin until Premium discounts apply
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. Card sales costs include the plan price and card fees at US rates, at a $75 average sale. How we calculate prices

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