KitCommerce vs PrestaShop

PrestaShop alternative: GoCommerce vs PrestaShop

PrestaShop sells modules by the store. GoCommerce has none to sell.

PrestaShop is a PHP store application — front office, back office and modules — free to download as Classic, or run for you as Hosted from €24 a month. Its Addons marketplace sells modules with a licence for one store and a year of the developer’s support, then a monthly support fee billed yearly. GoCommerce is one Go binary and PostgreSQL under MIT, free to run yourself or hosted on kitcommerce.store for 1% of every successful order, and Svelte Commerce is a SvelteKit storefront that can already front a PrestaShop store.

50 GB of hosting through Gandi with PrestaShop Hosted; the Classic download is free
US$243.99€209.99£181.99 for One Page Checkout PS on Addons, then US$6.17€5£4.33 a month for support
24/43 Svelte Commerce services wired for PrestaShop, cart and checkout among them

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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. Run them yourself for free, or start a store hosted on kitcommerce.store for 1% of every successful order, plus 18% GST on the fee. On this page, each claim names the package it is about.

PrestaShop and GoCommerce, side by side

PrestaShop’s side is checked against prestashop.com, the PrestaShop 9 developer documentation, PrestaShop Addons and its GitHub repository, linked at the foot of this page; ours against the GoCommerce and Svelte Commerce pages on this site and their repositories.

PrestaShop compared with GoCommerce and Svelte Commerce, checked 26 October 2026
Aspect	PrestaShop	GoCommerce + Svelte Commerce
What it is	A PHP store application — front office, back office and modules — from PrestaShop SA and its community.	An open-source platform in two MIT packages: a Go backend with its admin compiled in, and a separate SvelteKit storefront.
Licence	Core under OSL 3.0; modules under AFL 3.0.	MIT, both packages.
Editions	Classic, a free download you host; Hosted, €24 a month billed yearly or €29 month to month, built on PrestaShop 8 with 50 GB of hosting through Gandi.	One MIT edition, with nothing held back. Self-host it for free, or host a store on kitcommerce.store for 1% of every successful order.
What you run	PrestaShop 9.1: PHP 8.1 to 8.5, with 8.5 recommended; MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.2+; Apache 2.4 or Nginx; a PHP memory_limit of 512M. Windows is not actively supported.	One Go binary and one PostgreSQL database. No PHP runtime, no Redis, no message broker required.
Modules	PrestaShop Addons, where a module is a lifetime licence for one store plus a year of its developer’s support, then a monthly support fee billed yearly.	54 MIT modules, compiled in when imported. No module is sold per store or renewed.
Marketplace	Third-party modules, such as Marketplace Builder at US$193.99€167.99£146.99, then US$4.92€4£3.50 a month for support from the second year.	In the core: vendors move through pending, approved and suspended, and sell through vendor offers. Commission is recorded, not settled.
Payments in India	Hosted bundles PrestaShop Checkout, built with PayPal. Razorpay documents a module for PrestaShop 1.6, 1.7, 8.0 and 8.1 — not yet 9.	Razorpay, Stripe, Cashfree, Adyen, Hyperswitch and six more as modules; cash on delivery is the core’s default.
API	The Webservice, a CRUD API over the shop’s data; PrestaShop 9 adds an Admin API built on API Platform 3 and authorised with OAuth2.	550 documented REST operations, published as OpenAPI — the same API the admin uses.
Several stores	Multishop, with each Addons module stating whether it is compatible.	Channels, with per-channel publishing and price lists. Channels scope publishing and price, not orders.
Storefront	Themes inside the application, with more sold on Addons.	Svelte Commerce, server-rendered SvelteKit with 79 live demo themes. It can front PrestaShop today; its GoCommerce connector is early, at 0.16.0 — catalogue, cart, cash-on-delivery checkout and order lookup worked end to end in a test on 28 October 2026 with version 0.14.0; shopper sign-in, the address book and order history need GoCommerce’s identity module.
Help when it breaks	Hosted: PrestaShop’s team six days a week by email, chat or phone. Classic: the community, and each module’s developer under Business Care.	GitHub issues, discussions and Discord. No support contract.

What each side costs

PrestaShop Classic and GoCommerce are both free to run yourself. PrestaShop’s costs arrive as modules, each bought for one store with support to renew, or as the Hosted subscription; GoCommerce’s arrive as a server and a developer, or as 1% of every successful order on a store hosted on kitcommerce.store.

What you pay for, PrestaShop against GoCommerce and Svelte Commerce
Cost	PrestaShop	GoCommerce + Svelte Commerce
Software	Classic: nothing. Hosted: €290 a year, or €29 a month without commitment	Nothing — MIT
Modules	Bought per store — US$193.99€167.99£146.99 for Marketplace Builder, US$243.99€209.99£181.99 for One Page Checkout PS	None to buy — 54 MIT modules
Module support	Business Care: first year included, then US$4.92€4£3.50 or US$6.17€5£4.33 a month per module, billed yearly and renewed automatically	None sold
Hosting	Classic: yours. Hosted: 50 GB through Gandi, included in the subscription	Run yourself: a server and a PostgreSQL database, from a small VPS upward. Hosted on kitcommerce.store: 1% of every successful order
People	A PHP developer for modules and upgrades	A developer to deploy it, and Go to extend it

Addons prices are its US dollar prices, excluding tax, on the day checked. Business Care renews each year unless it is cancelled from your PrestaShop Marketplace account.

Which one fits

Choose PrestaShop when

You sell mainly in Europe and want Hosted’s automatic VAT calculation and GDPR guidance handled for you.
You want a complete store application — themes, back office, modules — without writing a storefront.
The modules you need already exist on Addons, and your agency works in PrestaShop.
You want a hosted edition at a flat subscription, from the company that makes the software, with its team on support six days a week.

Choose GoCommerce + Svelte Commerce when

You sell in India and want Razorpay, Shiprocket, Delhivery and India Post as MIT modules, not per-store purchases.
You would rather run one binary and PostgreSQL than PHP, MySQL and a web server.
You want vendors and B2B price lists in the core, with no module support to renew.
You want to keep PrestaShop’s back office for now and put a SvelteKit storefront in front of it.

What you take on

Run it yourself and you host it: a server, a PostgreSQL database, backups and upgrades are yours, or a developer’s you pay. A store hosted on kitcommerce.store pays 1% of every successful order instead.
No app store. What a module does not cover, somebody writes.
GoCommerce has over 2,000 tests, but no store we know of runs it in production yet.
Svelte Commerce reaches GoCommerce through an early connector, version 0.16.0: catalogue, cart, cash-on-delivery checkout and order lookup work; shopper sign-in, the address book and order history need GoCommerce’s identity module.
Svelte Commerce on PrestaShop has no shopper sign-in, reviews, wishlists or payment-method listing yet — 24 of 43 services are wired.
No module comes with its developer’s support. An Addons module includes a year of it; a GoCommerce module includes none.

Moving from PrestaShop, or keeping it

Two paths, and the second keeps PrestaShop.

Move the backend: GoCommerce has no PrestaShop importer — its import modules cover Shopify and Amazon only — so a move is a script that reads PrestaShop’s Webservice, or the Admin API on PrestaShop 9, and writes to GoCommerce’s documented REST API. GoCommerce’s core also imports products, orders and inventory from CSV in its own column layout, if a spreadsheet is the easier middle step.

Or keep PrestaShop and change only the storefront: Svelte Commerce’s PrestaShop connector wires 24 of its 43 services, cart and checkout among them. Shopper sign-in, reviews, wishlists and payment-method listing are not wired, so a storefront with customer accounts needs sign-in written first. Like every Svelte Commerce connector, it has not yet run against a live production store.

FAQ

Questions about PrestaShop and GoCommerce

Is PrestaShop free?

PrestaShop Classic is: a free download, with the core under OSL 3.0 and modules under AFL 3.0. PrestaShop Hosted costs €24 a month billed yearly, or €29 month to month, before VAT. Modules on Addons are sold per store — US$193.99€167.99£146.99 and US$243.99€209.99£181.99 for the two checked here. GoCommerce is free to run yourself; a store hosted on kitcommerce.store pays 1% of every successful order.

What is Business Care on PrestaShop Addons?

The support subscription that comes with an Addons module. The first year is included; after that it is US$4.92€4£3.50 or US$6.17€5£4.33 a month for the modules checked here, billed yearly and renewed automatically unless you cancel. The module licence itself is lifetime, for one store.

Does Razorpay work with PrestaShop 9?

Razorpay’s documentation lists its PrestaShop module for 1.6, 1.7, 8.0 and 8.1. PrestaShop 9 is not on that list, so check with Razorpay before upgrading. GoCommerce has a Razorpay payments module in its own repository.

Can Svelte Commerce run on PrestaShop?

Yes, partly. Its PrestaShop connector wires 24 of 43 services, cart and checkout included. Shopper sign-in, reviews, wishlists and payment-method listing are not wired yet, and no Svelte Commerce connector has been run against a live production store.

What does PrestaShop 9 need to run?

For 9.1: PHP 8.1 to 8.5, with 8.5 recommended; MySQL 5.7 or MariaDB 10.2 at least; Apache 2.4 or Nginx; and a PHP memory_limit of at least 512M. GoCommerce needs one Go binary and one PostgreSQL database.

How do I move from PrestaShop to GoCommerce?

By script. GoCommerce imports from Shopify and Amazon only; for PrestaShop you read its Webservice or Admin API and write to GoCommerce’s REST API, published as OpenAPI.

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Sources

PrestaShop’s prices and features were checked on 26 October 2026 against the pages below. Prices change; when one here disagrees with the source, the source is right and this page is out of date. PrestaShop is a trademark of its owner, named here only to compare; no endorsement or affiliation is implied — see trademarks.

Run it before you decide

The backend + admin quick start runs GoCommerce’s API and admin on your own machine, without a storefront. Load a catalogue and judge it against PrestaShop yourself.

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