A Stockist alternative for a locator you set up once
Stockist is a well-made store locator with low-cost monthly plans, popular with brands that list the shops carrying their products. It imports a spreadsheet, installs on the common site builders, and its higher plans add analytics, Google Sheets sync and removal of its link. MightyMaps builds the same locator from the same spreadsheet. The difference is the bill: credits you buy once instead of a plan you keep paying for.
50 free credits · No credit card · No subscription
What Stockist is good at
If one of these is what you need, use it. You will be happier, and this page will have done its job.
Install guides for every builder
Step-by-step instructions for Shopify, Squarespace, WordPress and Wix. MightyMaps is one embed code that works on all of them, with less hand-holding.
Google Sheets sync on its top plan
Edit the sheet and the locator follows. MightyMaps takes a CSV upload, or a sentence, for each change.
Search analytics
Higher plans show what visitors searched for. MightyMaps has no visitor analytics.
Where MightyMaps works differently
No plan to stay on
Credits never expire and a finished locator stays up whether or not you buy more. A stockist list that changes twice a year costs nothing in the months between.
Edits by description
"Add the new Calgary stockist, open ten to six" looks the address up, pins it and fills in the hours. No location form.
Nearest first from the start
Visitors see the closest stockists at the top before they type anything, without a location permission prompt.
More than a locator
The same account builds service-area maps, delivery zones and event maps, in the same style.
Stockist vs MightyMaps
| Stockist | MightyMaps | |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Monthly or annual plan, tiered by location count | Prepaid credits, no subscription |
| Free option | A free trial | Free credits at signup, no card |
| Spreadsheet import | All plans | CSV upload with column matching |
| Google Sheets sync | Top plan | No |
| Visitor address search | Included | Included; billed in credits to you, capped per day |
| Remove the vendor link | Top plan | No, a small credit stays |
| Platform install guides | Shopify, Squarespace, WordPress, Wix | One iframe embed code for any site |
Honest advice
Stick with Stockist if…
- Your stockist list changes weekly and should sync from a Google Sheet.
- You want analytics on what shoppers search for.
- You need the vendor link removed.
Try MightyMaps if…
- Your list is stable and a recurring plan buys you nothing between changes.
- You want to make changes by saying them, not by editing records.
- You would like nearest-first sorting without asking visitors for their location.
- You want other maps (delivery areas, events) from the same place.
A real map, built from one sentence
A multi-location locator from a list of addresses: grouped, sorted nearest first, with directions on every row.
A store locator for our four Toronto cafés with addresses and hours, a 2 km delivery radius around each one, and a shaded same-day bike delivery zone downtown.
Built 4 branches, 4 delivery radii and a same-day zone
No subscription to weigh up
50 credits free at signup, then prepaid packs that never expire. Viewing and sharing a finished map is always free.
Switching from Stockist
Yes. Export them to a spreadsheet, save it as CSV and upload it. You match the columns once; every address is looked up and pinned, and rows with coordinates are placed as given.
Yes. It is a standard iframe embed. On Squarespace, iframes in a Code Block need a Core, Plus or Advanced plan; on Shopify it goes in a custom HTML section.
No. Address lookups are paid for once when you add a location. The only ongoing cost is visitors searching by address or ZIP code, at half a credit each, billed to you and capped per day.
Other tools people weigh up
Free and capable, but it is a drawing tool: no nearest-location list, no address search for your visitors.
Read the comparison →MightyMaps vs StoremapperA mature store locator on a monthly plan. MightyMaps builds one from your list with no subscription.
Read the comparison →MightyMaps vs StoreRocketA capable locator, but after the trial you bring your own Google Maps or Mapbox key. MightyMaps needs none.
Read the comparison →MightyMaps vs StorepointA strong subscription locator with Sheets and Webflow sync. MightyMaps needs no plan and no map key.
Read the comparison →MightyMaps vs Elfsight Store LocatorA widget with a free plan capped by monthly views. MightyMaps has no view limit.
Read the comparison → What you can buildTen kinds of map, each with a live example and the prompts behind it.
See them all →Describe your map and see
The first version takes one sentence and a few seconds. That is the whole argument.
50 free credits when you sign up · No credit card · No subscription