Shopify vs WooCommerce
Three of fourteen models named Shopify first on the direct prompt; zero named WooCommerce. Both were named by all fourteen models and Shopify carries 75 labels and WooCommerce 40, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Ottawa, Canada, founded 2006. Named in seven categories this edition.
United States, founded 2011. Named in five categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the ecommerce platforms page.
By framing
ShopifyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWooCommerce
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Shopify and WooCommerce were named in the same answer 142 times, of the 349 answers naming Shopify and the 155 naming WooCommerce. In those answers WooCommerce took the first choice sixteen times and Shopify fifty-six.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Shopify WooCommerce first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Shopify on the left and WooCommerce on the right.The direct prompt
Shopify first, WooCommerce not the choice
3 of 14 modelsWooCommerce was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Shopify45%#1 of 10WooCommerce16%#3 of 10Shopify31%#1 of 10WooCommerce0%#10 of 10What the models said about Shopify
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Shopify ranks highest overall for most small and mid-sized ecommerce businesses due to speed, ecosystem strength, and marketing capabilities.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“The market leader for small to medium-sized businesses. It is an "all-in-one" solution known for being easy to use, reliable” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about WooCommerce
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Total Control: WooCommerce. (Warning: Only if you are technical or have a dev team).” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If your budget is very limited, the best value is usually WooCommerce if you already use WordPress” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Best choice: BigCommerce Standard $29/month or WooCommerce on shared hosting ~$15/month total.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“WooCommerce is typically the best ecommerce platform for a company with a limited budget.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.