# ExpandCart review (2026): is it worth $19 a month, billed yearly? > Hosted online store builder with no transaction fees Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. ExpandCart is a hosted platform for building and running an online store, with built-in multi-language and multi-currency selling, payment and shipping integrations, and marketing tools. Plans are tiered by product count, staff users and included apps, and the vendor says it charges no transaction fees on any of them. - **Category:** Online Store Builders - **Made by:** ExpandCart - **Website:** https://expandcart.com/en/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you list more than 100 products, which is the Standard cap. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, ExpandCart is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $19 per month, billed monthly ($199 per year billed annually). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial before subscribing. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | $19 per month, billed monthly ($199 per year billed annually) | Up to 100 products, 1 user and 1 responsive template, with multi-language, multi-currency, inventory management and 100+ payment and shipping integrations. | | Professional | $39 per month, billed monthly ($399 per year billed annually) | Up to 1,000 products, 3 users with custom roles, 4 templates, blogs and web pages, live chat support, Google Analytics and a free domain name on yearly billing. | | Ultimate | $149 per month, billed monthly ($1,499 per year billed annually) | Unlimited products, 10 users, all templates, abandoned cart recovery, warehouse management, a loyalty system and priority support. | | Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Ultimate plus multi-merchant stores, mobile-customized templates and a free mobile app on yearly billing; no price is published. | Read from https://expandcart.com/en/pricing-2/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ExpandCart before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 15% on yearly plans** (Annual discount): The pricing page advertises 15% off when billed yearly; Standard is $199 a year against $228 billed monthly. Source: https://expandcart.com/en/pricing-2/ ## Key features - **Hosted online store:** A store with multi-language and multi-currency selling, VAT and tax management, and a free SSL certificate on every plan. - **Payments and shipping:** Lists more than 100 payment and shipping integrations on all plans, with no transaction fees charged by ExpandCart. - **Social selling:** The Standard plan lists selling on Facebook and Instagram alongside the web store. - **Dropshipping apps:** Knawat dropshipping can be installed free on Standard, and AliExpress dropshipping on Professional. - **Inventory and warehouses:** Inventory management comes on every plan; advanced inventory starts at Professional and warehouse management at Ultimate. - **Marketing and reports:** Discount coupons, SMS notifications, email campaigns and reports; export of reports needs Professional or Ultimate. ## Good for - Small merchants in Arabic- and English-speaking markets who want a hosted store - Stores that want a flat monthly fee instead of a cut of each sale - Dropshipping sellers using the supported dropshipping apps ## Worth knowing - Standard is capped at 100 products and 1 user; Professional at 1,000 products and 3 users. - The pricing page states there are no refunds for amounts paid after subscribing, because a 14-day trial comes first. - A free domain on Professional and a free mobile app on Enterprise apply to yearly billing only. - Free data migration is offered only to Ultimate and Enterprise subscribers, and only for specific shopping-cart scripts. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. ExpandCart is a hosted store builder with a flat monthly fee and no cut of each sale, from $19 a month. The cheapest plan holds 100 products and 1 user, a card-free trial is not confirmed, and there are no refunds after you subscribe. - **Value for money: B.** Standard is $19 a month, or $199 a year (about $16.60 a month), inside the category's cheaper quarter of $20. Professional is $39, and the plan with unlimited products is $149. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A 14-day free trial before you subscribe, but whether it needs a card is not stated. No free plan. - **Features: C.** Hosted store, payments, shipping, dropshipping apps, inventory and marketing. Standard is capped at 100 products and 1 user, and Professional at 1,000 products and 3 users. - **Ease of use: C.** You build the store yourself, with themes, products and payments to set up. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with listed ties to Facebook, Instagram, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Knawat, AliExpress and PayPal. No desktop or phone apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ExpandCart's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among online store builders - ExpandCart's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 43 of the 80 other online store builders we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 67 of 80) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 23). - Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $29.25 for the category: 9 of the 44 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-stores ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace ExpandCart 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. It costs $228 a year. - You could make: Inventory: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: Suppliers who ship each order for you. - You could not: Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Facebook, Instagram and Google Analytics among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Facebook, Instagram, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Knawat, AliExpress, PayPal, 2Checkout **Tags:** Online store, Inventory, Dropshipping, SMS marketing, Email campaigns ## Alternatives - [Shopify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopify): Hosted commerce platform for online, in-person and social selling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/expandcart-vs-shopify) - [YouCan](https://toolgpa.com/tools/youcan): Online store builder with cash on delivery and local currencies. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/expandcart-vs-youcan) - [Zid](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zid): Saudi e-commerce platform with POS, payments and shipping. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/expandcart-vs-zid) - [Salla](https://toolgpa.com/tools/salla): Saudi online store platform with an app store and developer APIs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/expandcart-vs-salla) - [BigCommerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bigcommerce): Hosted ecommerce platform with plans set by yearly sales. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-expandcart) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://expandcart.com/en/pricing-2/ - https://expandcart.com/en/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/expandcart Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).