Shops leave PrestaShop for different reasons: the server and its upgrades are theirs to run, the free download leads to paid add-ons and service packs, and the hosted plan is a narrow entry offer. The list below runs from code-first frameworks and fixed-fee European editions to WordPress, B2B suites and hosted stores.
Short answer: The first three alternatives to PrestaShop in our ecommerce platform ranking are Sylius, OXID eShop and Medusa. We open the ranking with smaller vendors and put the established brands from fourth place onward. Choose Sylius if your developers already work in Symfony and want to own the code rather than assemble modules. The 11 entries that follow are all ranked in Best Ecommerce Platform in 2026; each one explains what sets it apart from PrestaShop.
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Pricing: Free download; hosted plan from €24 a month, published; modules paid
Established in: France
Built for: A European store that wants commerce as the core, self-hosted
Not for: A team that cannot vet modules or manage upgrades
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Why buyers look past PrestaShop
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You carry the server, the PHP version and the upgrades
On the Classic offer you pick the hosting provider and domain and complete the installation yourself. The system requirements for PrestaShop 9 name PHP 8.1 to 8.5, MySQL 5.7 or MariaDB 10.2 at the least, and a memory limit of 512M or more. A shop on an older PHP has to be brought forward before the new release can be installed.
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Help beyond installation is sold in packs
The Classic page describes help with installation and configuration within 48 hours. After that, the support page lists paid packs: a Migration and Updates audit at €300, a Performance pack from €90, an SEO pack from €550 and a Security pack from €1,490. Those are sensible services, but they show where the cost of a free download ends up.
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The hosted plan is small and its base is older
PrestaShop Hosted costs €29 a month, or €24 a month billed as €290 for a year, and includes 50 GB of storage at Gandi. The page says it is based on PrestaShop 8 and does not state where the servers are or whether several shops can run in one account. A shop that outgrows it returns to self-hosting or to another platform.
you want the shortest path to a hosted store and accept fees on payments from outside Shopify's own
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What each one does differently
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Sylius
Poland · Published
Sylius is a Symfony codebase from Poznań in Poland with an API Platform layer, and the standard edition is MIT licensed. Sylius Plus starts at €800 a year and is priced on the shop's online GMV, adding a B2B suite with price lists for customer groups, multi-store from one admin and role-based access control. A PHP team can build on it directly, without a module market in between.
Switch from PrestaShop if your developers already work in Symfony and want to own the code rather than assemble modules.
OXID publishes its editions with a monthly licence fee and a minimum term: Community at €121 for 36 months, Professional at €360, Enterprise B2C at €1,123 with multi-shop, and Enterprise B2B at €1,583 over 48 months. Each extra sub-shop adds €173 a month. The vendor stresses that no revenue share is taken, and Community carries a reduction below €100,000 annual revenue.
Switch from PrestaShop if you want a fixed monthly licence in euros, German-language support and a shop that stays self-hosted.
Medusa, from Denmark, is a set of Node modules you assemble in TypeScript, with the source and data exportable. The managed Medusa Cloud starts at $29 a month on Develop, $99 on Launch with autoscaling and backups, and $299 on Scale with priority support. Because the ecosystem is young, expect to write more of the checkout and admin yourself than you would on a mature module market.
Switch from PrestaShop if a TypeScript team wants commerce as application code with a managed host available.
Saleor, based in Poland, exposes commerce through a GraphQL API and leaves the storefront to your developers. Saleor Cloud runs Select at $1,599 a month up to $200,000 monthly GMV and Volume at $3,999 up to $1,000,000, with 0.8% and 0.6% on the excess. The free sandbox is for non-commercial use. Moving between Cloud and self-hosted is described as possible.
Switch from PrestaShop if you plan a custom front end on a headless API and a budget that starts in four figures.
WooCommerce is a free plugin with a 0% revenue share, and the vendor puts hosting at $25 to $350 a month and extensions at $29 to $299 a year each. Payment processing through WooPayments is quoted at about 2.50% to 2.90% plus 30 cents a card. Your shop lives inside WordPress, so content and products share one admin and one editor.
Switch from PrestaShop if the marketing site already runs on WordPress and you want products added to the same installation.
Shopware's Community Edition carries no licence fee, while Rise starts at €600 a month with the first 30 days free and Evolve at €2,400 a month. Evolve brings B2B components such as quotes and budget management; customer-specific pricing from an ERP is reserved for Beyond. Above €1 million GMV in 365 days, a paid plan is needed to keep Shopware Account access.
Switch from PrestaShop if catalogues, customer groups and B2B ordering are the reason you are leaving and you can fund a partner.
Ecwid, owned by Lightspeed, adds a shop to a site you already have. Starter is $5 a month for up to 10 products, Venture $29 billed annually for 100, Business $49 for 2,500 and Unlimited $119, with $0 in transaction fees on all four. All plans run month to month, so a small catalogue can be tried without a long commitment.
Switch from PrestaShop if you want to keep the existing website and only need a basic shop on a low monthly price.
BigCommerce sells Core at $29 a month billed annually, Growth at $79, Scale at $299 and Performance from $1,499, with a 15-day trial. Plans move up automatically when trailing 12-month sales pass the cap. A fee of 2.0% to 0.6% applies to orders from outside its embedded payment providers, and price lists exist only on Performance.
Switch from PrestaShop if you want a hosted store with customer groups built in and can live with a plan tied to annual sales.
Squarespace charges €17 on Basic down to €79 on Advanced, with a 2% online store fee on Basic only and a 14-day trial. Card rates fall from 2.0% plus €0.25 to 1.5% plus €0.25 as the plan rises. Commerce APIs and shipping labels begin at Core. Content pages and products share one editor.
Switch from PrestaShop if you sell a small range of products and the look of the site matters most.
Wix lets you build a store for free but asks for a premium plan before you accept payments. Its page quotes annual plans from $29 to $159 a month without naming them, and Wix Payments covers cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Over 70 other payment providers can be connected, according to the FAQ, and the page contradicts itself on the lowest price.
Switch from PrestaShop if a non-technical owner wants site and shop in one drag-and-drop builder.
Shopify lists Basic at €21 a month billed yearly, Grow at €59, Advanced at €289 and Plus from €2,100. Third-party payment fees fall from 2% to 0.2% by plan, and B2B catalogues are capped at three until Plus. A start offer is three days free then €1 a month for three months. POS Pro adds €79 a month per location.
Switch from PrestaShop if you want the shortest path to a hosted store and accept fees on payments from outside Shopify's own.
OXID eShop: Community is €121 a month on a 36-month term, with a reduction below €100,000 annual revenue, and OXID states that it takes no revenue share.
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You want to own PHP code in a modern framework
Sylius: The standard edition is MIT licensed and Plus starts at €800 a year, priced on GMV, with a B2B suite and multi-store.
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You already run your content on WordPress
WooCommerce: The plugin is free with a 0% revenue share; hosting is quoted at $25 to $350 a month and extensions at $29 to $299 a year.
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You need B2B ordering and customer groups
Shopware: Evolve from €2,400 a month adds quotes and budgets, and customer-specific pricing is on Beyond.
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You have a website and only need a shop on it
Ecwid by Lightspeed: Starter is $5 a month for up to 10 products, and all plans list $0 in transaction fees.
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When PrestaShop is still the right choice
PrestaShop remains the sensible choice when you want a shop built as commerce software from the start, owned by you and editable in code. The free download comes from a French project with a public GitHub repository, the marketplace lists more than 3,200 themes and modules, and over 250 certified experts are listed for Classic users. The hosted plan has a 14-day trial and PrestaShop Checkout, built with PayPal, is included. A shop that runs well on a current PHP version gains little by migrating.
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What moving off PrestaShop involves
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Take stock of modules before choosing a destination
List every module and theme the shop uses, including payment, invoicing and shipping. Each one needs an equivalent, a replacement or a decision to drop it, and that list decides which platform on this page is realistic.
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Export catalogue, customers and order history
Ask your developer for a clean export of products with images, customer accounts and past orders, and keep a copy of the database. Order numbers and invoices may be needed for accounting years after the shop has moved.
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Preserve addresses, then run a short pilot
Map old product and category URLs to new ones with redirects, so search traffic is not lost. Open the new shop for a test group, run a few real orders including a return, and only then switch the domain.
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Questions about replacing PrestaShop
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What is the best alternative to PrestaShop?
Sylius leads our list of PrestaShop alternatives for teams with PHP developers: the standard edition is MIT licensed and Sylius Plus starts at €800 a year.
OXID eShop follows for those who want fixed euro licences, and Medusa and Saleor suit code-first teams. The right choice depends on what you are leaving: server work, paid add-ons or the hosted plan.
Which PrestaShop alternative has no revenue share?
OXID states that it takes no revenue share, and WooCommerce lists a 0% revenue share. Ecwid shows $0 in transaction fees on all plans. Sylius Plus and Shopware paid plans are priced on GMV, so check how they scale with your turnover.
Is there a hosted alternative to PrestaShop Hosted?
Yes. Ecwid starts at $5 a month, Squarespace at €17 and BigCommerce at $29 billed annually, each with its own limits on products or sales. Shopify starts at €21 a month on yearly billing. PrestaShop Hosted costs €24 to €29 a month for comparison.
Which alternative suits a shop that needs B2B pricing?
Shopware Evolve, from €2,400 a month, includes quotes and budget management, while customer-specific pricing is on Beyond. OXID Enterprise B2B adds customer-specific price lists and order approval from €1,583 a month. Sylius Plus adds price lists for customer groups.
Can I move from PrestaShop to WooCommerce?
Yes, and it is a common step for shops whose owners already run WordPress.
WooCommerce is free, with hosting quoted at $25 to $350 a month and extensions at $29 to $299 a year. You then carry updates and security for WordPress as well as for the shop.
What does it cost to keep PrestaShop up to date?
The software is a free download, and the Classic page mentions an Update Assistant. If you buy help, the Migration and Updates audit is listed at €300 and the Security pack from €1,490. Hosting, domain and modules are extra.
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Checked 3 November 2026
PrestaShop offers compared: Classic free download, Hosted €24 a month annual or €29 monthly, 14-day trial, Gandi 50 GB, PrestaShop Checkout built with PayPal, Update Assistant.
PrestaShop Hosted: €290 per year, based on PrestaShop 8, hosting location and multi-store not stated, 3,200 themes and modules.
PrestaShop Classic: Own hosting and installation, support for installation within 48 hours, more than 250 experts, essential modules pre-installed.
PrestaShop support packs: Migration and Updates €300, Performance from €90, SEO from €550, Security from €1,490.
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