Keep a copy and get more free runs. Optional: we can also send a short setup guide written for your business.
A branded storefront with products, services, cart and checkout.
Tell us what you sell and roughly how much. You get a plain comparison of Shopify and Pludor for your shop - monthly fees, per-order fees, what is included - and the steps to move if it makes sense.
Pludor is a free alternative with no monthly plan fee: store, website, POS, bookings, AI tools and payments are included, and you pay 2% + $0.90 per order only on paid online orders plus the card processor's fee. Shopify charges a monthly plan ($39 to $399) with lower per-order fees - so Pludor usually costs less for a new or small shop, and a Shopify plan can cost less once sales are steady and high.
Want this shopify alternative & cost analyzer on your own website? Download the free Shopify Alternative & Cost Analyzer WordPress plugin and your visitors can use it right on your pages. It uses your Pludor account's free monthly AI first, then pay-as-you-go credits, and pauses if your balance runs out.
Once the plugin is on, put this line on any page, post or sidebar and the tool appears there, ready for your visitors:
[pludor_tool slug="shopify-alternative"]
No code, no developer, no hosting to set up. Prefer clicking? Add the Pludor tool block in the editor and pick the tool from a list. Change the colour or turn tools on and off any time from Pludor › Dashboard.
[pludor_tool slug="shopify-alternative"].The same plugin also adds an AI chat for your visitors, shows which AI bots read your site and which AI assistants send you visitors, collects emails from your tools, and adds Pludor checkout to WooCommerce. See everything the Pludor WordPress plugin does.
Not on WordPress? The same tool works on Shopify, Wix, Squarespace or any HTML page. Ask in your Pludor dashboard for the embed snippet.
Tell Pludor's free Shopify Alternative & Cost Analyzer what you sell and roughly how much. You get a plain comparison of Shopify and Pludor for your shop - monthly fees, per-order fees and what is included - and the steps to move if it makes sense.
The analyzer gives a 3-step migration plan if moving would save you money.
A monthly plan plus apps costs the same whether you sell a lot or a little, which weighs most on small or seasonal shops.
Pludor has no monthly plan - you pay a fee only when you sell. The analyzer shows whether that is cheaper at your sales.
A monthly plan plus paid apps can add up before a new shop has steady sales - but whether switching saves money depends on your own sales.
Selling through DMs, link lists and screenshots loses orders: there is no cart, no real checkout, no order record and no way for new buyers to find you.
Every Pludor seller gets a hosted storefront at pludor.com/{store} with physical products, digital products and services, variations, a cart, card/wallet/QR checkout and an order dashboard - and every product is also listed in the shared Pludor marketplace so buyers can discover it.
On for every store, including the Free plan ($0, no item limit). Every feature is on for every store. Each month a free amount of everything is included (for example 3,000 visits, 100 AI replies and 30 bookings); past that you pay only for what you use, in credits (1 credit = 1 cent). New stores get 500 free credits. Monthly plans are optional bundles of credits with bigger free amounts and a lower fee. Pludor charges a platform fee of 2% + $0.90 per paid online order, deducted before payout. Card processing (Stripe) is charged separately by the processor. Cash sales recorded in POS carry no platform fee, and wallet-to-wallet transfers between Pludor users are free.
Pludor is a free alternative with no monthly plan fee: store, website, POS, bookings, AI tools and payments are included, and you pay 2% + $0.90 per order only on paid online orders plus the card processor's fee. Shopify charges a monthly plan ($39 to $399) with lower per-order fees - so Pludor usually costs less for a new or small shop, and a Shopify plan can cost less once sales are steady and high.
Yes, Pludor allows easy CSV product imports so you can launch in minutes.
Yes. You get 8 free runs an hour with no account. Leave your email or sign in (also free) for 30 an hour and a saved history.
Yes. A Pludor store can list physical products, digital downloads and bookable services side by side.
Yes - available products from every store are part of the shared marketplace at pludor.com/shop, so buyers can find you without your own traffic.
Yes. Download the Shopify Alternative & Cost Analyzer WordPress plugin from this page, upload it in Plugins > Add New, paste your free Pludor key, and add the Pludor tool block to any page.
No. After installing the free plugin, paste [pludor_tool slug="shopify-alternative"] on any page or post, or add the Pludor tool block. No code or developer needed.
Yes. Use the free WordPress plugin, or the embed snippet for Shopify, Wix, Squarespace or plain HTML. AI runs use your Pludor free monthly AI, then credits.
1 credit = 1¢. Your result stays right here.
You stay on this page and keep your result.