Shopify vs Ecwid Comparison

The support is excellent. It is easy to use and has a low learning curve. Since it's prehosted users doesn't have to worry a out hosting and SSL

Too expensive compare to woocommerce and ecwid

Stable, easy to use, good value for money, savings on shipping with Canada Post, POS.

Unable to split payments across different payment methods.

Easy to Use, can sell on your own site quickly.

Lacking some newer functions found in Shopify or Magento.

I love the multilingual functionality, especially when compared to Shopify

This is definitely best for a small or medium sized business, rather than a large one.. So if you are planning on growing significantly, you will have to switch over eventually.

Very intuitive and provide good marketing tools.

The only downfall is that I am in Canada, and them in Russia, which make the Customer Service a little bit out of time zome.

Loved being able to embed my shopping cart anywhere I want and a drag and drop cart is a nifty feature

Wish it had plugins like shopify does so integrations are easier. Countdowns and things like that would be a cool addition

Ecwid is getting better at what they offer. They had a great customer support and it will help you get what you need.

They don't have the budget or support that shopify and others have. So they are not able to offer you as much.

One of the things that I like most, is the simplicity that they offer to all their clients, it is one of those platforms that allow you to venture into e-commerce, without the worry of going through long training processes, it is as simple as register and start uploading all the products you have available to the platform. It is a platform that does not abandon you in the sales process, on the contrary,...

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I have been using Shopify for years, and I can say with responsibility, that Ecwid is the rival that in a short time will give a surprise to the world of E-commerce, I have no negative aspects to identify so far, on the contrary, it is simpler and more intuitive than its Shopify, a platform that causes a lot of headaches for many reasons.

It's easy to use, and integrates with ShippingEasy for easy shipments.

It's small compared to shopify which means not all add-ins integrate well. I also would like to see ecwid to allow multiple shipping locations in Canada and USA

What I like most about the software is it's very easy to use whether you're doing it based from your browser or from the app. Very simple and easy website design and setup.

The thing that I like least about the software is that they actually don't have their own payment processor versus Shopify. But it gives you the option to use square, stripe,2checkout&More.

Very easy to master the interface. Relatively straightforward to plug in your merchandise into a website if your choosing. The stores are very responsive. Also works seamlessly with social media. Their onboarding checklist helps new users integrate themselves into ecwid quickly. The pricing is very fair, and free for smaller sellers.

Phone support costs far too much, there is no alternative than to use it from my laptop. SEO support is integral, and it costs a bit.

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Ecwid offers the best social commerce for Instagram, Facebook, and Google shopping. With its in-built integration, you can in no time showcase your products on your social network platforms. Ecwid offers a lot of channels but the social ones are a stand-out for me.

Ecwid's SEO is not as robust as its competitors like Shopify. For your site to be discovered on Google search with just its SEO won't cut it. You will need to push more SEO towards your connected blog, and perhaps other third parties services you have connected to your store.

Easy to use. The free trial is actually free...You can stay on the free plan and still sell. It's not like shopify where you can't sell anything while on the free plan. This actually allows you to have 10 products until you start making enough sales to upgrade. That was the best part for me.

Nothing really. The only part was knowing I couldn't get much support until I went on the paying plan both I can understand it from a business side of things. And even then when I needed support I still got a good reply and support for my question.

I like that it did what it said it does - turns a web site into a web store. That's about the extent of it's features thought!

It's lack of features and flexibility was a real letdown. Having built a web site from scratch and then wanting to turn it into a web store, I thought Ecwid would be a good solution. Turns out that I'd have saved more time and ultimately money buy just going straight to Shopify or something similar.

While not as robust as some larger e-commerce platforms like Shopify, Ecwid is easier to use and more affordable for small sellers without an IT department. There are no per-transaction fees and the monthly fees are lower than other 3rd party e-commerce platforms. Sellers can even use it for FREE indefinitely to sell up to 10 items.

Customizing the look/design requires basic CSS knowledge - so it typically looks less "slick" than Shopify. I have encountered some great Ecwid support reps, as well as a few that are undertrained. Biggest downside is that it is terrible for International Sales. It rejects orders from overseas if the International address is entered in certain formats, which is a real problem.

AMAZING Tech support and customer service. Customers stay on my website for the webstore. Amazing features and functionality. I have 300+ product combos and ecwid is the only one that can handle it all!

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I really enjoy the user experience as a whole. It is very simple to understand and get a store up and running. I use a built-in Ecwid plugin for a Duda website-building platform. So, it is like a 3rd party Ecwid store. Because of this, there are a few features that are missing but overall, you can still build a very nice online store. The framework and layouts are very easy to understand and use as well as you are able to customize many things on each page. The catalog page, single item page, checkout, and more.

One of my clients is a greenhouse and they have around 2,000 products. Until recently, there was no way to bulk change pricing or other features for select products which was a pain to have to change every product individually. Ecwid has made an update so this is possible which has saved about an hour of clicking and pasting which is awesome. However, there is still room for improvement. For example,...

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I like that the site has a simple sleep look. I reached out to their customer service via chat and there was no wait time. It is easy to get started and very simple to build your site. The banners are really easy to create through your store editor if you don't feel like creating your own or want to save money.

I didn't like that the fonts were limited leaving little room for creativity. The sizing of the product images can become difficult to get right if you want a certain look but they do give you different sizing options. I can also become difficult to add you logo to the site depending on your template and the style of your logo.

Flexibility and reliability.

Customisation in visual terms.

Multi-currency selling is simple to set up (although you will need to pay for an app to do so). You won't have to worry about manually setting up state tax or VAT rules because tax rates are applied automatically. Ecwid can be easily integrated with major content management systems using plugins and apps. Ecwid offers a completely free plan that includes a lot of useful features. It allows you to have many language versions of your store. All plans have real-time carrier quoting capabilities. It allows you to have many language versions of your store. Ecwid is an easy method to integrate ecommerce into any current website. Point-of-sale capability is available and can be implemented in a variety of ways.

The SEO features might be improved. Ecwid does not allow you to generate AMP versions of product pages. While beneficial, the Instant Site feature is not a replacement for a fully-specked standalone store. Only the most expensive options include phone support. Only iOS devices are compatible with the mobile POS integrations. You can't use any of the SEO capabilities in the free version. While the multi-currency capabilities is generally good, the local currency is not displayed at the last level of checkout. In the Ecwid App store, there are a limited amount of apps and integrations. Product variants are not available on the free or entry-level plans.

Fantastic introductory features and pricing - Great bunch of features and integration - Integrates with Square - PCI compliant shopping cart for wordpress

Some integration for what would be free services are only available on higher paid tiers, which is perfectly fair, but is also a bit of a con and there is some confusion as to which tier you need to be on to unlock certain premium add-ons.

That is easy to follow the process of an order from processing to fulfillment

If you sell on a made-to-order basis, there is no way to go and see how many of that item you ahve old over time without manually counting up from the orders. Should be some kind of feature that allows you to view how many times a partcular items has sold on the back end, where you edit the item maybe? If you don't keep an inventory, then there is no way to track and I can't show an inventory because...

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