Shopify Plus

Shopify Plus is Shopify’s enterprise commerce offering. Shopify launched the product in February 2014 for rapidly growing merchants and larger businesses requiring additional support, customization, and API capacity.

The platform supports online stores, B2B commerce, international markets, headless storefronts, retail locations, and custom integrations. It uses Shopify’s hosted infrastructure while extending checkout, automation, developer, and organizational controls.

Shopify Plus is best suited to brands operating several markets, channels, or storefronts. It can also fit merchants that need native B2B catalogs, advanced checkout logic, or integration with ERP, CRM, PIM, OMS, and fulfillment systems.

Shopify Plus supports custom checkout experiences through checkout UI extensions, checkout branding tools, Shopify Functions, and eligible third-party apps. Checkout extensions for the information, shipping, and payment steps require a Plus plan.

For B2B commerce, Plus supports unlimited market catalogs, direct catalog assignments to companies and company locations, payment deposits, partial payments, and customized B2B checkout workflows.

The platform includes Shopify Flow automation, Launchpad scheduling tools, multi-market selling, headless storefront development with Hydrogen, Shopify APIs, and access to Shopify Plus Certified App Partners.

Plus supports integrations through the Shopify App Store, direct APIs, and integration platforms. External systems can synchronize customers, orders, inventory, product catalogs, and pricing data.

Shopify lists Shopify Plus pricing by contract term and billing currency. In the United States, the published price is $2,500 per month for a one-year term or $2,300 per month for a three-year term.

Eligible merchants can access a paid Shopify Plus trial lasting one or two months. The published U.S. trial price is $399 per month. The trial does not include every full-plan feature, including some checkout customizations, test-drive environments, and bot protection.

Additional costs can apply for payment processing, third-party applications, themes, implementation, development, and external integrations. Shopify’s published pricing page should be checked before purchase because terms and regional prices can change.

Pros: Hosted infrastructure reduces direct server administration. Plus provides advanced checkout extensibility, native B2B capabilities, higher API resources, multi-market tools, headless support, and 24/7 priority support.

Cons: The subscription price is substantial compared with standard Shopify plans. Complex business rules may require custom applications or partner development. Some specialized B2B, ERP, and operational workflows may still require external systems.

Comparable enterprise commerce platforms include Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce Enterprise, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, commercetools, SAP Commerce Cloud, and Oracle Commerce.

Adobe Commerce offers extensive customization and B2B functionality. BigCommerce Enterprise provides hosted enterprise commerce with open APIs. Salesforce Commerce Cloud suits organizations already invested in Salesforce products. commercetools emphasizes composable commerce for teams building modular architectures.

Does Shopify Plus have a free trial?
Shopify documents a paid trial for eligible merchants, lasting one or two months. The published U.S. price is $399 per month.

What platforms does Shopify Plus support?
Shopify Plus is primarily a web-based SaaS platform. Its APIs support custom web, mobile, headless, and application experiences, while Shopify also provides iOS and Android development libraries.

Does Shopify Plus provide an API?
Yes. Shopify provides GraphQL Admin and Storefront APIs, REST Admin resources, Shopify Functions, checkout extensions, and other developer tools. Plus also provides additional API resources and supports requests for increased rate limits.

What integrations are available?
Merchants can connect ERP, CRM, accounting, PIM, OMS, WMS, 3PL, fulfillment, marketing, and analytics systems through apps, direct integrations, iPaaS providers, or custom APIs.

Is Shopify Plus suitable for B2B?
Yes. Plus supports company accounts, company locations, catalogs, direct company catalog assignments, payment terms, deposits, partial payments, and customized B2B checkout experiences.

Who should consider Shopify Plus?
It is designed for high-volume brands and larger merchants that need enterprise support, multiple markets, advanced checkout control, B2B commerce, or extensive integrations.