Wix vs Shopify

Wix can be understood as a website builder which helps the users to make websites or web applications for different platforms like mobiles, desktops, tablets etc. It comes packed with a large number of tools which allow users to build a website by drag and drop functionality. Along with website building, it also provides hosting features at a reasonable price. Wix was launched in the year 2006.

Shopify can be understood as an e-commerce platform which is used to provide customers services to sell their products online without creating their own store. It is a paid platform where users can make their accounts and choose from a number of templates and can build their e-commerce website to sell their products. Shopify provides all the necessary tools and equipment needed to build an online store.

Below is a table of differentiation between Wix and Shopify:

	Wix	Shopify
1.	It is an application building platform so users can develop different applications according to their needs.	It is an e-commerce platform which provides services to make an online store to sell goods.
2.	Wix has a comparatively less price than Shopify.	Shopify has comparatively more prices than Wix.
3.	It does not provide good SEO options.	It comes with better SEO features.
4.	It provides a free plan which has a limited number of functionalities.	It does not provide a free plan but has a two week trial period.
5.	It lacks multilingual capabilities.	It provides multilingual capabilities.
6.	It is used for many purposes apart from building e-commerce stores.	It is mainly designed for building e-commerce platforms.
7.	The payment option in Wix does not require transaction fees.	It provides its own payment gateway which does not require any fee but other than that transaction fees is required.
8.	Inventory management of Wix is good.	The inventory management of Shopify is better than Wix.