Shift4Shop vs Sylius
Shift4Shop
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Sylius
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| Figure | Shift4Shop | Sylius |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $29/mo | €66.67/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · Ecommerce platforms | 9.0 (#24) | 9.3 (#7) |
| App marketplace | Yes | Yes |
| Digital products | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | Shift4Shop's own materials say the eCommerce business was founded in 1997. | 2011 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Headquarters | Center Valley, Pennsylvania, United States | Opole, Poland |
| Hosting model | Shift4Shop is fully hosted and maintained, so merchants do not install or update the core software themselves. | self-hosted |
| Integrations | The product advertises hundreds of integrations, including MailChimp, Avalara, ShipStation, QuickBooks, and POS systems. | The API is intended to connect ERP, CRM, PIM and other best-of-breed enterprise systems. |
| Inventory | Inventory tools track stock and support unlimited categories, variants, and product images. | Sylius Plus adds multi-source inventory management as a commercial module. |
| License | Shift4Shop describes itself as neither licensed for download nor open source; its terms reserve ownership and prohibit copying, modification, reverse engineering, and derivative works. | The Community Edition is free software under the MIT license; Sylius Plus is commercial. |
| Payments | Stores can connect to more than 200 payment processors and support wallets and methods such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACH, eChecks, and Bitcoin. | Official and ecosystem integrations include Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, Adyen and other payment providers. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.1 out of 5 from 129 reviews | 4.9 out of 5 from 11 reviews |
| Rating on G2 | 3.9 out of 5 from 39 reviews | 4.3 out of 5 from 8 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.1 out of 5 from 129 reviews | 4.9 out of 5 from 11 reviews |
| Sales channels | multichannel | omnichannel |
Plans
Shift4Shop
- End-to-End eCommerce$41 a month
- End-to-End EcommerceFree
- Basic Store$29 a month
- Plus Store$79 a month
- Pro Store$229 a month
Sylius
- Sylius Plus€800 a year
- Sylius StandardFree
- Sylius StandardFree
- Sylius Plus€800 a year
In their own words
Shift4Shop
Shift4Shop has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Sylius
Sylius is an open-source headless eCommerce platform for mid-market and enterprise brands building custom commerce solutions. Its framework supports B2C and B2B use cases and provides a customizable REST API built with API Platform for headless frontends and microservice architectures. Sylius Standard is a Symfony application with Sylius core as a dependency; it can be installed with Composer or Docker and run on a standard VPS. Docker and Kubernetes are also deployment options for cloud environments. The Addons marketplace lists plugins and third-party integrations. Sylius Plus adds commercial modules such as advanced multi-store, returns management, multi-source inventory, loyalty, partial shipment and request for quotation. Standard is offered under the MIT license with community support and no response-time guarantee; Plus lists SLA-backed support with a one-day response time. Standard has no native quotation process, so customers cannot start price inquiries online. No Standard price is listed. Sylius Plus starts from €800 per year.