Comparing CSA Sales Platforms

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Last updated: March 11, 2026

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Since Booker T. Whatley of Tuskegee University first introduced the idea of a membership program as a sales channel for farms in the 1960s, there have been many creative iterations of the CSA — a box of farmers’ choice veggies that customers pick up each week. 

Today, farmers can use technology to streamline the more challenging aspects of CSA programs, like offering customization in what customers receive, offering add-ons, and placing a vacation hold.

Best Platforms for Each Type of CSA

Choosing a CSA platform for your farm will depend on the type of CSA you’re offering. There are many ways to categorize CSAs, and for purposes of this software comparison we’re grouping them as follows — these narrow definitions make it possible to compare apples to apples in the tables below.

Traditional Farmer’s Choice CSA 

In this model, customers pay in advance for a share of items throughout a designated time period, and the farmer controls what each member receives. Some farms choose to offer payment plans. Add-ons are paid for in advance or can be purchased separately throughout the season for an additional cost.

General e-commerce platforms like Shopify and Square are typically not a good fit for this model out of the box. You can create a product called CSA share and have people purchase it, but then you would manually have to keep track of order fulfillment and vacation holds etc. from there.

If you want upfront payment + built-in management, specialty platforms with CSA-specific functionality are the best fit for this type of CSA — or use Shopify with an app. Scroll down for a detailed side-by-side comparison.

Customizable CSA

In this model, customers still pay in advance for a share of items throughout a designated time period, but they can customize what they receive each week. Customizable CSAs still require pre-payment (unless you want to offer a payment plan).

Depending on how the farm sets this up, customers can be offered flexibility to choose some but not all items, or it might be 100% customizable. This can be done online or at CSA pickup. 

Because of the need for upfront payment followed by ongoing management, specialty platforms with CSA-specific functionality are the best fit for this type of CSA — or use Shopify with an app. Scroll down for a detailed side-by-side comparison.

Subscription CSA (pay monthly)

The subscription model that’s become so popular for e-commerce in general can be a good fit for CSAs. The key difference here is that customers pay monthly rather than in advance.

This plus side of this type of CSA is that it can be more appealing to consumers — it’s something they’re already comfortable and familiar with. You can still choose whether to make it customizable from week to week or not. Since it’s paid monthly, the customer can cancel any time. You won’t benefit from having an upfront payment, and customers can cancel their subscriptions, but it may be much easier to sell.

Major e-commerce platforms like Shopify* and Square*, along with specialty platforms like Barn2Door, GrownBy, Farmigo, Farmhand, Local Food Marketplace, and Local Line can all support subscription-based CSAs. Scroll down for a detailed side-by-side comparison.

Buy-Down CSA

In this model, a customer pre-pays for farm credit or a discounted gift card, and then uses that credit as they wish throughout the season. Depending on the farm, customers can use their credit on online orders for pickup or delivery, or in person at the farmstand or farmers’ market booth.

This is the easiest type of CSA to manage, especially if customers are only shopping in person or only shopping online. 

• If farm customers will shop in person only, platforms like Shopify* and Square* offer POS systems, so store credit and gift cards purchased through them could be used through the POS system you use at your farm store or at the farmers’ market. If you’re a farm trying to manage a buy-down CSA in person, and you don’t need traditional CSA features, these platforms might be a good option for you. An added benefit of using a platform with an integrated POS system is that your inventory management and sales reports would be streamlined across your locations and sales channels, too.

• If farm customers will shop online only, use a CSA-specific platform. They will have a login with an account credit, which is more streamlined than asking your customers to manually enter info of a physical gift card or click a link from their original digital gift card purchase every time they need to make a purchase.

• If you want gift card holders to be able to shop both in person and online it can get a little trickier and there may be manual work to apply the credit across both channels in most platforms. Barn2Door, Farmhand, GrownBy, Local Line, and Shopify* are the only platforms that say credit can be used seamlessly across both in-person and online shopping.

Tables: Comparing CSA Sales Software

Click to jump straight to a comparison table:

• CSA Features

• Other E-Commerce Features

• Fulfillment & Logistics

• Marketing Support

• Administration

• Platform Pricing

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CSA Features

Feature	Barn2Door	CSAware	Farmhand	Farmigo	GrownBy	Local Food Marketplace	Local Line	Shopify	Square
Traditional CSA (Pay 1x up front for weekly boxes)	✅ Can also sell CSAs at proportional price after season starts, using B2D's patent-pending Pro-Rata Payments for Seasonal Subscriptions	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ 💰  Requires CSA add-on ($99 – 149/mo) + Annual Subscription Success Package ($249 – 499/year)	✅	✅ 💰 Can sell shares as a regular product with no built-in CSA management OR use a robust subscription app ($99/mo + 1% per order) to enable upfront payment with full CSA management functionality	🟡  Can sell shares as a regular product with no built-in CSA management
Traditional CSA: Customer vacation holds	✅ Farm can choose whether to enable this	✅	✅ Includes both holds and reschedules	✅	✅	✅ Includes both holds & reschedules.	✅  Yes, depending on how product is configured	❌	❌
Traditional CSA: Share dropdown choices (size, etc.)	✅	✅	✅	✅ Used for schedule variations only (not sizes)	❌  Regular products have dropdowns, but CSAs do not. Variants can be listed as different products instead.	✅	✅	✅ 💰 Only with the robust subscription app option above	✅
Traditional CSA: Custom payment plans (weekly, monthly, etc.)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	🟡 Customers can be billed off-cycle with invoices	🟡 💰 Only with the regular product option (no built-in CSA management). 5.9% + 30¢ with Shopify Shop Pay Installments	✅ 💰  6% + 30¢ Afterpay
Traditional CSA: Partial payment (Allow members to pay a deposit & collect full payment later)	✅ Farmer can set up a pre-order deposit, then invoice remainder (via Credit, Debit, Cash or Check)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ Farmer can set up a pre-order deposit, then invoice remainder (via Credit, Debit, Cash, Check, or custom payment type)	🟡💰 Only with the regular product option (no built-in CSA management). Requires app (+$10/mo), or set up CSA deposits as a separate product and then manually send an invoice for remainder	🟡 Set up CSA deposits as a separate product and then manually send an invoice for remainder
Feature	Barn2Door	CSAware	Farmhand	Farmigo	GrownBy	Local Food Marketplace	Local Line	Shopify	Square
Customizable CSA (Allow customers to customize/make swaps)	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ 💰 Possible for both traditional and subscription CSAs models, using a robust subscription app ($99/mo + 1% per order)	❌
Subscription CSA (No upfront payment)	✅ Farm can also adjust product price & quantity mid-season, either for an individual order, or for all orders going forward from a specified date.	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅💰 Requires CSA add-on ($99 – 149/mo) + Annual Subscription Success Package ($249 – 499/year)	✅	✅💰 Requires an app: $0-8+/mo based on needs and order volume, or more robust app: $99/mo + 1% per order	❌ Built-in subscription functionality on Plus plan and above but is to shippable orders only
CSA Add-ons (Egg shares, mushroom shares, etc.)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	🟡 Yes, but there could be limitations depending on which features/apps you're combining	🟡  If subscription, it would require some manual management. If traditional, add-ons would be separate products,
Buy-down CSA: Online shopping & balance management	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ Credit can be used seamlessly across in-person and online shopping.	✅	✅	✅ Issue store credit directly to customer accounts (new in 2025), or use gift cards (card info must be entered to purchase). Credit can be used seamlessly across in-person and online shopping.	🟡 To use the gift card online, customers have to manually copy and paste the card info from their email for each purchase.
Buy-down CSA: In-person shopping	✅ Credit can be used seamlessly across in-person and online shopping.	🟡 CSA balance must be adjusted manually	✅ Credit can be used seamlessly across in-person and online shopping.	🟡 CSA balance must be adjusted manually	✅ Customers can use the app when shopping in person to use their credit. Credit can be used seamlessly across in-person and online shopping.	🟡 CSA balance must be adjusted manually	✅ POS functionality and integrates with Square Terminal. Credit can be used seamlessly across in-person and online shopping.	✅ Store credit and gift cards (both physical and digital) can all be used in person, and gift cards can be added to Apple Wallet. Credit can be used seamlessly across in-person and online shopping.	✅ Both physical and digital gift cards can be used in person.
Accept SNAP/EBT online for CSA membership (See more below)	🟡 Farmers can use “Cash/Check” to accept SNAP/EBT orders (online & in-person) to ensure inventory counts are updated, then run through their EBT terminal separately.	✅ SNAP customers receive automated weekly emails to opt-in to their share for the week and enter their EBT pin. Coordinated by Forage.	🟡 Farmers can use “Cash/Check” to accept SNAP/EBT orders (online & in-person) then run through their EBT terminal separately. SNAP customers receive automated weekly emails and alerts, and can shop add-ons, but must manage EBT payment off-platform.	✅ Automatic Alerts can be configured to remind SNAP members to make payment each week.	✅ SNAP customers receive automated weekly emails to opt-in to their share for the week and enter their EBT pin. Has supporting features for matching programs like DoubleUp Food Bucks. Coordinated by Marketlink.	🟡 For one-time purchases less than 2 weeks from delivery date only. Does not send automated weekly reminders, but that can be handled through email platform. Integrates with Forage.	❌ SNAP/EBT accepted in-person via custom payment option	🟡 Integrates with Forage app. Does not send automated weekly reminders, but that can be handled through email platform.	✅ Integrates with TotilPay

Other E-Commerce Features

Feature	Barn2Door	CSAware	Farmhand	Farmigo	GrownBy	Local Food Marketplace	Local Line	Shopify	Square
Regular e-commerce (Public can place one-off orders)	✅ Pickup, delivery, & shipping	✅ Pickup & delivery	✅ Pickup & delivery	✅ Pickup & delivery	✅ Pickup & delivery	✅ Pickup & delivery	✅ Pickup, delivery, & shipping	✅ Pickup, delivery, & shipping	✅ Pickup, delivery, & shipping
Wholesale features (Set different product pricing by pickup location or customer type)	✅	✅	✅	🟡 There are workarounds available to change pricing and availability by location.	✅💰 Wholesale plan is $50/month	✅	✅ Can also be listed in buyer marketplace, including US Foods and Gordon Food Service.	🟡 Can be accomplished using product location exclusivity, but inventory will have to be tracked separately	🟡 Has location-specific automatic discounts, which can be used as a workaround to support wholesale sales
Invoicing	✅	🟡 A payment request can be sent to wholesale customers with an account	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ 💰 Invoices are free to send with Square, but there are higher transaction fees
Accept SNAP/EBT online for one-time orders (See more below)	🟡 Use “Cash/Check” to accept SNAP/EBT orders (online & in-person), then run through SNAP terminal in person	🟡 For one-time purchases less than 2 weeks from delivery date only. Does not send automated weekly reminders, but that can be handled through email platform. Integrates with Forage.	🟡 Use “Cash/Check” to accept SNAP/EBT orders (online & in-person), then run through SNAP terminal in person	✅	✅ Also has supporting features for matching programs, like Double Up Food Bucks. Coordinated by Marketlink.	✅ Integrates with Forage	🟡 Set up custom payment option to enable COD checkout, then run through SNAP terminal in person	✅ Integrates with Forage	✅ Integrates with TotilPay
Allow Cash on Delivery or offline payment	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ Yes, but may not work as expected with all apps	❌
Customer can choose to cover credit card fees	✅	🟡 Can optionally require customer to cover credit card fees. (May not be legal in all states.)	✅	✅ For pre-payment offerings like CSA shares, not add-on products.	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Accept tips	✅	✅	🟡 Tips can be listed as an add-on product	🟡 Tips can be listed as an add-on product	✅	✅	🟡 Tips can be listed as an add-on product	🟡 Not available for subscriptions	✅

Want to explore more e-commerce features for selling non-CSA products online? Check out our comparison of farm website platforms!

Fulfillment & Logistics

Feature	Barn2Door	CSAware	Farmhand	Farmigo	GrownBy	Local Food Marketplace	Local Line	Shopify	Square
Local delivery	✅ B2D also offers local delivery-as-a-service (for farms w/in 90 mi of major metros)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅💰 No charge to offer delivery, but date and time scheduling requires app (same app as below for inventory sync) ~$10-17 per month.	✅
Delivery routing	✅ 💰 Direct integration with Routific for route configuration, delivery status updates, pack order configuration, & more. (Routific pricing starts at $150/mo.)	✅ Built in. Orders within delivery areas you specify are automatically added to those routes. Also integrates with OptimoRoute (starts at $35/mo) for more advanced delivery support.	✅ Optimized routing built in	✅ 💰 Can integrate with Route Savvy (starts at $30/mo) or Cigo (pricing not public)	🟡 Can download delivery exports and import into 3rd party routing software or into AI	✅ 💰 Direct integration with Routific for route configuration, delivery status updates, pack order configuration, & more. (+$49-69/mo; Routific pricing starts at $150/mo)	🟡 💰 Can download delivery exports and import into Routific (Routific pricing starts at $150/mo.)	✅💰 Direct integration with multiple routing apps available	✅💰 Direct integration with multiple routing apps available
Drop points / pickup locations	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ App needed for inventory sync - see note below.	✅💰 Starting Nov. 2025, Square plans are charged per location, which adds up fast. Plus: +$49/mo per location Premium $+149/mo per location App needed for inventory sync - see note below.
Sync inventory across pickup / delivery locations (Not an issue for shipping zone inventory)	✅	✅	✅	✅ Can also hide items for specific pick up locations	✅	✅	✅	✅💰 Requires app: ~$10-17/mo if more than 1 location	✅💰 Requires app: $35-39+/mo if more than 1 location
Advanced pickup scheduling	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ 💰 Requires app (same app as below for inventory sync) ~$10-17 per month	✅
Pick lists (Get total quantity of each product needed to pack all orders)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ 💰 We can show you how to generate pick lists with a workaround (free), or use an app: $10/mo	🟡 Download CSV
Packing lists / labels	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Integrated POS (You can always use a separate POS; just consider the effect on inventory management.)	✅ 💰 For an additional charge, $59 special device. Transaction fees apply.	❌	❌	❌	✅ Integrates with Stripe. Transaction fees apply.	✅ Integrates with Square. Transaction fees apply.	✅ Included in all plans with the purchase of POS device ($419-699). Also integrates with Square Terminal.	✅ 💰 $5/month for POS Lite plan, or $89/mo for POS Pro plan +$49 card reader (or use free Tap to Pay on newer phones). Transaction fees apply.	✅ All-in-one POS app included (or use free Tap to Pay on newer phones). Free basic magstripe card reader. Other hardware is available to purchase. Transaction fees apply.

Marketing Support

Feature	Barn2Door	CSAware	Farmhand	Farmigo	GrownBy	Local Food Marketplace	Local Line	Shopify	Square
Full website	✅ Barn2Door will build and maintain a Wordpress or Squarespace website for your farm (no additional fee). 💻 Grapevine can help with SEO and add special features like recipe center, ingredient guide, or interactive harvest calendar.	❌ Full website must be built on a separate platform. You can use your existing website, build your own, or hire a professional to build one. 💻 Grapevine specializes in building and upgrading farm websites!	✅ Farmhand will build a basic Webflow website for your farm (if you don't already have a site you wish to keep).	❌ Full website must be built on a separate platform. You can use your existing website, build your own, or hire a professional to build one. 💻 Grapevine specializes in building and upgrading farm websites!	❌ Full website must be built on a separate platform. You can use your existing website, build your own, or hire a professional to build one. 💻 Grapevine specializes in building and upgrading farm websites!	❌ Full website must be built on a separate platform. You can use your existing website, build your own, or hire a professional to build one. 💻 Grapevine specializes in building and upgrading farm websites!	✅ Has a free built-in website builder	✅ Shopify is an all-in-one website and e-commerce tool. You could build your own, or hire a professional. 💻 Grapevine specializes in building and upgrading Shopify farm websites!	✅ Square Online is an all-in-one website and e-commerce tool. You could build your own, or hire a professional. 💻 Grapevine specializes in building and upgrading Square farm websites!
Custom domain (has SEO benefits)	🟡 Domain format for the storefront is app.barn2door.com/yourfarmname, but you can use your domain name for your main website	✅ Domain format is yourfarmname.csaware.com or shop.yourdomainname.com	✅	❌ Domain format is csa.farmigo.com/yourfarmname	❌ Domain format is grownby.app/farms/yourfarmname	✅ 💰 Standard domain format is yourfarmname.localfoodmarketplace.com. For an additional $99 a year, it can be shop.yourdomainname.com or yourdomainname.com	✅ Custom domain available and included in all annual plans. Domain format is yourfarmname.localline.ca or yourdomainname.com/shop	✅	✅ Included on Plus plan and up.
Integration with Google Analytics & Facebook Pixel	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Mobile-friendly, responsive design	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Automated abandoned cart emails	✅	❌	✅ 💰 Available in Business Pro	✅ Automated emails can be set up to send based on a variety of triggers, including failed sign up and low balance.	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Email: Transactional (order) emails	✅ Sent directly through platform	✅ 💰 Via Constant Contact integration	✅	✅ Send via Mailchimp integration	✅ Sent directly through platform	✅ Sent directly through platform	✅ Sent directly through platform	✅ Sent directly through platform	✅ Sent directly through platform
Email: Marketing emails & automations (e.g. welcome, browse abandonment, win-back)	✅💰 Can send campaigns via Mailchimp integration, w/syncing from contacts, groups, & product. ✅ Behavior-based automations inc. new, loyal, & lapsed buyers.	✅💰 Can send campaigns and create order-based email automations via Constant Contact integration. ✅ Behavior-based email automations are possible.	✅ Can send campaigns via built-in newsletter builder. Can also download manually for import into other email platforms.	✅💰 Can send campaigns via Mailchimp integration. 🟡 Farmigo builds custom behavior-based email automations for other email platforms like Kit.	🟡💰 Customer contacts can be manually exported and uploaded to other email platforms, like Klaviyo*. ❌ Behavior-based email automations are not possible yet.	🟡💰 Can send campaigns via Mailchimp integration. Automations are limited. 🟡 Behavior-based email automations are limited.	✅ Can send campaigns via built-in email tool. Can also send automated price list emails through LL on a schedule. Can integrate with Mailchimp and other platforms via Zapier. ❌ Behavior-based email automations are not possible yet.	✅💰 Many integration options for campaigns ✅💰 Basic email automations free in Shopify. Many integration options for full range of behavior-based email automations – our fave is Klaviyo*	✅ Built-in email campaigns on Plus plan and up. ✅ Built-in behavior-based email automations on Plus plan and up. Can also use Klayivo or Mailchimp.
SMS: Transactional (order) texts	✅💰 Via Mailchimp integration. Can configure automated SMS reminders for order deadlines, order pick up, and customization right in the platform. SMS also included with Delivery-as-a-Service (morning delivery window, 15-mins out w/real-time map of Driver location, post-delivery photo)	✅ 💰 Via Constant Contact integration. Can configure automated SMS reminders for order deadlines, order pick up, and customization right in the platform.	✅ Built in to platform	❌	❌	✅ 💰 Via Twilio integration Set up fee of $49 per campaign. +$49/mo for up to 2,000 transactional messages +$15 per 1,000 messages afterwards	❌	✅ 💰 Integrate with Klaviyo* for built-in transactional SMS automations.	✅ 💰 Built-in transactional SMS that's fully integrated with email. Available on Plus plan (500 messages included) and Premium plans (2,500 messages included). Automations are limited. Also integrates with Klaviyo*.
SMS: Marketing texts & automations	✅💰 Can send SMS marketing via Mailchimp integration. Behavior-based automations for new, loyal, & lapsed buyers.	✅ 💰 Can send SMS marketing and create automations via Constant Contact integration.	🟡 Can send SMS marketing but not create automations	🟡 💰 Customer contacts can be manually exported and uploaded to SMS platforms, like Klaviyo*. Automations are limited.	🟡 💰 Customer contacts can be manually exported and uploaded to other SMS platforms, like Klaviyo*. Automations are limited.	✅ 💰 SMS marketing via Twilio integration Set up fee of $49 per campaign. +$49/mo for up to 2,000 marketing messages. +$15 per 1,000 messages afterwards Automations are limited.	❌	✅ 💰 Built-in SMS available or integrate with Klaviyo*. Since it's fully integrated with email, your automations will be smart enough to choose email vs. SMS for each contact, and avoid overcommunicating. Robust behavior-based automations.	✅ 💰 Built-in SMS marketing that's fully integrated with email. Available on Plus plan (500 messages included) and Premium plans (2,500 messages included). Automations are limited. Also integrates with Klaviyo*.
Marketing perks (Such as directory listings, CRM tools, or training)	✅ Barn2Door provides a marketing toolkit with content you can use to promote your farm.	✅ Farms are listed on LocalHarvest.org directory, which sees 22k web visits per day.	✅ Built-in templates, downloadable playbooks, and 7-day support	❌	✅ Farms are listed on their directory and map.	✅ Local Food Marketplace hosts many free online webinars with helpful information to support you in growing your marketing strategy. Higher plans come with the option for LFM to conduct an end of year customer survey on the farm's behalf and/or auto renew season to season.	✅ CRM tool and communications hub available inside the platform. Free content and templates available, plus free monthly workshops. Additionally, get listed in Local Line's Discover marketplace to connect with wholesale buyers and food hubs.	❌	✅ 💰 All Square Marketing features are integrated with your Square POS and other tools like their free CRM tool. Google Reviews integration is included.

Administration

Feature	Barn2Door	CSAware	Farmhand	Farmigo	GrownBy	Local Food Marketplace	Local Line	Shopify	Square
Pairs with Quickbooks	✅	❌	❌	❌ While there is no integration, they do offer guidelines for using Farmigo & Quickbooks together.	❌	✅ 💰 Yes, with Advanced Accounting add-on for $149 set up fee + $59-$69/mo thereafter.	🟡 Export or integrate using Zapier (💰).	✅ 💰 Requires app: $0-45/mo, based on your needs.	✅ 💰 Full integration with app: $0-13/mo, based on your needs.
Reporting	✅	✅ Delivery, income, member retention, and sales reports.	✅ Standard and custom end-to-end reporting	✅ Farmigo team can help set up custom reports.	✅ Detailed sales, distribution and transaction reports.	✅ Robust reporting, especially helpful for managing CSA, wholesale, and other direct to consumer sales channels.	✅ Local Line team can help set up custom reports.	✅ Robust e-commerce reporting. See Shopify reporting.	✅ See Square reporting.
Support options	✅ Live video call support during "Live Office Hours" M-F plus email support 7 days/week. Premium accounts get a dedicated contact. Live chat available for Scale Tier subscriptions.	✅ Email & phone support available. Personal account manager assigned to all farms.	✅ Email, chat, & phone support available every day for both farmers and CSA members.	✅ Email support available M-F. Phone & video call support by request (usually same-day).	✅ Email, phone, and video call support available, or submit a support ticket for email follow-up.	✅ Email & phone support available M-F, or submit a support ticket online for email follow up.	✅ Email & phone support available 7 days a week, 9AM-9PM ET. Personal account manager assigned to all farms.	✅ Live chat with support advisors available 24/7 for most plans, or ask questions on Shopify Community forums.	✅ Live chat, email support (~24-48hr response time), and access to the Square Community forums are available for all plans. Phone support is available on Plus plan and above (and for first 90 days on Free plan).

Platform Pricing

Feature	Barn2Door	CSAware	Farmhand	Farmigo	GrownBy	Local Food Marketplace	Local Line	Shopify	Square
Pricing link	barn2door.com/pricing	csaware.com/#pricing	farmhand.partners/pricing	farmigo.com/pricing	coop.grownby.com/pricing	home.localfoodmarketplace.com/pricing	localline.co/suppliers/pricing	shopify.com/pricing	squareup.com
Core platform fee	$99 – $299/month $399 – 599 one-time setup fee	2% of your sales through CSAware (minimum of $100/month) Only charged for months when your CSA is in operation.	$0 – 200/mo depending on plan level No setup fee.	2% of your sales through Farmigo (minimum of $150/month; discount when deliveries exceed $100k/month) Only charged for months when your CSA is in operation. No setup fee.	The $50/mo CSA plan is a fit for many farms. The $95/mo Plus plan includes both CSA and Wholesale functionality. There's also a free plan for farms who don't need CSA functionality. No setup fee.	$129 – 349/mo for base packages $499 – 1,499+ one-time setup fee Add-on modules for scalability have extra costs.	$99 – 399 monthly fee with 20% discount on annual pricing. No set up fee.	$29/mo Basic Plan is a fit for many farms. Apps with additional monthly costs are needed for many features commonly used by CSAs, such as scheduling order pickups or subscriptions.	$49/mo per location Plus Plan has been a fit for many farms – but as of Nov 2025, plans are charged per location, so farms with lots of pickup locations or drop points may have a high monthly platform cost.
Transaction fees for online sales	Credit card fee: 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction ACH: $1 or 0.1% per transfer Transfer funds to your bank account: 0.20% fee, +$2 per month	Credit card fee: Depends on POS system used.	Per-order fee: 3% platform fee Credit card fee: 4% per transaction ACH transactions: 1% Offline payments: Free	Credit card fee: Varies based on the processor you choose. One partner offers 2.7% + 20¢ per transaction. ACH transactions: 1% + 30¢	Per-order fee: 2% platform fee Credit card fee: 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction ACH transactions: +1% ($5 max) Offline payments: Free	Credit card fee: Depends on chosen merchant service. Uses Authorize.net payment gateway and farms choose their own merchant service provider (Square, Stripe, PayPal).	Credit card fee through LocalPay: Ranges from 2.5% + $0.30 to 2.9% + $0.30 depending on plan. ACH transactions: 1% Integrates with Stripe, Square, & LocalPay	Credit card fee: 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction	Credit card fee: 2.9% + 30¢ per credit card transaction (drops to 2.6% on top plan)

Best CSA platform for…

Best platform for the farmer who prefers simple tech

Farmigo, CSAware, Farmhand, and GrownBy all tie here. Their user interfaces are simple, easy to navigate, and have straightforward functionality. Because all these platforms do is manage CSAs, you will need to plan to handle everything else (POS, website, etc.) through other platforms.

Best platform for accepting SNAP online

As a heads up, your business must be authorized by the USDA to accept SNAP/EBT benefits, and additional authorization is required to accept online payments specifically.

GrownBy and CSAware both have features where SNAP customers are sent automated weekly emails to enter their PIN and opt into their share for the week.

This is important because customers using SNAP funds can’t be charged for anything more than a week in advance or on an automatic system without them taking action. The idea behind this is SNAP customers aren’t locked into something if money is tight, their life circumstances change, and/or they need to adjust how they use their benefits.

Local Food Marketplace can also accept SNAP online, but only for purchases ordered one at a time, not on a recurring basis.

Best for sending member notifications by SMS text message

Barn2Door, CSAware, Farmhand, Local Food Marketplace, Shopify*, and Square* are the only platforms that offer automated SMS features directly through the platform. Other platforms require you to download contacts via a report and upload them to outside SMS platforms like Klaviyo*.

Shopify* integrates with Klaviyo* for the most robust behavior-based automations.

GrownBy has an app, and if customers have the app on their smartphone, they will receive automated push notifications.

Best for add-on products priced by the pound

Local Food Marketplace, GrownBy, and Barn2Door all have features to support variable-weight products like meat, priced by the pound that a farmer may want to offer as a one-time add-on to their CSA members.

Best for farms and food hubs that aggregate  

Local Food Marketplace and Local Line offer functionality for farms, food hubs, and other businesses aggregating products across a network of farms or food hubs, including the ability for individual producers to manage their products directly in the platform. Schedule a demo to walk through specific features.

Best for supporting a cooperative business

GrownBy is the only farmer-owned cooperative e-commerce platform in the country. They are cooperatively owned by farmers and their staff. Any farm using GrownBy can join their co-op with an optional contribution of $250.

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Taking the next step, marketing your CSA 

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