# Shopgate review (2026): is it worth €299 a month? > Branded shopping app and store-pickup tools for existing online shops Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Shopgate builds iOS and Android shopping apps for retailers that already run an online shop on Shopify, Shopware or Adobe Commerce. Its omnichannel tools connect the shop and physical stores through click and reserve, ship from store and return in store. It is a German company and the site is in German. - **Category:** Online Store Builders - **Made by:** Shopgate GmbH - **Website:** https://www.shopgate.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you need a store platform, as it works on top of one. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Shopgate is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €299 per month, billed monthly, excl. VAT. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial offered; the page does not state its length. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | €299 per month for up to 5,000 app sessions, billed monthly, excl. VAT | Only for Shopify stores. Includes 5,000 app sessions a month; the price rises as sessions are added. | | Growth | €799 per month for up to 30,000 app sessions, billed monthly, excl. VAT | For Shopify Plus, Shopware and Adobe Commerce stores. Includes 30,000 app sessions a month. | | Enterprise | €1,499 per month and up, billed monthly, excl. VAT | For large retailers with 100,000+ sessions; the number of app sessions is set individually. | Read from https://www.shopgate.com/shopgate-preise on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Shopgate before buying. ## Key features - **Branded shopping app:** Your own app for iOS and Android with a theme, pages and extensions designed in the Shopgate admin. - **Push and segments:** Marketing tools include push messages, customer segments and automations aimed at app users. - **Click and reserve:** Shoppers check store availability, reserve an item online and pick it up in the store. - **Ship-from-store and returns:** Orders can ship from a store's stock, and customers can return online purchases in a store. - **Developer tools:** An SDK, APIs and documentation let developers extend the app. ## Good for - Shopify, Shopware or Adobe Commerce stores wanting their own app - Retailers with physical branches that want click and reserve - German-speaking brands in fashion, pet supplies or DIY ## Worth knowing - It is an app layer on top of an existing shop, not a store platform on its own. - Prices are in euros, exclude VAT and rise with the number of monthly app sessions. - The Starter plan is exclusive to Shopify; other platforms need Growth or above. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Shopgate builds a branded shopping app and store-pickup tools on top of an existing shop, from €299 a month for up to 5,000 sessions. It is not a store platform, and the cheapest plan is for Shopify stores only. - **Value for money: D.** €299 a month excluding VAT is far above the $20 to $59 most shop software starts at, though this is an app layer rather than a store. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A free trial is offered; the page does not state its length. - **Features: C.** A branded app, push messages, click and reserve, ship-from-store and returns. It does one job on top of a shop you already have. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect it to your shop and set up the app. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android, with four listed integrations and developer tools. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Shopgate'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 - Shopgate'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 platforms and integrations (B, above 28 of 80) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $334.04 a month, against a middle price of $29.25 for the category: 37 of the 44 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 10 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 Shopgate you would be making a tool that builds and hosts other apps. 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 $4,008.51 a year. - You could make: Inventory: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A tool that builds and hosts other apps. - You could not: Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Shopify, Shopify Plus and Shopware among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Shopify, Shopify Plus, Shopware, Adobe Commerce **Tags:** App builder, Marketing automation, Public API, Inventory ## Alternatives - [Shopify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopify): Hosted commerce platform for online, in-person and social selling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopgate-vs-shopify) - [Shopware](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopware): Open-source commerce platform for B2B and B2C stores. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopgate-vs-shopware) - [BigCommerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bigcommerce): Hosted ecommerce platform with plans set by yearly sales. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-shopgate) - [Ecwid](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ecwid): Online store you can add to any website or run as its own site. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ecwid-vs-shopgate) - [commercetools](https://toolgpa.com/tools/commercetools): API-first headless commerce platform for large retailers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/commercetools-vs-shopgate) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.shopgate.com/shopgate-preise - https://www.shopgate.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopgate Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).