Shopify’s strengths lie in its user-friendliness and having many third-party integrations readily available. Litium, by contrast, is noted for bundling more enterprise-style capabilities (PIM, campaigns, CMS, personalization) which can give richer functionality but comes with greater complexity.
Shopify
User-friendly interface
Extensive theme selection
Comprehensive App ecosystem
Can be launched without developers
Proprietary coding language
Content management limitations
Transaction fees
What is Shopify
Shopify is a cloud‐based ecommerce platform that enables businesses of all sizes to quickly set up, manage, and scale their online stores. As a SaaS solution, Shopify provides a complete suite of tools—including website design, inventory and order management, payment processing, and marketing automation—all from one easy-to-use platform.
Usecases for Shopify
Perfect for quickly deploying small to medium-sized online stores with a wide range of out-of-the-box features.
Litium
A well-designed webshop UI that’s “easy to adjust” once you’re familiar with it
Bundles strong marketing and customer-engagement tools—campaigns, email, CMS
Solid commerce stack
PIM channel limitations
Integration hiccups. Compatibility issues can arise
Steep learning curve
What is Litium
Litium is a full-stack, cloud-native commerce suite—“Litium Commerce Cloud”—that bundles e-commerce, PIM, CMS, campaigns, personalization, and order management into one platform, with optional headless decoupling via GraphQL or REST APIs.
Usecases for Litium
B2B and manufacturing portals, as well as DTC and brand-focused growth.
Full
None
Partial
Integration
Shopify
Litium
Crystallize
Tech
Architecture
Monolithic / Modular
Serverless multi-tenant SaaS
Event based architecture with horizontal scaling
Cloud infrastructure
Shopify Cloud
Fastly CDN and Elasticsearch
AWS
API coverage
REST / GraphQL
Open REST / GraphQL
GraphQL
Built with
Ruby / PHP
Microsoft .NET 6 core backend, Angular-based back-office UI
TypeScript / GraphQL
Security features
SSL / 2FA / PCI DSS
ISO 27001-certified hosting / SAML/OAuth support
TLS/SSL, DDoS protection, SOC2 compliance
Scalability
Maintenance
Managed
Managed
Managed
Customization level
Frontend integration
Liquid / SDKs
Frontend agnostic
Framework-agnostic
AI/Machine learning
Via apps
Via third-party
Via third-party
Multitenancy
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24/7 Support / Community / Dedicated support (Plus and Advanced plans)
24/7 partner network / email helpdesk / Litium Dev Forum
Slack / Community / Dedicated account manager (Enterprise)
Documentation quality
Comprehensive / User-friendly
Comprehensive docs with tutorials, guides, API references
Comprehensive, well-organized
Additional resources
Help Center / API Documentation / Guides
Webinars / Livestreams / guides / case studies
Livestream videos / API Reference / Developer guides
Community
Community and forums
Large and Active
Active Litium Dev Forum for Q&A, ideas and bug reports
Growing and Active (Slack)
Professional training
Certification programs
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User-friendly interface
Proprietary coding language
Partial
Integration
