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These two hide different things. Barn2Door publishes all three tiers and its processing rate, then charges a one-time setup fee. GrazeCart publishes one number and no rate at all. Here is the first-ye

Bakesy's $9.99 subscription looks like the budget option until you count the 3.9% processing. On card payments, Cottage CMS's free tier is $300 a year cheaper and even its $200 Pro tier comes in ahead

Bakesy's subscription is $29 a year cheaper. Its processing is a full point higher, which is $180 a year on $18,000 in sales. Here is exactly where the comparison flips, whether routing payments aroun

If Cottage CMS's free tier covers you, nothing beats free. The moment you need delivery or your own domain, the comparison inverts and Bake.Shop is $51 a year cheaper with inventory tracking included.

Bakebug is free through the end of 2026 and then becomes the cheapest published price in the category. Bake.Shop is $149 a year with inventory tracking and a stated processing rate. Here is the full m

Cottage CMS's free plan is genuinely free forever, not a trial, and it includes pre-orders and weekly schedules that several paid products charge for. Here is exactly what it leaves out, what Pro cost

Barn2Door publishes more of its pricing than most farm platforms, including the one-time setup fee that comparison articles routinely leave out. Here is the complete structure, what each tier actually

Squarespace's Basic plan adds a 2% store transaction fee on top of card processing, and 7% on digital content. That creates a threshold nobody mentions at signup: past $500 a month in sales you are pa

The headline is $29 a month. The realistic first-year cost for a small food business is $1,400 to $2,400 once you add processing, the apps you will actually want, and the 2% fee if you cannot use Shop