Craft Commerce review (2026): is it worth $1,199?
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Craft Commerce report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for developer-built stores on Craft CMS
Craft Commerce is a store plugin for Craft CMS, $1,199 per project one-time with unlimited products and up to 5 stores. It costs extra for the Craft licence and $299 a year for updates after year one, and it needs a developer.
Who Craft Commerce is for
- Fits if you have a developer building a custom store on Craft CMS
- Works for agencies that run several stores and currencies from one install
Who Craft Commerce is not for
- Not for you if you want a point-and-click store, as it needs a developer
- Pricey if you count the Craft CMS licence, which is bought separately
- Watch out: updates after the first year cost $299 a year per project
- Tight if you grow, as Pro is capped at 5 stores and 5 inventory locations
Why Craft Commerce gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$1,199 one-time matches the category's one-time middle of $1,199. The Craft CMS licence is extra, and updates after year one are $299 a year.
- FFree plan and trialThe listing shows no free plan and no trial, so you pay before you can try it.
- BFeaturesProducts and variants, multi-store, inventory locations, payment gateways, custom checkout and plugins. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record. It is built around templates and code, so it needs a developer.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, self-hosted, with seven listed integrations and an API.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Craft Commerce's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Craft Commerce's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 15 of the 80 other online store builders we grade, and level with 13.
It stands best on features (B, above 60 of 80) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 81 online store builders we grade, cut by the letter each got. Craft Commerce’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 15 of 80, level with 51
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 80, level with 22
- BFeaturesAbove 60 of 80, level with 19
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 80, level with 27
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 28 of 80, level with 52
Keep Craft Commerce, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Craft Commerce you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 52 of the 80 other online store builders grade higher. It costs $1,199, paid once.
What you could make
- Inventory: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal Checkout and Mollie among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Craft Commerce’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Craft Commerce?
Craft Commerce is the ecommerce plugin for Craft CMS, built for developers who want to model products, variants and checkout flows in code. It adds a catalog, orders, payment gateways and inventory to a Craft site. A Craft CMS license is required separately.
Worth knowing
- Pricing excludes the Craft CMS license, which is bought separately.
- Updates after the first year cost $299 a year per project.
- It is built around templates and code, so it needs a developer rather than a point-and-click setup.
- Pro is capped at five stores and five inventory locations; more needs the sales-led Enterprise plan.
Key features
- Products and variants
- The license places no limit on how many products or variants you create, and products use Craft's drafts, versioning and live preview.
- Multi-store
- Commerce 5 manages separate customer-facing stores in one install, each able to use its own base currency for pricing.
- Inventory locations
- Track stock and make adjustments across stores, warehouses or other locations; Pro allows up to five.
- Payment gateways
- First-party gateways cover Stripe, PayPal Checkout and Mollie, and further gateways come from the plugin ecosystem or custom code.
- Custom fields and checkout
- Custom fields shape product and order management, and the checkout flow can be built to your own design.
- Plugin extensions
- Plugins from Verbb add events and ticketing, wishlists and gift vouchers on top of the core store.
Craft Commerce pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Craft Commerce is a paid product, starting at $1,199 per project (one-time, plus a Craft CMS license).
- Starts at
- $1,199 per project (one-time, plus a Craft CMS license)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | $1,199per project, includes 1 year of updates | Unlimited products and variants, up to 5 stores and 5 inventory locations, multi-currency and custom checkout. Updates cost $299 a year after year one. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Pro, plus SAML SSO and a custom number of stores and inventory locations. Sold by request. |
Read from craftcms.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Craft Commerce before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Craft Commerce have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Craft Commerce is listed for Web.
Does Craft Commerce have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Craft Commerce is listed for Web.
Is Craft Commerce open source?
Craft Commerce is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Can Craft Commerce be self-hosted?
Yes. Craft Commerce's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Does Craft Commerce have an API?
Yes. Craft Commerce offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.