Shopify vs Printify

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

Compare	ShopifyShopify	PrintifyPrintify
In one line	The default online store platform	Print-on-demand products made and shipped for your store
Starting price	From $39/mo	Free
Six-person team	$39/mo	$0/mo
On $10,000 of card sales	$369/mo	No card payments
Plans	Basic $39/mo (2.9% + 30¢ online with Shopify Payments); Grow $105/mo (2.7% + 30¢); Advanced $399/mo (2.5% + 30¢); 2%/1%/0.6% extra with other payment providers	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 trial	Free tier
Free trial	3 days	—
Users	1 staff on Basic	5 stores on Free, 10 on Premium
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	QuickBooks Online, Xero, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Campaign Monitor, Hello Bar, Freshmarketer, Akaunting +8 more	None in our catalog
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plus only	None listed
Live chat	Every paid plan	Every plan
Support hours	Live chat: 24/7 · Phone: 24/7	Live chat: 24/7
Incidents posted	0 incidents posted on Shopify's status page, which covers all Shopify products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page	Printify has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.5 / 5 from 6,722 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	80	30
Fit: Restaurant or café	30	5
Fit: Service business	30	10
Fit: Agency or studio	25	15
Fit: Trades or contractor	15	5
Fit: Online store	97	80
Why people pick it	Everything for selling online in one place Largest app store	Free plan with no monthly fee Choose from 70+ print providers per product
Where it falls short	App costs add up Extra fee without Shopify Payments	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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