Compare shift4shop and nowpost on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both Ecommerce tools, Free for merchants who exclusively use Shift4 Payments as…
At a Glance
shift4shop
nowpost
Primary category
Ecommerce
Ecommerce
Rating
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Pricing model
Free for merchants who exclusively use Shift4 Payments as their card processor, with no added transaction fee on top of processing; merchants using another payment processor or based outside the U.S. pay for a standard plan instead — Shift4Shop's own site cites an unlimited 'End-to-End eCommerce' plan at $41/month.
Not publicly disclosed; NowPost Pay auto-splits funds between seller and delivery fee, but the fee amount and PUDO-partner commission rates are not published.
Starting price
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Free plan
Yes
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Free trial
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Platforms
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Web, Mobile App
Team collaboration
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AI features
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Public API
Yes
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Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
shift4shop
No individual plan breakdown documented yet.
nowpost
No individual plan breakdown documented yet.
Pros & Cons
shift4shop
Pros
Genuinely free software tier for merchants who use Shift4 Payments, with no separate transaction fee layered on top
All-in-one feature set — website builder, product/inventory management, marketing, and SEO tools are bundled rather than sold as add-on apps
100+ included, SEO-optimized, mobile-responsive themes plus a free domain and SSL, reducing setup costs
Long operating history (21+ years, formerly 3dcart) with an established merchant base (~22k merchants) suggesting platform maturity
Cons
The free plan is conditional on exclusively using Shift4 Payments for card processing, which limits payment-provider flexibility for merchants who want the no-cost tier
As a hosted, all-in-one platform, merchants have less flexibility to swap in third-party theme/checkout systems compared to fully headless or open ecommerce stacks
Publicly listed pricing beyond the single $41/month End-to-End plan is not consistently detailed on Shift4Shop's own marketing pages, making full plan-to-plan comparison harder without contacting sales
nowpost
Pros
Gives shoppers three delivery choices on the same order.
NowPost Pay lets Instagram/WhatsApp sellers generate a payment link in seconds with no signup or credit card, with funds auto-split.
The PUDO partner program gives small retail shops a concrete way to earn extra revenue and foot traffic.
Cons
Pricing, delivery fees, and PUDO-partner commission rates are not published anywhere on the site.
Site signals point to a Nigeria-only footprint.
The 'up to 30% lower costs' claim is NowPost's own marketing copy, with no published data backing it.
No public API documentation or named e-commerce platform integrations were found.