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The platforms Indian stores choose between
Each page puts one platform beside GoCommerce and Svelte Commerce: what each costs, what each owns, and when the other side is the better choice. Every figure about the other platform links to its source.
- 19 comparisons
- 5 kinds of platform
- 1 column on every page for what self-hosting costs you
Shopify
The hosted platform most stores start on, on three price lists.
- KitCommerce vs Shopify A hosted platform you rent against an open-source one you run: fees per order, code ownership, and what each asks of you.
- Shopify India vs KitCommerce What an Indian store actually pays Shopify: rupee plans, no Shopify Payments, and a cut of every prepaid order — worked out plan by plan.
- Shopify Plus vs KitCommerce Enterprise Shopify against running your own: term contracts, revenue-linked fees, API budgets, B2B and checkout control — and where Plus is simply further ahead.
Indian SaaS builders
Store builders made in India, priced in rupees, with Indian gateways and carriers built in.
- KitCommerce vs Dukaan A quick-start Indian store builder with a free plan and a service fee on every sale — against an open-source platform with no fee and more work up front.
- KitCommerce vs Instamojo A payments company’s store builder, free to start with the gateway built in at a fee per payment — against GoCommerce and a gateway of your own choosing.
- KitCommerce vs StoreHippo An Indian enterprise SaaS with B2B, multi-seller and hyperlocal built in, from ₹12,000 a month plus a fee on sales — against an open-source platform you run.
- KitCommerce vs Webnexs A commissioned build with source for one store, against an open-source platform you run: price, licence, refunds and who does the work.
- KitCommerce vs Zoho Commerce A rupee-priced store builder with no fee per order, against an open-source platform you run: plan limits, Zoho’s suite, and where your data lives.
Global SaaS
Hosted builders from abroad that sell to Indian merchants.
- KitCommerce vs BigCommerce A hosted platform whose plan follows your sales, against an open-source one you run: GMV thresholds, gateway fees, US dollar pricing and code.
- KitCommerce vs Squarespace A hosted website builder whose payment options barely reach India, against an open-source platform with Razorpay and cash on delivery.
- KitCommerce vs Wix A website builder with a store inside it, against an open-source platform you run: design, payments in India, and a site that cannot leave its host.
Open-source platforms
Self-hosted platforms with long histories — the closest cousins to GoCommerce.
- KitCommerce vs Bagisto Two MIT engines: a Laravel application with paid extensions against one Go binary with vendors and B2B pricing in its core.
- KitCommerce vs Magento A PHP platform with a long server stack and a licence priced on your sales, against one Go binary and a database.
- KitCommerce vs OpenCart A free PHP cart with paid extensions and no catalogue API, against a free Go backend built around its API.
- KitCommerce vs PrestaShop A PHP store with modules sold per store and a hosted offer, against one Go binary with nothing to buy.
- KitCommerce vs WooCommerce WordPress, PHP and a set of yearly-renewed extensions against one Go binary — and a Svelte Commerce storefront if you keep WooCommerce.
Headless open source
API-first engines. Svelte Commerce already runs against each of them.
- KitCommerce vs Medusa Engine against engine: Medusa’s TypeScript framework on PostgreSQL and Redis against one Go binary and PostgreSQL — licence, APIs, hosting and maturity.
- KitCommerce vs Saleor Engine against engine: Saleor’s mature Python and GraphQL platform against one Go binary with a REST API — maturity, what you run, cost and agent commerce.
- KitCommerce vs Vendure Engine against engine, and the strongest storefront path on this site: keep Vendure and put Svelte Commerce in front, or run GoCommerce instead.
FAQ
Questions about these comparisons
Who wrote these comparisons?
The people who build GoCommerce and Svelte Commerce, so read them as a builder’s view. Each page links the other platform’s own pricing and documentation, checked on the date shown, so every figure about the other side can be checked at its source.
Why does every page have a “what you take on” column?
Because both packages are software you run yourself, and that has costs a hosted platform does not: servers, backups, upgrades, and a developer. A comparison that lists only the other side’s costs is an advert.
What does KitCommerce mean on these pages?
KitCommerce is an open-source ecommerce platform. Its packages are GoCommerce, the backend and admin, and Svelte Commerce, the storefront — MIT licensed, used together or either one on its own. On these pages each claim names the package it is about.
Can I keep my current platform and still use Svelte Commerce?
Often, yes. Svelte Commerce runs against 26 backends, including Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop, OpenCart, Bagisto, Medusa, Saleor and Vendure. The backends page measures how complete each connector is.
Judge it on your own machine
One command brings up GoCommerce’s API and admin. Put your catalogue in it and compare for yourself.