Migration Difficulty Estimator

Migrate from Shopify to Gatsby

Stop guessing. Calculate the exact technical difficulty score for moving your specific infrastructure from Shopify to a modern Gatsby stack.

Platform Baseline Friction

Moderate (5/10) - Migrating from Shopify involves extracting content from a Monolithic architecture. Our process handles the mapping of Shopify's proprietary data structures into clean, structured content ready for Gatsby.

Start Fresh (Pros)

  • ✓ Significant SEO uplift: Gatsby scores 9/10 vs Shopify's 8/10.
  • ✓ Performance boost: Expect faster LCP and TBT metrics on Gatsby.
  • ✓ Decoupled architecture: Safer, faster, and omni-channel ready.
  • ✓ Eliminates Shopify pain points like "monthly app fees".

Migration Risks (Cons)

  • ⚠ New layout challenge: Build time slowness.

Data Transferability Matrix

✅ Blog Posts & Pages
Automated
Full Automated Export
✅ Images & Media
Automated
Migrated to CDN
❌ Visual Design
Manual
Recreated as Custom Code
❌ Apps & Logic
Manual
Replaced with Custom Functions
✅ SEO Rankings
Automated
Preserved via 301 Redirects

* Shopify data structure requires full automated export.

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Platform Comparison

Shopify
  • Export Difficulty: 5/10
  • SEO Capability: 8/10
  • Speed Score: 7/10
  • Current Limitations:
    • • Monthly app fees
    • • URL structure limitations
    • • Liquid template complexity
    • • Transaction fees
VS
Gatsby
  • Export Difficulty: 8/10
  • SEO Capability: 9/10
  • Speed Score: 9/10
  • Why Switch?

    Moving to Gatsby eliminates Shopify's key weaknesses, specifically: Monthly app fees and URL structure limitations.