WooCommerce to Shopify Migration Tools Compared: What Actually Works in 2026

1. Cart2Cart (The “Easy Button”)

Overview: Cart2Cart is a cloud-based service. You connect your WooCommerce store URL and your Shopify store URL, and it pipes the data across.

Ease of Use | 5/5 | Extremely simple UI. No technical skills needed. 
Speed | 3/5 | Can be slow for large stores (server-to-server throttling). 
Customization | 1/5 | You cannot "map" custom fields easily. It's a black box. 
Cost | $$$ | Charged by entity count. 5,000 products + 5,000 customers = ~$300. |

The Verdict: Good for small, simple stores (under 500 SKUs). The Risk: If you have custom data (e.g., “Engraving Text” on products), Cart2Cart often ignores it. It flattens your data structure.

2. Matrixify (The “Pro’s Choice”)

Overview: Matrixify is a Shopify App that imports data via Excel/CSV. It requires you to export data from WooCommerce into a specific format first.

Ease of Use | 2/5 | High learning curve. You need to know Excel/Google Sheets well. 
Speed | 5/5 | Incredibly fast. We have imported 100,000 SKUs in 2 hours. 
Customization | 5/5 | You can map anything. Metafields, redirects, blog posts. 
Cost | $ | $20/month base plan. Enterprise plan is $200/mo. |

The Verdict: This is what agencies use. It gives you a paper trail (the spreadsheet) of exactly what is being imported. The “Why”: It handles images via URL securely, manages redirects in bulk, and provides detailed error logs (“Row 405 failed because SKU was duplicate”).

3. LitExtension (The “Service Hybrid”)

Overview: LitExtension offers an automated tool similar to Cart2Cart, but their primary business is their “All-In-One” service where their team runs the tool for you.

Ease of Use | 4/5 | Their support team helps you set it up. 
Speed | 3/5 | Similar to Cart2Cart. 
Customization | 3/5 | Better than Cart2Cart, but still limited compared to CSV manipulation. 
Cost | $$$$ | Can range from $500 to $2,000 depending on service level. |

The Verdict: A solid middle ground if you are too big for a “Click Button” migration but too non-technical for Matrixify.

4. The “Native” Shopify Importer (Store Importer App)

Overview: Shopify has a free app called “Store Importer.” You upload your WooCommerce XML export file.

Ease of Use | 4/5 | Drag and drop XML file.
Speed | 2/5 | Often times out on files larger than 100MB. 
Reliability | 1/5 | 
Dangerous. We often see it skip 20% of products without error messages.
Cost | Free | You get what you pay for. |

The Verdict: Avoid. It is too opaque. When it fails (and it will), you won’t know *what* failed until a customer complains “Where is the Blue Shirt?”

The “Impossible” Things No Tool Can Do

It is crucial to understand what tools *cannot* do.

1. Migrate Design: No tool can turn your “Elementor” page into a “Shopify Section.” This is 100% manual labor.
2. Migrate SEO Redirects Automatically: Some tools claim to map URLs, but they often get the logic wrong for complex permalinks. You need a human to audit the Redirect Matrix.
3. Migrate Passwords: As mentioned in every article, password hashes are non-transferable.
4. Migrate “plugin Logic”: If you have a “Bundle” plugin, the tool will import the Components of the bundle as separate products, but it will not create the Bundle Logic in Shopify. You must configure the Shopify Bundle app manually.

Recommendation Engine

Scenario A: The “Side Hustle” Store

• Stats: 50 Products, 200 Orders.
• Budget: $0.
• Tool: Manual CSV Construction (Excel) + Shopify CSV Import.

Scenario B: The “Growing Brand”

• Stats: 2,000 Products, 10,000 Orders. Simple variants.
• Budget: $300.
• Tool: Cart2Cart. It’s worth the $300 to save 20 hours of copy-pasting.

Scenario C: The “Power User” / Developer

• Stats: 5,000 Complex Products.
• Budget: Time > Money.
• Tool: Matrixify. Export SQL from Woo, clean in Python/Excel, Import via Matrixify.

Scenario D: The “Enterprise”

• Stats: 50,000+ SKUs, ERP Integration.
• Budget: $20k+.
• Solution: Hire Presta. We use Matrixify + Python + Custom Middleware APIs to ensure 100% data integrity.

[Don’t Guess With Your Data]

Tools are great, but they are not impartial. They will try to force a square peg into a round hole. Contact Presta for a Migration Tool Audit. We’ll tell you which tool fits your specific data schema.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Matrixify import Orders?

Yes. It can import historical orders with the correct “Financial Status” (Paid) and “Fulfillment Status” (Fulfilled), mapped to the correct Customer.

Does Cart2Cart migrate blogs?

Yes, but often the images inside the blog posts break because they still point to `wp-content/uploads`. You need a post-migration script to fix image sources.

What is the “Dry Run” feature?

Matrixify allows you to “Dry Run” an import. It validates the file against Shopify’s API rules without actually creating data. This is a lifesaver for catching errors before polluting your database.

Sources

• Matrixify Documentation
• Cart2Cart Pricing