The platforms powering online retail in 2026. SaaS, open source, headless and composable, filtered by architecture, price, deployment and fit.
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squareup.com
The online storefront for Square POS merchants.
Best for: Local retailers and restaurants already using Square POS who want an online storefront fast.
Local restaurants and boutique retailers using Square POS
bigcartel.com
The creator's storefront, still serving artists loyally.
Best for: Independent artists, musicians, makers and print-on-demand creators with small catalogues.
Independent artists, bands, crafters, small print shops
ecwid.com
The embeddable cart that plugs into any site.
Best for: Existing site owners (WordPress, Squarespace, etc) wanting to add ecommerce, and multi-channel social sellers.
1.5M+ small businesses adding commerce to existing sites
Which platforms fit which store sizes. Solid square: sweet spot. Outlined square: viable fit. Dot: not suited.
| Platform | Tiny <$50K GMV | Small $50K to $500K | Mid $500K to $10M | Large simple $10M to $100M | Large complex $100M+ |
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| Adobe Commerce | · | · | |||
| Big Cartel | · | · | · | · | |
| BigCommerce | · | ||||
| commercetools | · | · | · | ||
| Ecwid by Lightspeed | · | · | · | ||
| Elastic Path | · | · | · | ||
| Magento Open Source | · | · | |||
| Medusa | · | ||||
| OpenCart | · | · | · | ||
| OroCommerce | · | · | |||
| PrestaShop | · | · | |||
| Saleor | · | · | |||
| Salesforce Commerce Cloud | · | · | · | ||
| SAP Commerce Cloud | · | · | · | ||
| Shopify | · | · | |||
| Shopify Plus | · | · | |||
| Shopware | · | ||||
| Spryker | · | · | · | ||
| Square Online | · | · | · | ||
| Squarespace Commerce | · | · | · | ||
| Swell | · | · | |||
| Vendure | · | · | |||
| VTEX | · | · | |||
| Webflow eCommerce | · | · | |||
| Wix eCommerce | · | · | · | ||
| WooCommerce | · | · |