Side by side!
Copia vs CSAware
CSAware runs your CSA on its own white-label platform, for 2% of your delivery revenue. Copia adds CSA memberships to the Shopify store you already have, priced by members.
One store or two?
If you already sell on Shopify, CSAware is a second place to sell, with its own checkout and its own customer list. Copia adds your CSA to the store you have, so members are Shopify customers alongside everyone else who buys from you.
Choose CSAware if…
- You want each member’s box built from their preferences and your harvest counts (BoxBot)
- You take SNAP/EBT online, or sell wholesale with buyer terms and ACH payments
- You want automated text reminders and a dedicated account manager
- You want them to move your members for you, including saved cards where your old payment system allows
Choose Copia if…
- You already sell on Shopify and want one store, not two
- You’re a smaller CSA: Copia starts at $49/mo for 50 members, plus your Shopify plan, where CSAware’s minimum is $100 a month you deliver
- You’d rather pay by member count than 2% of your delivery revenue
- You want CSA members in the same Shopify customer list as everyone else who shops with you
What each costs your farm
Your farm
CSAware
$162/mo
2% of your delivery revenue, at least $100 in months you deliver.
Charged only in months you deliver, with volume pricing as low as 1% over a set threshold. No setup fees.
Double your farm: up to +$162/mo, before volume pricing
Card fees: not published
Copia
Already on Shopify
$68/mo
Starting a Shopify store
$107/mo
Seedling plan $49/mo for 50 members, plus 25 more at $0.75 each. Shopify Basic is $39/mo if you don’t have it ($29/mo billed yearly). After the first payment, members pay each bill from an emailed Shopify invoice.
Double your farm: +$31/mo
Card fees: 2.9% + 30¢ online through Shopify Payments (Basic plan)
At 75 members, Copia is $95/mo less than CSAware if you’re already on Shopify, and $56/mo less if you’re not.
How each runs a CSA
From what each company publishes about itself.
For CSAs, Copia also has
Things CSAware’s site doesn’t mention.
- Where members sign up
- CSAwareYour white-label CSAware storefront, in your farm’s brand
- CopiaA signup form on your own Shopify store; members become your Shopify customers
- Box types
- CSAwareFixed shares, or ones members customize; BoxBot builds each member’s box from your harvest counts and their preferences
- CopiaSet shares, or customizable boxes members build each week; plan each delivery once and Copia works out every size
- Delivery frequencies
- CSAwareFrequencies set for each share, including bi-weekly drops and bi-weekly-only drop sites
- CopiaWeekly, every other week or monthly for each season, and members can pick their own
- Billing options
- CSAwareCard, eCheck, PayPal, paper check or online EBT/SNAP, with balances and cash accounts
- CopiaEvery delivery, every 2, 4 or 8 deliveries, or once upfront; or one price for the whole season. After the first payment, members pay each bill from an emailed Shopify invoice; cards aren’t saved and charged automatically
- Add-ons
- CSAwareAn add-on store; members buy add-ons and you see each week’s add-on demand
- CopiaExtras like eggs or bread, offered every delivery, every other, monthly or just once
- What members can change
- CSAwareCustomize their box (when you enable it), set item preferences and items to avoid, hold, move deliveries and switch drop sites
- CopiaWhichever you turn on: skip a week, swap items, pause, add extras, or cancel (with a pause offered first), up to a cutoff you set
- Pickup and delivery
- CSAwareDrop sites with limits; harvest numbers, labels and sign-in sheets; route planning through OptimoRoute; parcel shipping
- CopiaPickup locations with hours; check-in at the stand or on Shopify POS; delivery routes split between drivers
- Automatic messages
- CSAwareAutomated text reminders and alerts members can opt into, including delivery notifications; email and text broadcasts and newsletters you send
- CopiaEmails for welcome, pickup and delivery reminders, skip and pause confirmations, a moved delivery and a delivered box. No texts.
- Help and support
- CSAwareA dedicated account manager for setup, launch and ongoing support, and a real person on the phone for every account
- CopiaGuided setup wizard, step-by-step help center and email support
Switching from CSAware
- 1
Export your members
Download your members’ contact info from CSAware, which lets you download member, order and financial data anytime. Copia imports any CSV with an email column.
- 2
Set up Copia and import them
Add Copia to your Shopify store and follow the setup checklist, then upload your member file and pick the season, billing and pickup or delivery for everyone at once. Or have us do it in a setup package.
How importing works - 3
Start after your last delivery
Date your first Copia delivery after your last one in CSAware, so no box is billed twice or missed. Copia doesn’t save cards (members pay each bill from an emailed invoice), so there are no saved cards to move.
Prices and descriptions from CSAware’s own site (home page, features, switching page, BoxBot page) and Copia’s, as of October 22, 2026, using CSAware’s lowest plan that runs a CSA and the Copia plan that costs least at your member count. Setup fees and card fees aren’t included in the monthly figures. Prices change, so check CSAware’s pricing page before you decide. CSAware is a trademark of its owner; Copia isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by CSAware. See something out of date? Email [email protected] and we’ll fix it.