Shopify Advanced vs Plus cost calculator

How the maths works

Each plan’s monthly cost is three amounts added together, at the prices Shopify lists for the UK. We checked them on 8 November 2026 against Shopify’s UK pricing page and its help page on the Plus plan.

1. Subscription. Grow is £49 a month paid yearly or £65 paid monthly. Advanced is £259 or £344. Plus is £1,950 a month on a 1-year term or £1,800 on a 3-year term, and you can replace it with a price Shopify has quoted you.
2. Card fees. Revenue through Shopify Payments × the plan’s standard online card rate, plus 25p an order: 1.7% on Grow, 1.5% on Advanced and 1.3% on Plus. Orders are that revenue ÷ your average order value.
3. Fees on other providers. Revenue through other payment providers × Shopify’s transaction fee: 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus. Shopify doesn’t charge it on PayPal when Shopify Payments is your main provider, or on manual payments such as bank transfers, according to Shopify’s help page on third-party transaction fees. Leave those out of both shares.
4. A year is a month × 12.
5. Where the costs cross. The dearer plan’s extra subscription ÷ how much less it takes in fees on each £1 of revenue. The 25p an order is the same on every plan, so it moves the totals but not the crossing points.

A worked example

The calculator opens with these figures. They are an illustration, not a store we work with.

• £100,000 a month in online revenue at an average order value of £85, with 80% paid through Shopify Payments and 20% through a provider Shopify charges its fee on. That is 941 orders through Shopify Payments.
• Grow, paid yearly: £49 + £1,595 in card fees + £200 in fees on the other provider = £1,844 a month.
• Advanced, paid yearly: £259 + £1,435 + £120 = £1,814 a month. The lowest of the three, by £30 a month.
• Plus on a 1-year term: £1,950 + £1,275 + £40 = £3,265 a month, £1,451 more than Advanced.
• At this mix, each £1 of revenue costs 0.24p less in fees on Advanced than on Grow, and 0.24p less on Plus than on Advanced. So Advanced costs less than Grow from £87,500 a month (£210 ÷ 0.24%), or £1,050,000 a year. Plus costs less than Advanced from £704,583 a month (£1,691 ÷ 0.24%), or £8,455,000 a year.

What the calculator leaves out

The result is what you pay Shopify for the plan and for payments. It isn’t the cost of running the store.

• Shopify’s variable platform fee. Shopify says more complex, higher-volume businesses on Plus may pay a variable platform fee based on revenue and business model. It doesn’t publish the rate, so we can’t include it. If you have a quote, enter it as your Plus price.
• Your payment providers’ own fees. A provider other than Shopify Payments charges you for each payment it takes. That charge doesn’t depend on your Shopify plan, so it doesn’t change the comparison.
• Other card rates. The calculator uses Shopify’s standard online card rate for each plan. Your Shopify admin shows the rates that apply to your account.
• In-person sales, currency conversion and VAT. Online sales only, and every figure is without VAT.
• Apps and development. Apps are billed separately, and building on Plus features, such as checkout extensions or a B2B set-up, is a project of its own. Those costs depend on your store, not your plan.

When Plus is worth more than the fee

At your size Plus will cost more than Advanced, so the question is whether it does something you need. These are some of the differences Shopify lists between the two plans:

• Checkout. On Advanced, apps can add to the thank-you and order status pages, but not to the information, shipping and payment steps. On Plus, checkout UI extensions can change those steps too.
• Your own Shopify Functions. Public apps that use Shopify Functions work on Basic and every plan above it. A custom app with Functions built for your store, such as your own discount or delivery rules, needs Plus, according to Shopify’s guide to checkout customisation.
• B2B. Advanced includes the B2B basics, such as company accounts and net payment terms, with up to three active B2B market catalogues. Plus removes that limit and adds deposits and partial payments, according to Shopify’s own comparison of Plus and Advanced.
• More stores and staff. Plus includes up to nine expansion stores for other markets or locations, and unlimited staff accounts. Advanced has 15 staff accounts.

If none of these would change how you trade, Advanced is likely the better buy for now, and we’ll tell you so. If one would, see how we build and run Shopify Plus stores and set up B2B and wholesale on Shopify Plus, or read why Shopify Plus suits high-growth brands.