WooCommerce Pricing 2026: What a Store Really Costs (Hosting, Plugins, Fees)

WooCommerce costs nothing to download, but a live store does not. At $2,500 in monthly sales, a WooCommerce store with managed hosting, one paid extension and card fees costs about $107 a month. Bigger stores cost more: about $582 a month at $15,000 and about $2,525 at $60,000, on a $50 average order. Card processing is 82% to 90% of that bill, and the prices were read on vendor pages in October 2026.

Toolradar data: Toolradar tracks 104 e-commerce platforms as of October 10, 2026, and 33% of them are free, freemium or open source. WooCommerce sits in that free group, which is why its price is hard to compare with a hosted platform. The software is free, so the bill is everything around it. The full list is in Toolradar's e-commerce platform ranking, and WooCommerce's own profile is on Toolradar.

What WooCommerce charges, line by line

A store's bill has four parts: the core platform, payments, hosting and extensions. The table shows the number we priced for each part.

WooCommerce's comparison table shows card processing at about 2.50% to 2.90% with WooPayments. Its US fee schedule lists 2.90% plus $0.30 for cards, so we priced the schedule. Stripe's standard pricing is also 2.9% plus 30 cents for domestic cards, so the processor you pick does not change the bill at these volumes. A negotiated rate would change that, and the next section shows what each 0.1 point is worth.

Three store sizes, priced

The totals use one scenario: a $50 average order, US domestic cards, no refunds, and the renewal price for hosting rather than the intro offer. Each store carries the hosting and extensions it would realistically need at that size. The monthly total is the sum of three lines.

Here is the arithmetic for the smallest store. Card fees are 2.9% of $2,500, which is $72.50, plus 50 orders at 30 cents, which is $15.00, for $87.50. Add the Hostinger renewal from the table, plus $2.42 a month for one extension at the bottom of Woo's range (its yearly price divided by 12), and the total is $106.91. The other two rows use the same method with the figures in the table.

The smallest store runs on the cheapest host we priced. The $15,000 store moves to SiteGround GrowBig, whose renewal price is $13 a month higher, and it carries two extensions, one at $29 a year and one at $299 a year. The $60,000 store is harder to price honestly. We have no host quote for that traffic, so we use $350 a month, the top of WooCommerce's own range for most stores, as a planning figure and not as a quote. Three extensions at the top price add $74.75 a month.

Two things stand out. Hosting and extensions together cost $19.41, $57.32 and $424.75 a month across the three sizes, which is a small share of the bill. Card fees carry the rest. At $15,000 in sales, each 0.1 percentage point of card rate is worth $15 a month, or $180 a year, which is more than the $13 a month between the two hosts. On these numbers, a small cut in the processing rate is worth more than the gap between the two hosts.

Owners at $2,500 should read the total as a floor. It assumes the cheapest host and one extension, and card fees rise with every sale. Owners at $60,000 should treat hosting as a planning number until they get a quote from a host that can carry that traffic. Our figure is the ceiling of WooCommerce's published range, so the real host bill could sit below it.

Where the bill grows

• Intro prices end. Hostinger's $3.99 a month needs a 48-month prepay of $191.52 up front, then renews at $16.99 a month. SiteGround's $4.99 a month is prepaid for 12 months, then renews at $29.99, which is $25 more a month.
• Extensions renew every year. Each one costs $29 to $299 a year. Three top-priced extensions cost $897 a year before a single card fee. If you are weighing Shopify instead, our best Shopify apps guide lists the apps a store is most likely to buy.
• Disputes. WooPayments charges $15 for each dispute. The fee is refunded only if you challenge and win.
• International cards. The base fee rises by 1.50% on an international card, and currency conversion adds 1.00%. On $5,000 of international card sales in a month, the extra 1.50% is $75.
• Fees come out of your margin. The totals above count each card fee as a cost on the sale, so it lowers what you keep on every order.
• Costs we did not price. Domain renewal after the first year, since Hostinger includes a free domain for one year, is not counted. Theme, developer time, backup tools and the hours spent on plugin updates are also left out. Those costs are real, and they belong in any budget that goes beyond the store's first year.

How to budget a WooCommerce store

Budget the renewal price, not the intro price. Both promotions in this table end: SiteGround's after 12 months and Hostinger's after its 48-month prepay. Put card fees on the first line of the plan, since they are the largest cost at every size we priced. Then add only the extensions you actually need, because each one renews on its own annual date. Finally, reserve a small amount for disputes, which cost $15 each and come back only if you win.

What to check on any host

Four things decide whether a host's price is the real one. First, the renewal price and the prepay term, since a 48-month prepay locks the intro rate in but also commits cash up front. Second, what the plan includes: Hostinger's WooCommerce plan lists 50 GB of NVMe storage, a free domain for the first year, free unlimited SSL, a CDN and daily backups, so those lines do not need a separate purchase. Third, whether WooCommerce comes pre-installed. SiteGround says its WooCommerce hosting ships with the plugin and the Storefront theme in place, which removes one setup task. Fourth, the storage and traffic limits, which the plan page should state before you pay. Toolradar keeps a profile for each host as well, in its Hostinger and SiteGround entries.

How this compares with a hosted platform

WooCommerce has no platform fee, which is its real advantage over a hosted store. The trade-off is the hosting line above, which you pay on top of the software. Our cheaper Shopify alternatives guide compares hosted platforms at $10,000 a month, and the Shopify pricing guide lists the plans. The broader Shopify review covers the product itself, and the best ecommerce platforms ranking covers the wider field. This page prices one platform's bill and does not rank the others. A store that wants the lowest bill should compare the card fees and the hosting renewal side by side, using the same sales level, before it chooses.

What the store needs after launch

The bill above covers the store itself. A working store also pays for the tools around it. Shipping software is a separate line, and our best shipping software guide compares the main options. Inventory is another, covered in the best inventory management software review. Email is a further monthly line, and our best email marketing for Shopify guide compares the main senders. Abandoned carts are sales you have already paid to attract, and our guide to reducing cart abandonment explains where those losses usually happen and which fixes recover the most of them.

How we priced it

We read WooCommerce's pricing page and its WooPayments fee schedule for the US, Hostinger's and SiteGround's WordPress hosting pages, and Stripe's standard pricing, all on 10 October 2026. The scenarios assume a $50 average order, domestic US cards and no refunds. Domain, theme and developer time are not counted. Every total is our arithmetic on the published rates, not a quote from any vendor. We re-read the same pages every 60 days, because hosting promotions and processing rates change.

Cite this: Retailpresso, "WooCommerce Pricing 2026: What a Store Really Costs (Hosting, Plugins, Fees)", October 2026.

FAQ

How much does WooCommerce cost in 2026?

The plugin is free. A store with an entry-level host, one extension and card fees costs about $107 a month at $2,500 in sales. At $15,000 the bill is about $582 a month, with a mid-tier host and two extensions. At $60,000 it is about $2,525, with three top-priced extensions and hosting at the top of WooCommerce's range, on a $50 average order.

Is WooCommerce really free?

The software is free, with no subscription and no revenue share, according to WooCommerce's pricing page. A live store is not. Hosting runs $25 to $350 a month for most stores, each extension costs $29 to $299 a year, and WooPayments charges 2.90% plus $0.30 per US card payment.

How much does WooCommerce hosting cost?

Hostinger's managed WooCommerce plan starts at $3.99 a month on a 48-month prepay of $191.52, then renews at $16.99 a month. SiteGround's GrowBig plan starts at $4.99 a month for 12 months, then renews at $29.99. WooCommerce's own range for most stores is $25 to $350 a month.

What are WooPayments fees in the US?

Cards cost 2.90% plus $0.30 per successful payment. International payments add 1.50%, currency conversion adds 1.00%, and each dispute costs $15, refunded only if the merchant wins it.

Which WooCommerce cost is the biggest?

Card processing. At the three sizes priced here, card fees made up 82%, 90% and 83% of the monthly total. Hosting and extensions together cost $19.41, $57.32 and $424.75.

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