Wix offers four paid plans, plus a customized enterprise plan.
Wix's four basic website plans are designed for people who want a professional website but don't plan on accepting online payments. All of these plans include a free custom domain, SSL certificate, and 2 GB to unlimited storage. Core, Business, and Business Elite plans also come with a professional logo and event calendar app. Here's a breakdown of the prices for these basic website plans:
- Light: CAD 15 per month
- core: CAD 25 per month
- work: CAD 36 per month
- Business elite: CAD 149 per month
To accept online payments on your Wix website, you must choose one of three Wix eCommerce and Business plans. The prices for these plans are as follows:
- core: CAD 25 per month
- work: CAD 36 per month
- Business elite: CAD 149 per month
All Wix eCommerce plans come with the following features:
- Accept secure online payments (one-time and recurring payments)
- customer account
- free custom domain
- 2 GB to unlimited storage
- unlimited products
- Abandoned Cart Recovery
Wix Business and Business Elite plans also come with 100 to 500 automated sales transactions, subscription sales, marketplace sales, dropshipping with Modalyst, and product reviews with KudoBuzz. The Business Elite plan includes priority custom care, customized reporting, and a loyalty program powered by Smile.io.
Shopify has a low-cost plan called Shopify Starter that lets you add e-commerce functionality to your existing website for just $7 CAD per month. Through Shopify Lite, you can add buy buttons to your Squarespace, Weebly, WordPress, and even his Wix websites. You can also use Shopify Lite to accept credit card payments directly through point-of-sale (POS) apps that you can add to your iOS or Android device.
If you want to build a fully functional, e-commerce enabled website using Shopify, there are three plans to choose from. All Shopify plans include unlimited products, 24/7 support, the ability to sell on online marketplaces and social media, discount codes, abandoned cart recovery, gift cards, shipping labels, fraud analysis, and more. Comes with Shopify POS Lite.
The table below shows some of the key differences between the three Shopify plans.
