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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Shopify.

Canadian-headquartered hosted commerce platform (TSX/NYSE: SHOP). Not US but North American; SMB DTC market leader with US sub-processor stack.

ALTERNATIVES
6
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
2
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
3

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WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING

What are you leaving behind with Shopify?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

Shopify US-incorporated

Canadian-headquartered hosted commerce platform (TSX/NYSE: SHOP). Not US but North American; SMB DTC market leader with US sub-processor stack.

SCORE
1.0/5
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 6 European alternatives to Shopify compare?

All 6 alternatives ranked by compliance score, benchmarked against Shopify.

Product Score Owner CLOUD Act Cert. Pricing Action
Shopify
benchmark · US
1.0/5
SOC 2
no EU framework
Freemium your current
MyCashflow
Finland
Paid
€49 / mo
View profile →
Shopware
Germany
ISO/IEC 27001
SOC 2
Paid
€600 / mo
View profile →
PrestaShop
France
Freemium View profile →
Sylius
Poland
Freemium View profile →
Saleor Commerce
Poland
SOC 2
Freemium View profile →
CCV Shop
Netherlands
Paid
€36 / mo
View profile →
TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Shopify alternatives?

Ranked by feature parity + compliance score. Migration friction is weighted higher than feature breadth.

MyCashflow
Finland · Founded 2007
★ #1 PICK

Finnish all-in-one e-commerce SaaS with own Helsinki hosting and 0% commission across plans.

SCORE
4.0
FROM
€49/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
Shopware
Germany · Founded 2000
★ #2 PICK

German mid-market commerce platform (Schöppingen, est. 2000); Cloud entry €600/mo. PayPal owns ~41% as of Oct 2025.

SCORE
3.0
FROM
€600/mo
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
PrestaShop
France · Founded 2007
★ #3 PICK

French open-source e-commerce with hosted SaaS option; parent group Fortidia is an Oaktree Capital portfolio company.

SCORE
3.0
FROM
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Compliance score is editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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