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Google Stitch vs Shopify vs v0

Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.

Google Stitch

4.3

Free to start

Best overall

Shopify

4.4

From $29/mo

v0

3.8

From $30/user/mo

Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.

At a glance

Best value

Pick it if: Founders, marketers and small business owners who want a professional-looking app or website design before paying a designer or developer.

Best overall

Pick it if: Anyone selling physical or digital products online, from first-time sellers to established brands.

v03.8

Pick it if: Marketers and founders who need good-looking pages fast, and developers who want a head start on the front end (the part of a site people see).

Shopify scores highest overall, but Google Stitch gives you more for your money. Which one is right comes down to what you value most.

Overview

AttributeGoogle StitchShopifyv0
In one lineDescribe an app or website and get editable screen designs you can send to Figma or code.Online store platform with an AI assistant, Sidekick, that helps you build and run it.Turn a sentence, screenshot or Figma file into a polished web page you can publish.
Pricing modelFreePaidFreemium
Starting priceFree$29/mo$30/user/mo
Free plan Yes No Yes
Works with Claude Code Yes Yes No

Rating breakdown

Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.

AttributeGoogle StitchShopifyv0
Overall rating4.34.4Winner3.8
Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it.
4.5
4.5
4.0
FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together.
4.0
5.0
3.5
Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them.
4.0
4.0
4.5
Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan.
5.0
4.0
3.0
Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over.
4.0
4.5
4.0

Feature comparison

A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.

AttributeGoogle StitchShopifyv0
Access & platform
Free plan Yes No Yes
Mobile app No Yes No
Desktop app Noโ€“ No
Browser extension Noโ€“ No
API access Yes Yes Yes
Teams & business
Team workspace No Yes Yes
Enterprise plan or SSO No Yes Yes
Connects to other apps Yes Yes Yes
Open source or self-hosted No No No
AI abilities
Works with your files Yes Yes Yes
Understands images Yes Yes Yes
Makes images Yes Yes No
Makes video No No No
Writes code Yes Yes Yes
Runs agents or automations Yes Yes Yes
Learns your brand or styleโ€“ Yes No
Works in many languages Yes Yes Yes
Capabilities score9/ 1712/ 1710/ 17

Pricing

Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.

AttributeGoogle StitchShopifyv0
Plans

FreeOur pick

Free

Everyone. There's no paid plan.

BasicOur pick

$29/mo billed yearly, or $39 monthly

New and solo sellers.

Free

Free

Trying it and small one-off pages.

Grow

$79/mo billed yearly, or $105 monthly

Small teams with steady sales.

PlusOur pick

$30/user/mo

Marketers and founders making pages most weeks.

Advanced

$299/mo billed yearly, or $399 monthly

Bigger stores selling internationally.

Business

$100/user/mo

Companies that need their data kept out of training.

Plus

From $2,300/mo

High-volume and complex businesses.

Enterprise

Custom

Large organisations.

Which plan to pickThere's only the free plan. Sign in with a Google account and start designing. If you hit the monthly cap, wait for it to reset next month.Start on Basic; Sidekick and the core store are the same on every plan. Move to Grow when you add staff or your monthly sales are high enough that its lower card rates cover the price difference.Stay on Free if you make the odd page. Plus is the sensible paid plan; the credit allowance matches what you pay, so treat it as pay-as-you-go with a monthly minimum. Business costs over three times as much for the same credits, so only pick it for the data protections.

Key features

AttributeGoogle StitchShopifyv0
Standout features
  • Prompt to screens
  • Start from an image
  • Canvas and voice
  • Clickable prototypes
  • Export anywhere
  • MCP server and skills
  • Sidekick
  • Shopify Magic
  • Online store and checkout
  • Sell everywhere
  • Orders, stock and shipping
  • App store
  • Screenshot and Figma to page
  • Design Mode
  • One-click publish
  • All the major models
  • GitHub sync
  • Full-stack when needed

Pros and cons

AttributeGoogle StitchShopifyv0
Pros
  • Completely free
  • Good-looking screens from a short description
  • Exports to Figma and to code
  • Official MCP server and Claude Code skills
  • Accepts sketches and screenshots as a starting point
  • Everything to run a store in one account, from website to shipping labels
  • Built-in AI on every plan, not a paid add-on
  • Huge choice of apps, themes and experts
  • Reliable and fast checkout that shoppers trust
  • Public APIs, a CLI and developer tools
  • Cleanest, most professional-looking output of the builders here
  • Turns a screenshot or Figma file into a real page quickly
  • Standard code that developers can take over without a rewrite
  • Design Mode tweaks are free
  • Fast publishing through Vercel
Cons
  • Designs screens only, so you still need something to build the working app
  • Figma export comes out as flat frames, not tidy components
  • Monthly generation caps have changed before
  • A Google Labs experiment, so it could change or close
  • Paid apps and card fees add a lot to the monthly cost
  • Extra transaction fee if you use a payment provider other than Shopify Payments
  • Sidekick is for the store owner, not a chatbot for shoppers
  • Bigger design changes still need theme code or a developer
  • Support quality gets mixed reviews from merchants
  • Plus is $30 per user, and credits are spent as you go on top of that
  • Weak at logins, databases and anything beyond the front end
  • The 7-message free limit runs out fast
  • You need a Vercel account and some comfort with GitHub to get the most from it

Who each one is for

AttributeGoogle StitchShopifyv0
Best for
  • Designing app screens from a written idea
  • Mocking up a landing page before you build it
  • Getting a design Claude Code can build from
  • Trying several looks for the same idea quickly
  • Launching an online store
  • Running products, orders and stock in one place
  • Writing product descriptions with AI
  • Selling online and in person
  • Store reporting and discounts by asking Sidekick
  • Landing pages and marketing sites
  • Turning a screenshot into a real page
  • Front-end starting points
  • Quick design mockups
You'll find it used by
  • Founders
  • Marketers
  • Designers
  • Product managers
  • Developers
  • Online stores
  • Product brands
  • Retailers
  • Makers and creators
  • Dropshippers
  • Marketers
  • Founders
  • Designers
  • Developers

Questions people ask

Which is better, Google Stitch, Shopify or v0?

Shopify scores highest overall in our ratings (Google Stitch 4.3/5, Shopify 4.4/5 and v0 3.8/5). Google Stitch is best for designing app screens from a written idea and mocking up a landing page before you build it. Shopify is best for launching an online store and running products, orders and stock in one place. v0 is best for landing pages and marketing sites and turning a screenshot into a real page.

Which is cheaper, Google Stitch, Shopify or v0?

Google Stitch: It's free to use. Shopify: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $29/mo. v0: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $30/user/mo.

How we compare

Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.

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