Side by side!
Copia vs Farmhand
Farmhand runs your CSA on its own platform, with a 3% service fee on what you sell. Copia adds CSA memberships to the Shopify store you already have, priced by members, not sales.
One store or two?
If you already sell on Shopify, Farmhand 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 Farmhand if…
- You want to pass every fee on to your members at checkout
- You take SNAP/EBT online
- You want texts to members, and people answering your members 7 days a week
- You also run a herdshare or sell event tickets
Choose Copia if…
- You already sell on Shopify and want one store, not two
- You’d rather not pay or pass on a 3% fee: Copia’s price follows your members, not your sales
- You want CSA members in the same Shopify customer list as everyone else who shops with you
- You want your members in the Shopify apps you already use
What each costs your farm
Your farm
Farmhand
$389/mo
Business plan $80/mo, plus 3% of your sales.
Business Pro is $200/mo plus 3%. You can pass Farmhand’s fees on to members at checkout; this is what you pay if you don’t.
Double your farm: +$309/mo
Card fees: 4% (card or SNAP), bank transfer 1%
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 $321/mo less than Farmhand if you’re already on Shopify, and $282/mo less if you’re not.
How each runs a CSA
From what each company publishes about itself.
- Where members sign up
- FarmhandA three-step signup on your brand, built for phones
- CopiaA signup form on your own Shopify store; members become your Shopify customers
- Box types
- FarmhandFarmer’s choice, customizable or market-style shares, packed off one harvest list; one pack list, labeled in route order
- CopiaSet shares, or customizable boxes members build each week; plan each delivery once and Copia works out every size
- Delivery frequencies
- FarmhandFrequencies you set for each plan, such as every two weeks or once a calendar month; members pick one at signup
- CopiaWeekly, every other week or monthly for each season, and members can pick their own
- Billing options
- FarmhandPay in full, in 2 to 12 monthly installments (their support sets that up), or weekly or every other week; failed cards retried
- 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
- FarmhandAdd-on shares at checkout, and extras like eggs or bread added to a set share
- CopiaExtras like eggs or bread, offered every delivery, every other, monthly or just once
- What members can change
- FarmhandSkip or hold a week, double up instead of skipping (their team turns it on), customize their box, change their own delivery
- 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
- FarmhandPickup sites with caps, waitlists and sign-out sheets; optimized routes for several drivers, with proof-of-delivery photos
- CopiaPickup locations with hours; check-in at the stand or on Shopify POS; delivery routes split between drivers
- Automatic messages
- FarmhandTexts and emails: a welcome text, upcoming order reminders, a confirmation when a change saves, delivery confirmations and failed-payment alerts; one-click delay notices
- CopiaEmails for welcome, pickup and delivery reminders, skip and pause confirmations, a moved delivery and a delivered box. No texts.
- Help and support
- FarmhandA 7-day human support team, and real people answer your members 7 days a week, on every plan; coaching calls for the farm
- CopiaGuided setup wizard, step-by-step help center and email support
Switching from Farmhand
- 1
Export your members
Export your member list from Farmhand as a CSV. Copia’s importer reads Farmhand exports as they are.
- 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 Farmhand, 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 Farmhand’s own site (home page, CSA page, product updates, pricing page) and Copia’s, as of October 22, 2026, using Farmhand’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 Farmhand’s pricing page before you decide. Farmhand is a trademark of its owner; Copia isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Farmhand. See something out of date? Email [email protected] and we’ll fix it.