HikaShop review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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HikaShop report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for a shop inside an existing Joomla or WordPress site
HikaShop adds a shop to Joomla or WordPress, with a free Starter edition and paid editions at €60 and €120 a year per site. The REST API, mobile app and affiliate program sit on Business, and you need your own hosting.
Who HikaShop is for
- Fits if you already have a Joomla or WordPress site and want to add a shop
- Makes sense if you want a cheap yearly licence for one site
Who HikaShop is not for
- Skip it if you don't run Joomla or WordPress, as it works only inside them
- Tight if you stay free: guest checkout, wishlist and personal email support are paid
- Watch out: paid editions cover one site for one year, and extending costs €40 or €70 a year
- Watch out: prices are in euros, and EU buyers without a VAT number pay tax at checkout
Why HikaShop gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for moneyEssential is €60 a year for one site, about €5 a month, under 60% of the category's $20 cheap start. Business is €120 a year.
- BFree plan and trialThe Starter edition is free with unlimited products and orders, variants, inventory and tax rules. One site could run on it, with forum support.
- CFeaturesCatalog, inventory, international selling and marketing tools. Guest checkout and wishlist need Essential, and the API and mobile app need Business.
- DEase of useNo rating on record. You need your own Joomla or WordPress site on your own hosting, and the vendor says it supports MySQL only.
- CPlatforms and integrationsRuns inside Joomla or WordPress only, with Stripe and PayPal links. The mobile app is Business only.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from HikaShop'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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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/hikashop#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/hikashop.svg" alt="HikaShop: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where HikaShop stands among online store builders
HikaShop's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 60 of the 80 other online store builders we grade, and level with 13.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 78 of 80) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $5.59 a month, against a middle price of $29.25 for the category: 2 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 81 online store builders we grade, cut by the letter each got. HikaShop’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 78 of 80, level with 2
- BFree plan and trialAbove 55 of 80, level with 25
- CFeaturesAbove 5 of 80, level with 54
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 80, level with 27
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 1 of 80, level with 26
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 52 online store builders. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep HikaShop, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace HikaShop 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 60 of the 80 other online store builders we grade. It costs $67.03 a year.
What you could make
- Inventory and templates: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you.
- It plugs into other products, Joomla, WordPress and Stripe among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. HikaShop’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 HikaShop?
HikaShop is an ecommerce extension that adds a shop to a Joomla or WordPress site hosted on your own server. A free Starter edition covers products, variants, inventory, taxes, coupons and payment and shipping plugins, and two paid editions add more features and a year of updates and support. Companion extensions for marketplaces, serial numbers and auctions are sold separately.
Worth knowing
- It runs only inside Joomla or WordPress and needs your own hosting; the vendor says it supports MySQL only.
- Paid editions include one year of updates and support for one website; extending costs €40 per year on Essential and €70 per year on Business.
- Prices are listed in euros, and EU buyers without a valid VAT number pay a tax rate added at checkout.
- The REST API, mobile app and affiliate program are limited to the Business edition.
Key features
- Catalog and inventory
- Categories, characteristics, variants, options and custom fields, with stock tracking, for small or large catalogs.
- International selling
- Languages, currencies, zones and tax rules, with more than 90 payment gateways listed on the homepage.
- Marketing tools
- Coupons and discounts, affiliate programs (Business edition) and email-marketing integrations.
- Built-in statistics
- A dashboard shows revenue, orders, average order value and top products.
- Customization
- Views, checkout, fields and emails can be overridden without forking the code.
- Marketplace and auctions
- HikaMarket (multi-vendor), HikaSerial and HikaAuction are sold as separate extensions.
HikaShop pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, HikaShop has a free plan, and paid plans start at €60 per year for 1 site.
- Starts at
- €60 per year for 1 site
- Free plan
- Starter edition: free, with unlimited products and orders, variants and inventory, payment and shipping plugins, tax rules, currencies and coupons, and forum support.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $0 | Unlimited products and orders, variants, inventory, payment and shipping plugins, tax rules and coupons, with forum support. |
| Essential | €60per year for 1 site | Adds custom fields, product options, guest checkout, multicart, wishlist, AI Commerce (UCP and MCP) and personal email support. Priced in euros. |
| Business | €120per year for 1 site | Adds the REST API, the HikaShop mobile app, an affiliate program, product filters and comparison, and prices per user group and zone. Priced in euros. |
Read from hikashop.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with HikaShop before you buy.
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Common questions
Does HikaShop have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. HikaShop is listed for Web.
Does HikaShop have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. HikaShop is listed for Web.
Is HikaShop open source?
HikaShop is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Can HikaShop be self-hosted?
Yes. HikaShop's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Does HikaShop have an API?
Yes. HikaShop 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.