Ecwid vs Printify

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

Compare	EcwidLightspeed	PrintifyPrintify
In one line	Add a store to the site you already have, from $5 a month	Print-on-demand products made and shipped for your store
Starting price	From $5/mo	Free
Six-person team	$5/mo	$0/mo
On $10,000 of card sales	$335/mo	No card payments
Plans	Starter $5/mo (10 products); Venture $29/mo (100); Business $49/mo (2,500); Unlimited $119/mo, billed annually (monthly $35/$65/$149); Lightspeed Payments 2.9% + 30¢ in the US; no Ecwid transaction fees	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	Paid	Free tier
Free trial	—	—
Users	1 on Starter	5 stores on Free, 10 on Premium
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	FreshBooks, 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	Venture and up	Every plan
Support hours	Live chat: 24 hours, Monday to Friday · Callback: 2PM-10PM PDT, Monday-Friday, English	Live chat: 24/7
Incidents posted	2 incidents posted on Lightspeed's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 1 marked major or critical by Lightspeed. Status page	Printify has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 582 reviews	Not listed
Trustpilot score	2.7 / 5 from 436 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	70	30
Fit: Restaurant or café	40	5
Fit: Service business	45	10
Fit: Agency or studio	20	15
Fit: Trades or contractor	25	5
Fit: Online store	75	80
Why people pick it	Works with your current site No transaction fees	Free plan with no monthly fee Choose from 70+ print providers per product
Where it falls short	Product caps on cheaper plans Less design control than a full platform	Print quality and shipping times vary by provider Margins are thin until Premium discounts apply
	Visit Ecwid ↗	Visit Printify ↗

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

Printify: partner link. We may earn a commission; it never affects rankings.