Snipcart

snipcart.com
E-commerce
Weekend Project

Add a Shopping Cart to Any Website in Minutes

How to Replace Snipcart

Overview

Snipcart is a shopping cart platform that lets you sell physical and digital products on any website without redirecting customers. It integrates seamlessly with any tech stack using a simple code snippet and supports international payments, shipping, inventory management, and discount features.

Features

31 features across 13 categories

Accounting(4)

Customizable Invoices

Create and customize invoices for your orders

Invoicing

Automatically send email invoices and order confirmations to customers with immediate payment proofs

Tax Management

Create, calculate, manage and automate sales tax for your online store

Unlimited Tax Rates

Configure unlimited tax rates and customer accounts

Also in: Jobber, Melio, Lemonway

Customization(1)

Customization

Add a custom shopping cart with flexible CSS personalization, flexible API and powerful webhooks

Also in: monday.com, Obsidian, Smartsheet

Framework Integration(3)

Jamstack E-Commerce

Run Jamstack e-commerce on any project with shopping cart platform using basic JavaScript and HTML

JavaScript E-Commerce

Leverage JavaScript to craft e-commerce experiences with production-ready JS-powered shopping cart and JS API

Vue.js E-Commerce

Quickly integrate a shopping cart into any Vue.js-powered website or app

Fulfillment(3)

Custom Shipping Methods

Configure custom shipping methods for your store

Real-time Shipping Estimates

Get real-time shipping estimates for orders

Shipping

Connect with supported e-commerce shipping solutions with real-time estimates and worldwide shipping capabilities

Also in: Saleor, Medusa, Shippo

Integration(3)

API & Webhooks

RESTful API, JavaScript API, and powerful webhooks to scale shopping cart platform and streamline e-commerce

HTML-Based Shopping Cart

Add a customizable shopping cart directly in HTML code and turn any components into buy buttons

Quick Setup

Fast shopping cart integration to save on e-commerce development time and costs

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Management(3)

Customer Dashboard

Enable customer accounts with order history and customer account management

Merchant Dashboard

Full-blown dashboard to manage e-commerce operations including performance analytics, customer/order management, discounts, and abandoned carts

Unlimited Domains

Support for unlimited domains and subdomains

Marketing(3)

Abandoned Carts Recovery

Boost conversions up to 20% with cart abandonment software and custom email templates with exclusive discounts

Custom Email Templates

Customize email templates for communications with customers

Discounts

Create promo codes and e-commerce coupons to boost sales with promotions and free shipping offers

Also in: Squarespace, monday.com, WordPress.com

Payments(2)

Multi-Currency

Accept currencies from all over the world on your e-commerce website

Payment Gateways

Support for 6 payment gateways including PayPal Express Checkout and custom payment gateway integration

Also in: Lightspeed POS, Acuity Scheduling, Setmore

Product Management(5)

Digital Products

Upload and sell any kind of digital good with drag and drop functionality

Inventory Management

Dead-simple inventory management system to keep track of product stock levels across your online store

Physical Products

Sell physical goods all over the world with top-tier payment gateways and international shipping carriers

Unlimited Product Variants

Create unlimited product variants and discounts

Unlimited Products

Support for unlimited physical, digital, and subscription products

Reporting(1)

Sales Analytics

Measure what works and what doesn't with comprehensive sales analytics

Security(1)

Security

HTTPS/SSL encryption, crawl back verification and secure e-commerce environment for merchants and customers

Support(1)

Responsive Technical Support

Responsive technical support for all users

User Experience(1)

Responsive Checkout

Mobile-friendly shopping cart with complete responsive checkout and high-level screen compatibility

Pricing

Standard

Popular
2% per transaction + Payment gateway fees
  • Forever free test development
  • Responsive technical support
  • Comprehensive merchant dashboard
  • Secure transactions
  • Unlimited products (physical, digital, subscriptions)
  • Unlimited product variants & discounts
  • Unlimited domains/subdomains
  • Unlimited tax rates & customer accounts
  • Customizable shopping cart
  • Full set of APIs & webhooks
  • 6 payment gateways
  • Custom payment gateway
  • PayPal Express Checkout
  • Custom shipping methods
  • Customizable invoices
  • Multi-currency
  • Abandoned carts recovery
  • Real-time shipping estimates
  • Inventory management
  • Custom email templates
  • TaxCloud & TaxJar integrations

Cost Calculator

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Build vs Buy

Should you build a Snipcart alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 31 features.

Buy Snipcart

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying Snipcart saves ~$36,960 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 31 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

8 known integrations

AngularJamstackNode.jsPayPalReactTaxCloudTaxJarVue.js