specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Shopify Admin API
providerId: shopify-admin
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Commerce
  - Ecommerce
  - Admin
  - Products
  - Orders
  - Customers
description: Shopify Admin API access is included with the merchant's commerce subscription. There is
  no separate API SKU; API rate-limit headroom is determined by the store's commerce plan (Basic, Grow,
  Advanced, Plus, Enterprise). Plus and Enterprise unlock higher GraphQL points-per-second budgets.
sources:
  - https://www.shopify.com/pricing
  - https://shopify.dev/docs/api/usage/rate-limits
plans:
  - id: shopify-admin-basic
    name: Basic
    type: subscription
    description: Entry commerce plan; Admin API access at standard GraphQL cost limits.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$29/month (billed yearly)'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Online card rate
        name: card_online
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '2.9% + 30¢'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: In-person card rate
        name: card_in_person
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '2.6% + 10¢'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Third-party payment provider fee
        name: third_party_payment_fee
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '2%'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shopify Admin REST API
      - name: Shopify Admin GraphQL API
      - name: Shopify Webhooks
      - name: Standard GraphQL cost limit (100 points/second)
  - id: shopify-admin-grow
    name: Grow
    type: subscription
    description: Mid-tier commerce plan; Admin API access at standard GraphQL cost limits with reduced
      processing fees.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$79/month (billed yearly)'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Online card rate
        name: card_online
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '2.7% + 30¢'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: In-person card rate
        name: card_in_person
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '2.5% + 10¢'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Third-party payment provider fee
        name: third_party_payment_fee
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '1%'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shopify Admin REST API
      - name: Shopify Admin GraphQL API
      - name: Shopify Webhooks
      - name: Standard GraphQL cost limit (100 points/second)
  - id: shopify-admin-advanced
    name: Advanced
    type: subscription
    description: Advanced commerce plan; Admin API GraphQL cost limit of 200 points/second.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$299/month (billed yearly)'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Online card rate
        name: card_online
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '2.5% + 30¢'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: In-person card rate
        name: card_in_person
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '2.4% + 10¢'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Third-party payment provider fee
        name: third_party_payment_fee
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.6%'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shopify Admin REST API
      - name: Shopify Admin GraphQL API
      - name: Shopify Webhooks
      - name: Advanced GraphQL cost limit (200 points/second)
  - id: shopify-admin-plus
    name: Plus
    type: subscription
    description: Shopify Plus commerce plan; Admin API GraphQL cost limit of 1,000 points/second.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$2,300/month (billed yearly on 3-year term)'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Card rate
        name: card_rate
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '2.25% + 30¢'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shopify Admin REST API
      - name: Shopify Admin GraphQL API
      - name: Shopify Webhooks
      - name: Plus GraphQL cost limit (1,000 points/second)
      - name: Unlimited staff accounts
  - id: shopify-admin-enterprise
    name: Enterprise
    type: enterprise
    description: Negotiated enterprise commerce plan; Admin API GraphQL cost limit of 2,000 points/second.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shopify Admin REST API
      - name: Shopify Admin GraphQL API
      - name: Shopify Webhooks
      - name: Enterprise GraphQL cost limit (2,000 points/second)
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units:
  - period
  - transaction
  plans:
  - name: Basic
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - period
    - transaction
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Grow
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - period
    - transaction
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Advanced
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - period
    - transaction
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Plus
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - period
    - transaction
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Enterprise
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month