How much does Shopify cost?
Paid plans start at
$29/mo billed yearly
or $39/mo billed monthly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 3-day free trial, then $1/month for 3 months
- Enterprise
- Contact sales
Read from www.shopify.com/pricing on Oct 29, 2026. Price changed? Tell usSee the line each price came from
In your favor
- Unlimited usage on Plus. A flat price with no cap on usage.
- Free plan. Agentic plan at $0/mo to sell in AI channels; only pay when you make a sale
- No setup fee. Setup is included in the price.
How you buy and get started
Self-serve + salesButtons on their site: Start for free, Try for $399, Get in touch
- Sign up
- Self-serve signup with free trial "Shopify starts with a free 3-day trial—no credit card required."
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- Enterprise contact sales "Get in touch"
- Support
- 24/7 live chat on Basic and Grow "24/7 supportLive chat"
- Support
- Priority 24/7 phone support on Plus "Priority 24/7 phone support"
What Shopify does
Shopify offers an online store builder (prompt or template based), checkout, payments, POS, and an AI assistant called Sidekick, sold as Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus plans. It also has a $0/mo Agentic plan for selling in AI channels and an enterprise offering for large brands.
- Good for
- Solo entrepreneurs, small teams, global sellers, complex businesses and enterprise brands that want to sell products online and in person.
- Channels
- Online store, AI chats, Point of Sale, Shop App, Social and marketplaces, Buy Button
- Main product
- Shopify commerce platform with online store builder
- Also includes
- Online store with themes and templates, World's best-converting checkout, Sell unlimited products, Sidekick AI assistant, Website builder with millions of tokens, Unlimited web hosting
- Connects to
- Shopify App Store (21,000+ commerce apps), PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Shop Pay, Hydrogen headless toolkit
- Public API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Not stated
- Generate full site from prompt
Spin up your store from a simple prompt or with a pre-built template.
- AI copy and image generationNot stated
- Built-in ecommerce checkout
World's best-converting checkout
- Custom domain included
Custom domain name
- SEO tools and AI metaNot stated
- Drag-and-drop visual editorNot stated
- Code export or WordPressNot stated
- Booking, forms, CRM built inNot stated
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Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | Not stated | |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | SOC 2 Type II | "Shopify has been issued SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 reports for the service we provide to our customers."security |
| GDPR | Help center guidance for merchants | "Refer to our help center pages on [General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)]"security |
| CCPA | Help center guidance for merchants | "[California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)]"security |
| PCI | Level 1 PCI DSS | "Shopify is certified Level 1 PCI DSS compliant."security |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | Not stated | |
| Trust center | Not stated |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic/mo | $0 | – | – | – | "Agentic $0/mo" |
| Basic/mo | $39 | $29per month | – | – | "Basic $29/mo" "Pay monthly$39 USD/mo" |
| POS Pro (add-on)/mo per location | $89 | – | – | – | "+$89/mo" |
| Grow/mo | $105 | $89per month | 5 staff accounts | – | "Grow $89/mo" "| Pay monthly | $39 USD/mo | $105 USD/mo | $399 USD/mo | Starts at $2,300 USD/mo |" |
| Advanced/mo | $399 | $359per month | 15 staff accounts | – | "Advanced $359/mo" "| Pay monthly | $39 USD/mo | $105 USD/mo | $399 USD/mo | Starts at $2,300 USD/mo |" |
| Plus/mo | $2,300monthly or yearly not stated | – | Unlimited | – | "from $2,300/mo" |
Free plan: Agentic plan at $0/mo to sell in AI channels; only pay when you make a sale
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Not stated
- Contract
- Plus available on 1- or 3-year term "If you choose a 1- or 3-year Plus subscription, you can cancel when your term commitment expires."
- Refunds
- Not stated
- Auto renew
- Domains purchased through Shopify auto-renew unless you opt out "Any domain you purchase through us will automatically renew unless you opt out."
- Price change notice
- Not stated
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Legal name
- Shopify Inc.
- Address
- 151 O'Connor Street, Ground Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2L8, Canada
- Online since
- Mar 11, 2005 Domain registration date
- Ships updates
- 1 in the last 12 months Last on Sep 30, 2026, from their changelog
- Customers
- "Millions of merchants" their claim
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Questions
Is Shopify free?
Yes. Agentic plan at $0/mo to sell in AI channels; only pay when you make a sale Paid plans start at $39/month.
How much does Shopify cost?
Paid plans start at $29 per month billed yearly, or $39 billed monthly.