The Volusion Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Volusion in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Volusion
The Insider’s Guide
Hosted ecommerce platform for small and mid-sized online stores
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among online store builders, read from Volusion’s own pages.
Made by Volusion, LLC · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Volusion’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Volusion’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 1 of the 9 other online store builders we grade
Volusion is a hosted ecommerce platform from Austin, Texas, for small and mid-sized businesses that sell online. Stores get themes and a site designer, inventory with warehouses and purchase orders, a checkout that takes cards, PayPal and Amazon Pay, and SEO and reporting tools. Plans are capped by yearly sales, and stores that use Volusion Payments, powered by Stripe, pay no transaction fee.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Volusion, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for stock across warehouses, with purchase orders
But it's a web store and not much else, and Volusion says all sales are final, so there's no refund if it doesn't work out.
- 2
Paid plans start at $35 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $35 per month (Personal).
- 3
You can try it first
14-day free trial, no credit card required
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Themes and site design
Free and premium responsive themes, a Site Designer with content blocks, and an HTML and CSS editor for those who code.
- 6
Inventory, warehouses and purchase orders
Track stock and reorder levels, assign products to warehouse locations, and create purchase orders automatically when items sell.
- 7
Checkout and payments
Premium Checkout takes cards, PayPal, Amazon Pay, electronic checks and more. Volusion Payments, powered by Stripe, carries no transaction fee from Volusion.
- 8
A 2.0 GPA, above 1 of 9
That is against the other online store builders we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Volusion 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.
Volusion at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $35 per month (Personal)
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Volusion, LLC, since 1999
- Category
- Online Store Builders
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for stock across warehouses, with purchase orders
Volusion has been around since 1999 and is strongest on stock: warehouses, reorder levels and purchase orders raised as things sell. Personal is $35 a month with your own domain. But it's a web store and not much else, and Volusion says all sales are final, so there's no refund if it doesn't work out.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Personal is $35 a month for up to $50K of sales a year, with your own domain and 100 products, and no yearly rate on record. That's a bit above this category's middle. Volusion adds 2% to each sale unless you use Volusion Payments. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No free plan, but a 14-day trial with no card needed. Worth using properly, because Volusion gives no refunds once you're paying. |
| Features | C | Good on stock: warehouses, reorder levels and automatic purchase orders, plus subscriptions, gift cards and local currencies. But nothing on record sells beyond the web store, no POS or marketplaces, and Personal lacks CRM, reviews and abandoned-cart reports. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. Themes and the Site Designer get a store going, with an HTML and CSS editor if you code, but it's still a store to build and stock to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | Web only, and the named connections are mostly ways to pay: Stripe, PayPal and Amazon Pay, plus Avalara for tax, Facebook and Twitter. API access starts on Business at $299 a month. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Volusion is for
- Great if you reorder stock often and want purchase orders raised for you
- Handy when you keep stock in more than one warehouse
- Good for stores happy to use Volusion Payments and skip the extra fee
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want a way out, as Volusion says all sales are final with no refunds
- Tight if you have more than 100 products, since Personal stops there
- Not for you if you also sell at a counter or on marketplaces, as none of that is on record
Good to know
Good for
- Small and mid-sized stores that want hosting, checkout and stock in one plan
- Sellers who manage stock across warehouses and reorder with purchase orders
- Stores willing to use Volusion Payments to avoid extra fees
Worth knowing
- With a gateway other than Volusion Payments, a fee applies to each sale: 2% on Personal, 1.25% on Professional and 0.8% on Business.
- Each plan caps yearly sales over a trailing 12 months, and a store that passes its cap is moved up to the next plan automatically.
- Personal allows only 100 products and lacks CRM, reviews and abandoned-cart reports; API access starts on Business.
- Volusion says all sales are final and it gives no refunds; a cancellation takes effect at the end of the current term.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$35
A month to start
Volusion is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $35 per month (Personal).
That's a bit above this category's middle.
Personal
$35
per month for up to $50K sales a year
Up to 100 products, 1 staff account, and live chat and email support. A 2% fee per sale applies with a gateway other than Volusion Payments.
Professional
$79
per month for up to $100K sales a year
Up to 5,000 products and 5 staff accounts, adding CRM, reviews, phone orders, import and export and abandoned-cart reports. 1.25% fee with other gateways.
Business
$299
per month for up to $400K sales a year, billed annually ($399 monthly)
Unlimited products, 15 staff accounts, phone support, API access, batch order processing and a customer loyalty plan. 0.8% fee with other gateways.
Prime
Custom
Priced by yearly sales with no cap, unlimited staff, VIP support and a client success manager; discounted with a 12-month or longer commitment.
Trying it first
14-day free trial, no credit card required
Read from volusion.com on Oct 18, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Business plan for $299 a month when paid annually
The Business plan costs $299 a month with annual payment against $399 paid monthly, a saving of about 25%.
Stated on volusion.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Hosted ecommerce platform for small and mid-sized online stores. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, reports, inventory, online store.
Good on stock: warehouses, reorder levels and automatic purchase orders, plus subscriptions, gift cards and local currencies.
- Themes and site design
- Free and premium responsive themes, a Site Designer with content blocks, and an HTML and CSS editor for those who code.
- Inventory, warehouses and purchase orders
- Track stock and reorder levels, assign products to warehouse locations, and create purchase orders automatically when items sell.
- Checkout and payments
- Premium Checkout takes cards, PayPal, Amazon Pay, electronic checks and more. Volusion Payments, powered by Stripe, carries no transaction fee from Volusion.
- Subscriptions, gift cards and currencies
- Charge for products on a recurring schedule, sell and accept gift cards, and show prices in a shopper's own currency.
- SEO, marketing and reports
- Manage metadata, sitemaps and robots.txt, create coupons, send abandoned-cart reminders, track ROI from ads and affiliates, and run reports.
- Hosting on Google Cloud
- Stores are hosted on Google Cloud Platform with a 99.9% uptime guarantee, free SSL certificates, unlimited bandwidth and a custom domain.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Amazon Pay
- Avalara
Volusion is made by Volusion, LLC, and has been around since 1999.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
1/9
Other online store builders it is graded above
Volusion's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 9 other online store builders we grade.
Its paid plans start at $35 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 5 of the 7 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 10 online store builders we grade, cut by the letter each got. Volusion’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 9
- CFree plan and trialAbove 3 of 9
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 9
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 9
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 9
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 8 online store builders. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Volusion is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Volusion 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: 8 of the 9 other online store builders grade higher. It costs $420 a year.
What you could make
- Inventory and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal and Amazon Pay among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Volusion’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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
BigCommerce, Shopify, Ecwid and WooCommerce
The 4 tools Volusion is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
BigCommerce
Free trial · from $29/mo
Hosted ecommerce platform with plans set by yearly sales.
- Only BigCommerce lists iOS and Android apps.
- 2.8GPA
Shopify
Free trial · from $29/mo
Hosted commerce platform for online, in-person and social selling.
- Only Shopify lists iOS and Android apps.
- Volusion also covers reports.
- Shopify also covers email campaigns and shipping labels.
- 2.2GPA
Ecwid
From $5/mo
Online store you can add to any website or run as its own site.
- Only Ecwid lists iOS and Android apps.
- Volusion also covers reports.
- Ecwid also covers digital downloads and shipping labels.
- 2.2GPA
WooCommerce
Free plan
Free, open-source store plugin for WordPress that you host yourself.
- WooCommerce has a free plan. Volusion does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only WooCommerce lists iOS and Android apps.
- WooCommerce is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Volusion free?
No, Volusion is a paid product, but you can try it first. 14-day free trial, no credit card required.
How much does Volusion cost?
Volusion lists 4 plans. Personal: $35 per month for up to $50K sales a year.
What platforms does Volusion work on?
Volusion is available on Web.
Does Volusion offer any discounts?
Volusion publicly lists the following: Business plan for $299 a month when paid annually.
Does Volusion have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Volusion is listed for Web.
Does Volusion have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Volusion is listed for Web.
Is Volusion open source?
Volusion is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Does Volusion have an API?
Yes. Volusion offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Volusion integrate with?
Volusion's listing names Stripe, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Avalara, Facebook and Twitter.
Who makes Volusion?
Volusion is made by Volusion, LLC. It dates from 1999.
What are the alternatives to Volusion?
The closest alternatives to Volusion in our directory are BigCommerce, Shopify, Ecwid and WooCommerce.
How does Volusion compare with other online store builders?
Volusion's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 9 other online store builders we grade.
Is Volusion good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Volusion C for value for money. On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4.
Could I make my own version of Volusion?
To replace Volusion you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Volusion’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Volusion's own pages on 18 October 2026. Its pricing page would not load when we went back to check it. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Volusion, LLC. Prices change, so check volusion.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
2,068
Tools graded, in 57 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
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categories
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
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- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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