SitesPlaced vs Alippo — which is better in 2026?
Alippo: "AI cofounder that runs your store" — a Bengaluru AI store builder that is free to build and charges per store from about ₹1,900/month to go live, with plans that differ by included AI capacity. Here is a plain, row-by-row comparison with SitesPlaced — price, free plan, commission, payments, shipping and the integrations that matter to an Instagram or WhatsApp seller — and how to switch in one paste.
By Manan Agrawal, Founder · Updated August 28, 2026
Short answer: SitesPlaced is the better value for most sellers. Alippo is the most confident pitch in Indian ecommerce right now: an AI co-founder that builds and runs the store, live in a minute, with abandoned-cart recovery and promotions handled for you — and it charges per store, from about ₹1,900 a month, with AI capacity metered by plan. SitesPlaced starts from the other end: a real published store for ₹0 with 0% commission, COD, WhatsApp checkout, UPI on your own Razorpay and Shiprocket included, and from ₹199 a month when you want your own domain, ₹499 a month for the growth tools. SitesPlaced AI Co-founder is ₹1,499 a month with everything in Growth included: four agents that read your real orders and visits and never change anything without your approval, a campaign planner, a creative studio for product photos, ad creatives and carousel posts, a store-wide SEO audit and a retargeting kit with Meta and Google product feeds, with 1,500 AI credits a month and a published credit price for every action. Abandoned-cart reminders, scheduled promotions, broadcasts to subscribers and a storefront assistant are included on the plan as automations, so the day-one automation gap is closed. For a small store that wants to keep its margin and grow with AI on its side, SitesPlaced is the better place to start: free to publish, 0% commission, and an AI co-founder for ₹1,499 a month with a fixed price instead of ₹1,900 per store with metered capacity.
At a glance
| SitesPlaced | Alippo | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest way to publish a store | ₹0 — free plan, unlimited products | Build without signing up; a paid plan is needed to go live |
| Cheapest paid plan | ₹499/month early-bird (₹999 after the first 50 stores) | Free to build; ₹1,900/month per store to go live (Starter), ₹5,700 (Growth), ₹19,000 (Scale) — yearly saves 20% |
| Commission on sales | 0% | not listed |
| Category | Free store builder for Instagram & WhatsApp sellers | AI store builder |
Competitor details are as listed on their public site and pricing page on 8 September 2026; plans change, so confirm before you buy.
SitesPlaced vs Alippo: feature by feature
The table lists what each platform includes and on which plan. SitesPlaced facts mirror the pricing page; Alippo facts are taken from the comparisons already published on this site, with “not listed” where we could not find a clear answer.
| Feature | SitesPlaced | Alippo |
|---|---|---|
| Razorpay / online payments | Free — UPI, cards, net banking, wallets in your own Razorpay account | Payment integrations listed as built in; gateways not listed |
| Cash on delivery | Free, with an optional COD charge you set | not listed |
| WhatsApp checkout | Free | not listed |
| Shipping integration | Shiprocket + Shipmozo, free (AWB + live tracking) | not listed |
| Invoices | PDF invoices, free | not listed |
| Custom domain | ₹499/month plan (one-click DNS) | Included on every paid plan |
| WhatsApp Business API alerts | ₹499/month plan — from your own number, BYOK | not listed |
| Meta Pixel + Conversions API | ₹499/month plan — server-side Purchase events, BYOK | not listed |
| AI copy | ₹499/month plan | Core of the product — AI writes product descriptions, pages, blogs and campaigns; capacity is metered per plan |
| Store importer | Free — Instagram, website URL, PDF, dm2buy, Shopexer | not listed |
| Edit from ChatGPT / Claude | Free — edit from ChatGPT or Claude via MCP | not listed |
| Merchant app | Android (Google Play); iOS not yet | not listed |
| Commission on sales | 0% | not listed |
| Themes | 17 store themes, all free | Category-based store generation (18 categories); theme count not listed |
Competitor details are as listed on their public site and pricing page on 8 September 2026; plans change, so confirm before you buy.
What Alippo does well — and where it stops
Alippo is a real product and these are the things it genuinely does. None of them, on their own, outweighs paying commission on every sale or losing a free plan that publishes a real store:
- ✓The fastest first minute in the category: pick a category, no sign-up, and a store exists in about 60 seconds.
- ✓Abandoned-cart recovery, lead magnets and live purchase counters are built in rather than bolted on.
- ✓The AI is positioned to act — flash sales, promotions, replies, blogs — and presents changes for review before they go live.
- ✓A funded team from Bengaluru with a background in helping home-based women entrepreneurs.
Which one should you choose?
For almost every seller reading this, the answer is SitesPlaced: a free plan that publishes a real store, 0% commission on every sale on every plan, and 21 integrations included rather than sold as add-ons. The right-hand column is the short list of exceptions, and it is short on purpose.
Choose SitesPlaced if you…
- • You want a real, published store for ₹0 with 0% commission, and to pay only when you want a domain and the growth tools.
- • ₹1,900 or more a month per store is more than your store makes in profit some months.
- • You sell the Indian way — COD, WhatsApp checkout, Shiprocket, UPI on your own Razorpay — and want those listed plainly, not left to find out later.
- • You want an AI co-founder that reads your real numbers and proposes changes you approve, at a fixed ₹1,499 a month with a published credit price per action instead of a metered ‘AI capacity’ bill.
The only cases for Alippo
- • You want everything automated on day one — cart reminders, scheduled promotions and customer replies — and are happy paying per store for it.
- • You value the no-sign-up onboarding and do not mind that each store is a separate subscription.
How to move from Alippo to SitesPlaced
Moving is mostly a paste. The importer is free, there is no product cap on the free plan, and nothing goes live until you hit publish — so you can build the new store alongside the old one and switch your Instagram bio link when it looks right.
Import your catalogue
Paste your Instagram handle, your current store's website URL or a PDF catalogue at /import. Products, prices, images and categories are rebuilt as a SitesPlaced store. Variants come across from Shopify, dm2buy and Shopexer stores; add them in the Products tab for other sources.
Pick one of 17 store themes
Every theme is free, and every heading, hero image, footer column and menu is editable. You can also edit the store by chatting with ChatGPT or Claude through the SitesPlaced MCP server.
Connect payments and shipping
Connect your own Razorpay account (UPI, cards, net banking, wallets), switch on cash on delivery and WhatsApp checkout, and connect Shiprocket or Shipmozo. All free, 0% commission.
Publish free, upgrade when you want a domain
Your store goes live on a sitesplaced.com URL with a small badge. The Starter plan (₹199/month) adds your custom domain, branding removal, AI copy, analytics and Meta Pixel + Conversions API; the Growth plan — ₹499/month early-bird (₹999 after the first 50 stores) — adds WhatsApp Business API alerts, the sales boosters and 1-click checkout on top.
What the paid plans add
Everything needed to sell is free. The Starter plan (₹199/month) is for the things that make the store look and track like a brand — the first five below; the Growth plan — ₹499/month early-bird (₹999 after the first 50 stores) — adds the sixth, plus the sales boosters, product reviews and 1-click checkout:
- ✓Your own custom domain with one-click DNS for most Indian registrars
- ✓SitesPlaced branding removed
- ✓AI copy for product descriptions and sections
- ✓Store analytics and custom head code (GA4, Clarity, any tag)
- ✓Meta Pixel + Conversions API — server-side Purchase events from the order record, deduplicated, your own credentials
- ✓WhatsApp Business API order alerts — owner alert + customer confirmation from your own number via Meta Cloud API, your own credentials
Razorpay, Shiprocket, Shipmozo and Meta are integrated; their own fees apply where they charge them. Full detail on the pricing page.
Razorpay, Shiprocket, Shipmozo, WhatsApp API, Meta CAPI: all built in.
Razorpay, cash on delivery, WhatsApp checkout, Shiprocket and Shipmozo are on the free plan. From ₹199/month (Starter): Meta Pixel + Conversions API, your own domain, branding removal, AI and analytics. The ₹499/month Growth plan adds WhatsApp Business API alerts and the 1-click checkouts, bring your own credentials. No app store, no per-integration fees.
Payments
- Free
UPI, cards, net banking and wallets at checkout. SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; Razorpay's standard gateway fee applies.
razorpay.com - Free
StripeNew
Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay from customers worldwide. Connect your own Stripe account with a restricted key — payments land in your Stripe balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.
stripe.com - Free
PayPalNew
Customers pay with their PayPal balance or a card. Connect your own PayPal app — the money lands in your PayPal balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.
paypal.com - Free
PhonePeNew
UPI, cards, net banking and wallets at checkout on your own PhonePe Business account. Money settles straight to you and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; PhonePe's standard gateway fee applies.
phonepe.com - Free
CashfreeNew
UPI, cards, net banking, wallets and pay-later at checkout on your own Cashfree account. Money settles straight to you and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; Cashfree's standard gateway fee applies.
cashfree.com - Free
COD at checkout with an optional COD charge you set.
- Free
- ₹499
Sell with ShiprocketNew
1-click checkout by Shiprocket — saved addresses, UPI/cards/COD and RTO scoring, without your own payment gateway. Shiprocket collects and settles to you; SitesPlaced takes 0%, Shiprocket charges 2% per order.
shiprocket.in - ₹499
Razorpay Magic CheckoutNew
1-click checkout on your own Razorpay account — saved addresses, UPI/cards/COD in one step, with COD intelligence and RTO protection. Money settles straight to your Razorpay. Can run alongside Shiprocket checkout.
razorpay.com
Shipping
- Free
Push orders to Shiprocket, get AWB numbers back, and show live tracking on your Track Order page.
shiprocket.in - Free
ShippoNew
USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and Royal Mail labels for US, UK and international orders — around 5¢ a label with no monthly fee, billed to your own Shippo account.
goshippo.com - Free
ShipmozoNew
Courier selection, pickup scheduling and tracking status synced back to each order.
shipmozo.com - Free
Rehbar PostNew
Compare courier rates, book the shipment, print the label and track it back — on your own Rehbar Post account.
rehbarpost.com
Fulfilment
- Free
Qikink
Print-on-demand for India — t-shirts, hoodies and mugs printed and shipped domestically from your own Qikink account.
qikink.com - Free
PrintifyNew
Print-on-demand t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and posters. Link a product to your own Printify catalogue and paid orders are sent for printing automatically — Printify bills your account, we take nothing.
printify.com
Messaging
- ₹499
Every new order sends you an alert and the customer a confirmation, from your own WhatsApp Business number via Meta's Cloud API. Bring your own credentials.
business.whatsapp.com
Marketing
- ₹199+
Meta Pixel + Conversions APINew
Your own Pixel on the storefront plus server-side Purchase events from the order record, deduplicated, so Instagram and Facebook ads report real sales. Bring your own credentials.
facebook.com - ₹499
Import the product reviews you already collected in Judge.me on Shopify or WooCommerce onto your product pages, matched by product name. Bring your own API token; SitesPlaced also collects and moderates its own product reviews on every plan.
judge.me - ₹199+
Custom head code
Paste Google Analytics, Clarity or any tag into your live site.
Growth
- ₹199+
yourbrand.com with one-click DNS setup for most Indian registrars.
- Free
Create and edit your store by chatting with your AI assistant.
modelcontextprotocol.io - Free
Bring a catalogue in from Instagram, your existing website, a PDF, dm2buy or Shopexer.
Frequently asked questions
Which is better — Alippo or SitesPlaced?
SitesPlaced, for most sellers. SitesPlaced publishes a real store on a free plan, takes 0% commission on every sale on every plan, and includes 21 integrations — five payment gateways, four shipping and courier services, print-on-demand, WhatsApp and Meta — and its AI Co-founder plan is a fixed ₹1,499 a month with a published credit price for every action, rather than AI capacity metered per store. Alippo is worth choosing only if you want cart reminders, scheduled promotions and customer replies fully automated from day one and are happy paying from about ₹1,900 a month per store for it — and outside that case SitesPlaced costs less to run and leaves more of each sale with you.
How much does Alippo cost?
As listed on their pricing page in September 2026: building is free, and going live needs a plan per store — Starter ₹1,900/month with limited AI capacity, Growth ₹5,700/month with 5× capacity, Scale ₹19,000/month with 20× capacity; yearly billing saves 20%. Each subscription covers one store. Plans change, so confirm before you buy.
Does SitesPlaced have an AI co-founder like Alippo?
Yes — SitesPlaced AI Co-founder, ₹1,499 a month with everything in SitesPlaced Growth included. Four agents live inside the dashboard (Builder edits your store by chat, Co-founder reads your real sales and visits, Growth writes your WhatsApp and Instagram marketing, SEO writes titles and descriptions), plus an AI Co-founder tab with a campaign planner, a creative studio for product photos, ad creatives and carousels, an SEO audit and a retargeting kit. 1,500 AI credits a month; you approve every change.
Is SitesPlaced cheaper than Alippo?
To publish, yes — SitesPlaced is ₹0 with 0% commission, while Alippo needs a paid plan to go live. With AI, SitesPlaced AI Co-founder is ₹1,499/month including everything in the SitesPlaced Growth plan and 1,500 AI credits, against Alippo's ₹1,900/month Starter per store with limited AI capacity.
Can I move my Alippo store to SitesPlaced?
Yes. Point the importer at your live store URL or your Instagram profile and it rebuilds the catalogue as a draft store; upload a product PDF if you keep one. Publish free, then upgrade to SitesPlaced Growth for your domain and the growth tools.
Leave Alippo behind in one paste
Build and publish a real store for free — unlimited products, 0% commission, Razorpay, COD, WhatsApp checkout, Shiprocket and invoices included. Pay from ₹199/month (Starter) when you want your own domain, AI copy and Meta CAPI, or ₹499/month (Growth) for WhatsApp API alerts and the sales boosters.
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