e-Commerce Development
Custom commerce development is expensive. Many small businesses instead opt to use a platform such as Shopify, Magento, or BigCommerce to quickly stand up a store with a monthly subscription. These platforms indeed provide a solid set of standard features that work well for straightforward product catalogs, but as apps require more functionality and tweaks for specific business cases, the costs for additional plugins and extensions begin to pile up.
Your application doesn't exist to satisfy the framework
Don't constrain your unique business case to the design decisions of third-party developers providing the extensions, apps, and plugins that force you to adapt your requirements to their components. We build for your application exactly as you want it.
No licensing or transaction fees
You own your application and do not pay licensing fees for the privilege of having us as a provider, nor do you pay us more as your sales increase. You simply pay for development costs and flat-fee ongoing maintenance, whether you only make one sale or a billion.
Quick Compare
A general overview of how we provide an ultra-competitive bang-for-the-buck when pitted against the big 3.
| Cost Element | Shopify | BigCommerce | Magento | CyberDevCustom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base Platform | $29–$399/mo (or $2,300+ for Plus) | $29–$399/mo (Performance $1,499+) | Free (Open Source) or $22k–$125k+/yr estimate (Adobe; quote required) | No platform fee |
| Transaction Fees | 0.2–2% (unless Shopify Payments) | 0–2% on non-preferred gateways; GMV-based fees | None | None |
| Apps / Extensions | Common $50–$300+/mo stack for custom needs | Moderate; more native features but still needed for complex logic | Variable; extensions + custom code | Minimal — most logic built in |
| Forced Upgrades | Higher plans for checkout flexibility | GMV thresholds trigger automatic upgrades | N/A | None |
| Custom Development | Limited; often requires apps or Plus | Limited outside higher tiers | High ($50k–$200k+ common) | Focused on actual requirements |
| Ongoing Maintenance | Low platform + rising app costs | Low platform + some app costs | High (patches, upgrades, conflicts) | Predictable development & hosting |
| Typical Complex Project Cost | Subscription + apps + limited custom work | Subscription + possible higher tier + workarounds | High build + high ongoing | Lower total for equivalent complexity |
| Gotcha Factor | App stack + fees grow with complexity | GMV caps and tier-gated features | Maintenance and upgrade cost | None of the above |
