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Shopify vs MemberPress: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 16th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 5,276 reviews from eCommerce users.
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Credit Card Processing
NA
Electronic Payments
4.6
Data Security
4.5
Shopping Cart
4.6
Order Management
4.5
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Credit Card Processing
NA
Electronic Payments
NA
Data Security
4.3
Shopping Cart
3.9
Order Management
NA
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews6,503
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.4
4.8
User reviews363
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.8
Price starts from
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
/user
Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Small to mid-size on standard plans and Enterprise companies on Shopify Plus.

MemberPress will work brilliantly for any small, mid-sized or large business that would like to roll out a Membership or eLearning site for their customers.

User reviews
pros & cons
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Video reviews
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Luis V
Kitchen
5.0

Luis V.: My name is Luis. My position in my job is a warehouse administrator. The company has approximately 6 to 5 employees, depending on the season. It's a small company and it's a manufacturing company and I give Shopify 5 stars. It's a great, great platform to use. The problems that we bring and solve us using Shopify is the websites that we use, it gets to our customers in an impactful way because we get to show what our company is about using the websites that we make in the Shopify platform and it just creates a better view of what we do and so far, it has helped many of our customers with their business. So we also recommend our customers to use Shopify as well and it's very, very cost-efficient as well. It's priced very well. I'm surprised of the price that they have. So we enjoy using Shopify a lot. The most that we love about Shopify is how easy it is to use and again, it's very convenient. It reaches people all around the world. It's not just the United States that we live in. But it reaches people. We have customers that we reach all the way to Hong Kong, all the way to Australia. So it's something that's not just centered in one small area. It's something that's global, we could say and it's a great, great platform, to be honest. One thing I have noticed about the platform that we don't agree on is sometimes when we try to ... This is the problems that we've had. When we try to log into the platform, it gives us many times errors. We don't know why. There was one time that we did get, in a sense, it was compromised. But it wasn't to a degree that was very serious. But we got hold of Shopify and they told us that it wasn't a common issue and it might have been something that we did at our end. But as everything else that Shopify offers we're really okay with it. It was just that one little thing that we were concerned about for a little bit. But we got through it and we figured out the problem and we figured out that it was our fault. So that's it. That's all I have to say.

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Christina C
Founder
5.0

Christina C.: Hi, I'm Christina. I'm a nutritionist and I give MemberPress a five out of five. For more reviews like this, click below. I chose MemberPress because I have a WordPress website and I wanted a membership and course plugin that would blend seamlessly into my website and that would be very effective. I looked at other options, external subscription options, and they were just too expensive and ultimately I didn't have control over the content, so I chose MemberPress and I'm very glad I did. I chose MemberPress because there are very robust features that come with the product. It's very affordable price point. There's also a lot of support, so setting up the plugin and adding it to my website was so easy. I received so much support through email and also directly contacting their support team. That was wonderful. It allowed me to set up my course and my membership up without a hitch, so really grateful. Setting up MemberPress was easy. As soon as I purchased the plugin, I received a series of emails with step-by-step instructions telling me exactly how to install a plugin, how to adjust the settings, and then how to format and customize it so that it matched my websites, CSS and HTML. For anyone looking to install MemberPress, please know that you need to be knowledgeable when it comes to WordPress and using the backend. Installing the plugin is easy, but setting it up so that it seamlessly meshes with your website, can be a bit tricky. So either you need to have robust knowledge when it comes to working with WordPress, or you need to have a great developer who can easily install the plugin and set it up. Once it's set up, adding the content and also getting the payment gateway set up, is fairly easy.

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Prioritize real-user-identified key features according to your needs to find your best fit.

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Activity Dashboard
207
Important
Alerts/Notifications
388
Important

Shopify

Top Features
27/42
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Campaign Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Drag & Drop
  • Kitting
  • Loyalty Program
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Location
  • Order Tracking
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Real-Time Data
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reviews Management
  • Sales Order Management
  • Templates
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Catalog Management
  • Content Management
  • CRM
  • Customer Accounts
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Security
  • Data Synchronization
  • Discount Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Channel Management
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-Store
  • Order Management
  • Promotions Management
  • Returns Management
  • SEO Management
  • Shipping Management
  • Shopping Cart
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Website Management
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Shopify
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
MemberPress
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Shopify
  • By Shopify
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 2004
MemberPress
  • By Caseproof
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2009
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