Why teams look for an Xsolla alternative
Xsolla was founded in 2005 and grew into a toolbox for every kind of game business: checkout, web shop, launcher, login, payouts, ads and publishing. If all you need is a web store for your mobile game that players love, that's a lot of platform to sign up for.
Appside was founded in 2026 to do one job: give your game its own store on the web, looking like your game, live fast, at a price you can read on the page.
Appside vs Xsolla
| Xsolla (public sources, Oct 2026) | Appside | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 (Wikipedia) | 2026, AI-native from day one |
| Pricing | Pricing page shows no fees, only a partnership form. A 2022 Xsolla blog said Web Shop is 5% per transaction | 3.9% per successful payment. No setup fee, no subscription, no minimum |
| Before real payments | Signed licensing agreement, application review "within 3 business days" with no guarantee, content review. Sandbox only until signed | Build, preview and publish your store yourself in the Studio |
| Building the store | Site Builder: you assemble pages and add your catalog | The builder reads your app's icon and screenshots and drafts a store in your game's look. You approve every product and price |
| Player login | Choose and set up an auth method (webhook or JWT) | The same signed player token logs the player in |
| Integration | About six steps in Xsolla's 2022 getting-started guide: account, project, Site Builder, catalog, auth, agreement, publish | Three steps: sign a player token, call openStore() or purchase(sku), grant on a signed webhook |
| Focus | PC, console and mobile, plus launcher, ads and publishing | Web stores for mobile games and apps, done properly |
What you get with Appside
- A store that looks like your game. Not a template with your logo on it. Players feel they never left the app, which is what keeps them buying.
- You run it. Offers, badges, prices and design change in the Studio and go live when you press Publish. Every version is kept.
- A price you can plan with. 3.9% per successful payment. On $1M a month of web revenue, every percentage point is $120,000 a year.
- Three integration steps that your developers, or their AI agents, can finish from the docs.
Moving from Xsolla
- Keep the code that grants items to players. Point it at Appside's signed
order.paidwebhook. - Replace Xsolla's login setup with a short-lived player token from your server.
- Open the store or a single product from the game with
openStore()orpurchase(sku).
Start with the quickstart, try the live demo, or see the app-store fee calculator.
Xsolla is a trademark of its owner. Appside is not affiliated with Xsolla. Checked October 25, 2026.