Shift4Shop vs Printify

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

Compare	Shift4ShopShift4	PrintifyPrintify
In one line	One unlimited store plan for $41 a month	Print-on-demand products made and shipped for your store
Starting price	From $41/mo	Free
Six-person team	$41/mo	$0/mo
On $10,000 of card sales	Your own card processor	No card payments
Plans	End-to-End plan $41/mo: unlimited products, staff, and bandwidth; no setup or transaction fees; US only	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	Unlimited	5 stores on Free, 10 on Premium
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Constant Contact, Omnisend, Kit	None in our catalog
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Every plan	None listed
Live chat	None listed	Every plan
Support hours	Phone: 24x7x365 · Email: 24x7x365	Live chat: 24/7
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Shift4.	Printify has a public status page. Status page
Trustpilot score	1.5 / 5 from 28 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	60	30
Fit: Restaurant or café	15	5
Fit: Service business	15	10
Fit: Agency or studio	15	15
Fit: Trades or contractor	15	5
Fit: Online store	72	80
Why people pick it	No product or sales caps Unlimited staff accounts	Free plan with no monthly fee Choose from 70+ print providers per product
Where it falls short	US only Smaller app ecosystem than Shopify	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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