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Swell

A modern ecommerce platform for building and scaling online stores with subscription and multichannel commerce capabilities.

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Available worldwide · Popular in: US

What is Swell?

A SaaS ecommerce platform designed to help merchants quickly establish online stores, manage subscription products, and handle wholesale operations with built-in support for multiple currencies, languages, and payment methods.

Independently observed

Swell pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $29/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $29/month billed annually. Free trial available.

Starter

$29/month billed annually
annual · min 2 seats
admin_users
2
annual_sales
$50k
api_requests
100k/month

Standard

$299/month
min 15 seats
admin_users
15
annual_sales
$1m
api_requests
2m/month

Advanced

$2,250/month
admin_users
Unlimited
annual_sales
$5m
api_requests
Unlimited

Custom

Contact sales
Contact sales

What Swell does

The capabilities that matter for e-commerce platforms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Platform type
Hosted all-in-one SaaS
Licensing
Open-source
✓
Deployment
Self-hostable
✓
Pricing
Free / open tier
✓
Transaction fees beyond plan
✓
Payments
Payments model
Built-in payments
Architecture
Headless / API-first storefront
✓
Compliance
PCI-DSS compliance provided
✓
Reach
Multi-currency / multi-language
✓
Selling
B2B / wholesale features
✓
POS / omnichannel
-
Extensibility
App / extension ecosystem size
Apps and integrations ecosystem with Klaviyo, Omnisend, Resend, and payment prov
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (14)

Independently observed
taxes
  • Avalara⇄•
payments
  • Stripe•
  • Klarna•
  • Apple Pay•
  • Google Pay•
b2b
  • Resolve•
  • Klaviyo
  • ShipStation
  • PayPal
  • Braintree
  • Sezzle
  • Resend
  • Omnisend
  • Shopify

Swell FAQ

Common questions about Swell, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Swell?

Swell is a hosted ecommerce solution providing customizable storefronts, API-first capabilities, flexible checkout options, multi-currency support, and comprehensive merchant tools for managing inventory, orders, payments, and subscriptions. It is indexed under E-commerce Platforms.

Source: https://www.swell.is/pricing

How much does Swell cost?

Swell is a paid product; published pricing starts at $29 per month. It is sold across 5 plans (Starter, Professional, Standard and Advanced). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://www.swell.is/pricing

What platforms does Swell support?

We have confirmed browser-based access to Swell. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.

Source: https://www.swell.is/pricing

Can Swell be self-hosted?

We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Swell, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.

Source: https://www.swell.is/pricing

What does Swell integrate with?

We have confirmed 9 integrations for Swell, including Klaviyo, ShipStation, PayPal, Braintree, Sezzle, Resend, Omnisend and Shopify, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://www.swell.is/pricing

Where is Swell available?

Swell is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.

Source: https://www.swell.is/pricing

Swell alternatives

Other e-commerce platforms we track, ranked by the same independent score.

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Balanced composite 74 / 100
medium · 54%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing transparency1000.088.4✓
Reliability1000.077.3✓
Capabilities920.054.5✓
Price level500.052.6✓
Integrations300.041.2✓
Security posture00.070.0-

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Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq6 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesHeadless: Yes · Free tier: Yes · Open source: Yes · B2b features: Yes · Platform type: hosted_saas · Self hostable: Yesmediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count10mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 50%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60%
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60%
Price levelmidmediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60%
Starting priceAmount: 29 · Currency: USDmediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Sla pct100mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60%
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-04 · 60%
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