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OpenData vs StoreCensus, rows you keep vs credits that meter.
StoreCensus rents access to a Shopify and WooCommerce index by the credit. OpenData sells the records themselves — filter the index, pull the rows you need, pay for those rows once.
1,504,744 verified stores · 23,984,359 domains scanned · snapshot 15 November 2026The short version
StoreCensus is a credit-metered subscription: $49/mo buys 2,000 credits, an exported store costs a credit, and a decision-maker contact costs two (vendor-reported, checked Nov 2026). The meter runs every month whether you prospect or not, and the data stays behind the subscription.
OpenData has no meter and no credits. A full record costs $4 per 1,000 rows — a 10,000-row pull is $35, once — and the file is yours to keep. Platform-and-tech records are $1 per 1,000 rows when contacts are not the point.
Side by side
| StoreCensus | OpenData | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Subscription, credit-based — Starter $49/mo (2,000 credits), Professional $99/mo (5,000), Growth $149/mo (8,000); top-ups $8 per 1,000 credits (vendor-reported, checked Nov 2026) | Pay per row — full records $4 per 1,000 rows, stepping down to $2.00 above 500,000 rows; platform-only records $1 per 1,000; raw domain signals $0.20 per 1,000. Minimum pull $9.99. No subscription. |
| 10,000 full records | Roughly five months of Starter credits, or top-ups on top of a plan | $35, once |
| Store index | Claims 5M+ active Shopify and WooCommerce stores (vendor-reported; reported totals range ~4.3–5.4M, and the Shopify slice is reported at 2.16–2.46M) | 1,504,744 verified stores, ecommerce only |
| Platforms | Shopify + WooCommerce | Every detected platform — Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, Squarespace and more |
| Contacts | Generic store emails from the $49 tier; decision-maker emails from the $99 tier | 205,297 stores with a public business email; 111,859 with a public phone |
| Source per record | — | Source URL and last-observed date on every record |
Where StoreCensus is the better tool
Named decision-makers. From its $99 tier, StoreCensus sells Founder, CEO, CTO and CMO contacts attached to stores — a people layer OpenData does not sell. OpenData records carry the contacts a store itself publishes (business email, phone, public social profiles), not named individuals. If your outreach needs a named person at every store, that is StoreCensus's ground.
Who should pick which
Pick StoreCensus if you work Shopify and WooCommerce inside one dashboard every month and want decision-maker contacts. Pick OpenData if you want a downloadable list you own outright, priced by the row, across more platforms than Shopify and WooCommerce.
Questions, answered straight
How does StoreCensus pricing work?
Credits on a subscription, vendor-reported: Starter $49/mo includes 2,000 credits, Professional $99/mo includes 5,000, and Growth $149/mo includes 8,000; exporting a store costs 1 credit and a decision-maker contact costs 2. OpenData skips credits entirely — $4 per 1,000 full records, minimum pull $9.99.
How many stores does StoreCensus claim?
It claims 5M+ active Shopify and WooCommerce stores. Reported totals vary by source, roughly 4.3–5.4M overall with the Shopify slice reported at 2.16–2.46M, so read it as a claimed range. OpenData's index is 1,504,744 verified stores, each one fetched and checked by our own scan.
Can I buy StoreCensus data once, without subscribing?
Paid data there is subscription-only, vendor-reported — the free tier is 3 one-time credits. OpenData is the one-off route: pull the rows, pay once, keep the file.
Before you pay either of us
Run the store you care about through the free checker first — free accounts get 30 full-record unlocks a month — and take the free sample file for a spin. If the records hold up, pull exactly the slice you need. Every paid pull exports as CSV plus a formatted Excel twin, under a per-buyer licence, and the minimum pull is $9.99.
StoreCensus prices are vendor-reported, checked November 2026, and plans change — confirm on their site. OpenData rates are the live per-row prices on our pricing page.