One is enterprise software you host and staff — the most powerful option on this page. The other is a product that arrives finished. Here is the side-by-side, sourced.
Magento Open Source is free software you host and maintain yourself — typical running costs land between ₹60,000 and ₹1.8 lakh a year before the build, and the licensed Adobe Commerce tier is quoted from around $22,000 a year. Shoopy is ₹2,499 to ₹12,999 a year, all-in, with nothing to host, patch or staff.
| Feature | Magento | Shoopy |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Free, open source | ₹2,499/yr |
| Realistic year one, before the build | ₹60,000–₹1,80,000 (hosting + maintenance, typical estimates) | ₹2,499–₹12,999 all-in |
| Licensed tier | Adobe Commerce — quoted from about $22,000/yr (industry estimate) | Not needed |
| Hosting and infrastructure | You buy and manage it — Linux, PHP, OpenSearch, Redis | Included |
| Security patches and upgrades | Your responsibility | Managed |
| Developer required | Yes — Adobe’s own install path assumes one | No |
| Time to live | Weeks to months | Under a day |
| Official WhatsApp integration | Custom build | Built-in |
| GST invoicing | Via extensions | Built-in, every plan |
| Indian payment gateways | Official Razorpay and PayU extensions | Razorpay, Cashfree, PayU, PhonePe and Easebuzz built in |
| Customisation ceiling | Unlimited — it is your codebase | Themes plus custom CSS |
You have genuinely complex B2B, multi-store or multi-warehouse requirements, tens of thousands of SKUs with custom logic, and you employ or retain developers. With engineering behind it, it is the more powerful platform — and it is actively maintained, with releases supported into 2029.
You would rather sell than staff a platform. One predictable rupee bill instead of hosting, patches and retainers — with WhatsApp ordering, GST invoicing, counter billing and a branded app built in, live in a sitting.
What a working Magento store actually costs in year one, against a Shoopy plan doing the same job.
Managed Magento hosting from about ₹4,500 a month (₹54,000/yr), plus security patching, version upgrades and developer or agency time — typical estimates put a modest store at ₹60,000–₹1,80,000 a year, before the initial build.
The plan is the bill: ₹2,499 to ₹12,999 a year with hosting, security and support included, plus order fees capped at ₹5 after your plan’s free allowance.
Illustrative. Magento figures are typical market estimates for hosting and maintenance read August 2026, not quotes — a serious build adds lakhs. Adobe Commerce converted from industry-estimated $22,000/yr at ₹96/$. GST and gateway charges apply on both.
Magento Open Source is, genuinely — and it is actively maintained, with version 2.4.9 released in May 2026 and supported into 2029. What is not free is running it: server infrastructure, a developer or agency to build and maintain the store, security patching and version upgrades. Adobe Commerce, the licensed tier, is commonly quoted from around $22,000 a year — an industry estimate, since Adobe prices on contact.
Depth. For complex B2B pricing, multi-store operations, multi-warehouse inventory and genuinely unusual business logic, Magento can be built to do almost anything, and at very large catalogue sizes it is in a class Shoopy does not compete in. If you have the engineering to support it, it is the more powerful platform.
Mainly the removal of a project. Nothing to host, patch or upgrade — Adobe’s own requirements assume a Linux stack with PHP, OpenSearch and Redis that someone must run. On top of that: an official WhatsApp integration, GST invoicing built in, five Indian gateways without extensions, counter billing, a branded app for your store, and a store that goes live in a sitting.
Plans run ₹2,499 to ₹12,999 a year, billed annually and excluding GST. Every plan includes 250–2,000 fee-free orders a year; past that the fee is 0.3–1% by plan, capped at ₹5 an order.
Yes. Shoopy’s team exports and imports your products, variants, customers and order history, then helps repoint your domain and connect your payment gateway. Most stores are live within about a week — a complex catalogue can take longer — and there is a 14-day free trial with a 7-day money-back guarantee after you pay.
A thirty-minute demo on your own catalogue — including the fee arithmetic for your order volume.
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