Compare us, honestly.
Picking an ecommerce platform is a big decision, so we wrote the comparisons we would want to read: current UK pricing, real fees, and a straight answer about who each platform actually suits. Including when it isn't us.
Orbit vs Shopify
The biggest name in hosted ecommerce. Compare plan prices, transaction fees and how quickly the app store adds up against one flat Orbit plan.
Orbit vs WooCommerce
Free, open-source and self-hosted. Compare the real cost of hosting, extensions and maintenance against a platform that handles all of it for you.
Orbit vs BigCommerce
Feature-rich hosted ecommerce with sales-based plan thresholds. Compare pricing in pounds, forced upgrades and what each platform includes.
Orbit vs EKM
The long-standing UK platform now sells one managed plan at £327 + VAT a month. Compare what self-serve in pounds looks like instead.
Orbit vs ShopWired
The most direct UK-native rival, with plans capped by annual turnover. Compare what flat pricing, free marketplace plugins and no sales ceilings look like.
Orbit vs Bluepark
A respected UK platform since 2004, with product caps and storage in megabytes. Compare unlimited products, 100GB+ storage and a drag-and-drop builder.
Orbit vs Wix
A brilliant website builder that grew a shop. Compare card rates, product caps and the annual-billing small print for a shop-first business.
Orbit vs Squarespace
Design-led sites with commerce attached. Compare transaction fees, feature gates and what a dedicated ecommerce platform includes.
Competitor pricing and features are checked against official published sources and reviewed regularly. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
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