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KahunaCart
Grav 2.0 · $249 year one
147 in the box · 16 add-on · 9 partial · 4 missing
A Grav storefront with order emails, invoices, tax and shipping tools, customer-group prices and an administration API. It includes a broad set of store features, but has a shorter production history and some workflows require add-ons.
Craft CMS 5 · $1,598 year one
72 in the box · 3 add-on · 8 third-party · 26 partial · 56 missing · 11 unverified
Detailed product configuration, multi-location inventory and a shared rule engine for pricing, discounts, shipping and tax. Requires Craft Pro and development of the storefront and email setup.
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WordPress · free, then $483 to $2,794 a year
86 in the box · 12 add-on · 15 third-party · 37 partial · 23 missing · 3 unverified
An established WordPress store with extensive analytics and a large extension ecosystem. Features such as multiple languages, multiple currencies and PDF invoices require additional plugins.
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PHP · free core, Hosted from about €24/mo
84 in the box · 7 add-on · 22 third-party · 36 partial · 14 missing · 13 unverified
An established open-source store with built-in multistore, exchange-rate updates and a large module marketplace. Card payments and cart recovery need extra modules. A database server is required.
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Hosted · from $29/mo billed yearly
83 in the box · 12 add-on · 18 third-party · 40 partial · 13 missing · 10 unverified
Shopify handles hosting, checkout and updates, with Shop Pay, POS, sales channels and a large app store. The plan and most apps are recurring costs, and most payment providers other than Shopify Payments carry an extra fee.
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Hosted · from $19/mo billed yearly
46 in the box · 3 add-on · 8 third-party · 63 partial · 34 missing · 22 unverified
Squarespace hosts your site and store, with designer templates and a visual editor. Every plan includes subscriptions, reviews and gift cards. Discounts, carrier-calculated shipping and the Commerce APIs start at Core. Basic takes a 2% sales fee, and the site stays on Squarespace.
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Statamic · $548 year one
42 in the box · 24 partial · 92 missing · 18 unverified
Commerce within Statamic, with payment authorization, order history and developer-defined shipping methods. The assessed version lacks built-in import and export, manual orders and customer PDF invoices.
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Kirby · about €190 year one
7 in the box · 21 partial · 130 missing · 18 unverified
A Kirby developer toolkit with a shared definition for order fields and checkout validation. Shipping, destination tax, variants, refunds and order emails require project work.
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Kirby · per-domain perpetual, price not published
19 in the box · 2 add-on · 23 partial · 108 missing · 24 unverified
A Kirby plugin listing fourteen payment providers, security defaults and AI-tool support. Tax, shipping and ready-written order emails are left to the provider or project.
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October CMS · free, MIT
58 in the box · 26 partial · 72 missing · 20 unverified
A free October package with catalog, variants, filters, tax, shipping, discounts, PDF invoices and permissions. It lacks manual order entry and provider-backed refund processing.
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October CMS · free core, about $240 of add-ons
32 in the box · 20 add-on · 2 third-party · 26 partial · 69 missing · 27 unverified
An October commerce core with a broad promotion library and supplier import tools. Several storefront features are paid add-ons; review maintenance and support for the packages you need.
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Payload CMS · free, MIT
14 in the box · 1 third-party · 13 partial · 133 missing · 15 unverified
Adds pricing, variants and inventory to Payload CMS collections. Its official template provides a starting store, while tax, shipping, discounts and other operational features remain outside the assessed plugin.
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Node and Postgres · free MIT, Cloud from around $29/mo
65 in the box · 2 add-on · 2 third-party · 15 partial · 49 missing · 43 unverified
A Node commerce framework with order changes, returns, exchanges and workflow rollback. Its Next.js storefront is a separate application, and the backend requires Node and PostgreSQL.
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Node and Postgres · free GPLv3, commercial on request
71 in the box · 19 partial · 47 missing · 39 unverified
A Node commerce server with configurable order workflows, detailed stock movements and GraphQL APIs. Official storefront starters are separate applications, and custom fields involve developer configuration and database migrations.
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