Comparison
Buland vs Shopify, honestly.
Shopify is the platform of the admin era. Buland is built for what comes after it. Here is the difference, line by line — including where Shopify still wins.
Third-party prices checked 2026-10-08 on shopify.com/pricing. Shopify can change its prices at any time.
| Feature | Shopify Basic$39/month month-to-month | Shopify + typical appsWhat most stores actually run | Buland LaunchPlanned — $29/month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $39/month ($29/month billed annually) | Plan plus paid apps on top | $29/month planned, founding rates for waitlist |
| SEO, reviews, email, translation | SEO, reviews, email and translation usually mean separate paid apps | More apps, more monthly fees | Built into the platform |
| Fee when using your own payment gateway | 2% of every order on Basic when you don't use Shopify Payments | Same fee, plus app costs | None — Buland takes 0% of sales |
| Payment accounts in your name | Shopify Payments, or pay the extra fee | Same | Your own Stripe & PayPal, payouts straight to you |
| AI operation | Sidekick: an assistant you prompt inside the admin | Assistant plus AI apps | A typed-tool operator with approvals and an audit log |
| Export-in-a-box onboarding | Duties, labels and compliance are your project | More apps, more setup | Built in — from your workshop to their doorstep |
| Works in your language | Admin in major languages; apps and AI vary | Depends on each app | The operator works in your language — 7 planned |
| Shopify import with redirects | — | — | Import wizard keeps URLs working with redirects |
| Storefront ownership and export | Export possible; a rebuild is required to leave | Same, plus app data scattered across vendors | Open-source engine; catalog, customers and data exportable |
| Built-in SEO engine | Basics built in; the rest is apps | Covered — by paid apps | Audits, fixes and structured data built in |
| Support | 24/7 support, large ecosystem | Plus per-app support queues | Founding cohort gets a direct line to the team |
Honesty
Where Shopify is still better
We would rather earn trust than a headline. Shopify genuinely leads in four places:
- App ecosystem breadth — thousands of apps for every niche need.
- POS and in-person retail — mature hardware and offline selling.
- Shop Pay and a checkout tuned by a decade of optimization.
- Enterprise — Plus serves the world's largest brands at scale.
The difference
Where Buland is built for you
- Operated, not administered — you describe outcomes, Buland does the work.
- Zero percent of your sales, and no app store renting features back to you.
- Export-in-a-box — duties, labels, payments and local pages in one conversation.
- Guardrails with no override — money and deletions always need a human.
Migration
Moving over
- 1Join the waitlist — founding cohort members migrate first.
- 2The import wizard pulls your products, customers and orders.
- 3URL redirects keep your rankings working.
- 4Connect your own Stripe or PayPal.
- 5Review the draft store, approve, go live.
FAQ
Questions,answered plainly.
On subscription, planned Launch pricing is $29/month with no app stack on top. On payment processing we make no claim: you pay Stripe or PayPal their normal rates directly, same as any gateway.
Founding cohort
Buland opens in 2027.Be first in line.
Waitlist members get first access, founding pricing, and a direct line to the team.
Join the waitlist