Platform comparisons.
Honest head-to-head decision guides for the platform choices DTC and SaaS founders actually face. Migration risk, total cost of ownership, B2B parity, performance benchmarks — no affiliate links, no platform bias.
Nine head-to-head decision guides.
Eight ecommerce platform comparisons and one mobile-framework decision, written from the operator's seat — not from a Shopify Partner playbook or a WordPress evangelist's blog. Each guide opens with the honest fit-by-stage answer, walks the migration risk register, and ends with a decision matrix you can apply to your own situation. We ship code on every platform listed; the recommendations reflect what we'd build, not what we'd sell.
The comparisons.
Shopify vs Magento
Adobe Commerce TCO, B2B parity, migration risk register, 2026 platform reality
Shopify vs BigCommerce
Multi-storefront, B2B Edition, transaction fees, partner ecosystem density
Shopify vs WooCommerce
Open-source flexibility vs hosted stability — total cost of ownership at $1M, $10M GMV
Shopify vs WordPress
CMS plus WooCommerce vs purpose-built commerce — when each wins
Shopify vs Wix
Wix Commerce upgrade vs Shopify Basic — when DTC outgrows Wix
Shopify vs Squarespace
Squarespace Commerce for $50K-$500K brands; when to graduate
Shopify Plus vs Enterprise
vs Commercetools, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, BigCommerce Enterprise
Webflow vs Shopify
Marketing-led brands vs commerce-led brands — picking the right CMS
React Native vs Flutter
Measured benchmarks: cold-start, FPS p95, binary size, hiring market
How to read a comparison guide.
Start with the fit answer. Each guide opens with the honest "Pick X if you're under $Y revenue and need feature Z" answer. If your situation maps to one of those bullets, skim the rest as confirmation and stop. Don't over-research.
Read the migration risk register if you're on the older platform. The risk register lists every category where the migration can fail — data integrity, SEO recovery, B2B reordering, app compatibility, payment-rail switching — with the historical failure rate and the mitigation we use. If your business has high stakes in one of those rows, factor the mitigation cost into the migration budget.
TCO is at $1M and $10M GMV brackets. Most platform TCO calculations skip the variable costs (transaction fees, app rentals, hosting headroom). Our TCO models include them, and the answer flips between platforms depending on which bracket you sit in. Anchor on your own GMV.
No affiliate links anywhere. We're a Shopify Plus Partner but earn nothing from your platform choice. The comparison verdict is what we'd recommend; the build engagement is separate.
Stuck on the decision?
30-minute call. Bring your GMV, your category, and your current platform; we'll walk you through the comparison and give an honest recommendation. No pitch.
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