Swell
Cloud-based commerce platform for building and scaling online stores
- Also known as
- swell
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
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.
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.
From $29/month. Revenue-based overage fees (2%–0.4% depending on plan) apply when annual sales exceed tier limits.
Starter
Essentials to launch your store
- annual_sales
- $50K
- api_requests
- 100K/mo
- data_storage
- 10GB/mo
- Hosted storefront
- Basic reports
- Email & chat support
Professional
Complete features to launch and grow your store
- annual_sales
- $250K
- api_requests
- 500K/mo
- Hosted storefront
- Headless storefront
- Guest checkout
- Abandoned cart recovery
- Priority support
- Advanced reports
Standard
Priority support and time-saving features for larger teams
- annual_sales
- $1M
- api_requests
- 2M/mo
- Role-based permissions
- Developer support
- International price lists
- Checkout API
- Tax integrations
Advanced
Unlimited scalability with granular control
- annual_sales
- $5M
- api_requests
- unlimited
- All Standard features
- Unlimited team members
- 100% uptime SLA
Custom
Contact salesCustom pricing for merchants over $10M in annual sales
- annual_sales
- $10M+
- Priority technical support
- Negotiated pricing
Add-ons
- Extra API requests$5 per 100000 requests
- Extra data storage$5 per GB
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.
- Platform type
- Hosted all-in-one SaaS
- Open-source
- ✓
- Self-hostable
- ✓
- Free / open tier
- -
- Transaction fees beyond plan
- ✓
- Payments model
- Built-in payments
- Headless / API-first storefront
- ✓
- PCI-DSS compliance provided
- ✓
- Multi-currency / multi-language
- ✓
- B2B / wholesale features
- ✓
- POS / omnichannel
- -
- App / extension ecosystem size
- Apps and integrations ecosystem with Klaviyo, Omnisend, Resend, and payment prov
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (9)
Independently observed- Avalara⇄•
- 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.
- ShopifyCloud-based e-commerce platform enabling merchants to create and operate online stores with integrated payment processing and international commerce capabilitiemedium · 74%
- BigCommerceA customizable checkout platform built for conversion with support for any business modelmedium · 70%
- MedusaAn open-source, modular e-commerce platform for developers to build custom commerce experiencesmedium · 65%
- commercetoolsCloud-native commerce infrastructure with APIs for building modular, AI-powered shopping experiencesmedium · 58%
- WooCommerceOpen-source WordPress-based solution for building online stores with flexible customization optionsmedium · 66%
- EcwidAn easy-to-set-up online store platform with no transaction fees, designed for merchants at any business stagemedium · 53%
Compare Swell
Side by side against other e-commerce platforms, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Swell, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 100 | 0.07 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.08 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.05 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 30 | 0.04 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Headless: Yes · Open source: Yes · B2b features: Yes · Platform type: hosted_saas · Self hostable: Yes · Payments model: built_in | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 10 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 50% |
Pricing
Reliability
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